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Erin Keay (a pseudonym) is considering careers in science journalism, public relations, and industrial research. Her C.V. is fairly typical for a science graduate student (she is a Ph.D. candidate in neuroscience), but it's unusual in the number of refereed publications. Here is her C.V. before revision.

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Beyond the Ivory Tower: From C.V. to Résumé


Erin Keay

Research University
Dept. of Neuroscience, Box 1953
Town, State 00000
Tel: (999)999-9999
email: erin_keay@xxx.edu

Education:

RESEARCH UNIVERSITY, Ph.D. in Neuroscience (expected) June 2000
SWARTHMORE COLLEGE, B.A. with distinction in Biology

1994
Research Experience:

Doctoral Student. Research University, Dept. of Neuroscience 1994-present
Dissertation: Behavioral and electrophysiological studies of cannabinoid effects on nociception in rats. Adviser's Name.

NSF Summer Undergraduate Research Fellow. Summer 1993
Carnegie Mellon University, Dept. of Biological Sciences, Pittsburgh, PA. Cloning by complementation the GAS9 gene in Saccharomyces Cerevisiae: an investigation of Ca2+ storage and transport. Adviser's Name.

Awards and Fellowships:
Elected full member, Society of Sigma Xi 1999

Research University Mind and Brain Fellowship (individual) 1996-1998

National Science Foundation Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (individual)

1989

Teaching Experience:

Teaching Assistant. Research University
Attended lectures; graded exams, laboratory reports and papers; held weekly office hours; conducted weekly review and laboratory sections.

Dept. of Psychology: Techniques in Physiological Psychology. Fall 1999

Dept. of Neuroscience: Neural Information Processing Fall 1995-Fall 1996
Structure of the Nervous System, Principles of Neuropsychopharmacology.

Writing Associate. Research University Writing Center 1998-2000
Conducted sessions with individual students to discuss all stages of the writing process, providing assistance with research papers and dissertations on a variety of science topics.

Honors thesis supervisor. Research University, Dept. of Neuroscience 1997-1998
Investigation of the role of cannabinoids in antinociception, Advisee's Name.

Professional Societies:

Society for Neuroscience, American Pain Society, The National Association of Science Writers, Inc.

Publications and Presentations:

Articles:

Keay, E. and co-author. (1999) Title, Journal, 99: 999-999.

Co-author, co-author, Keay, E., co-author and co-author (1999) Title, Journal, 99: 99999-99999.

Co-author, Keay, E. and co-author. (1999) Title, Journal, in press 99.

Keay, E., co-author, co-author, co-author and co-author. (1998) Title, Journal, 999: 999-999.

Chapters:

Co-author, Keay, E., and co-author. Title, Journal, (in preparation).

Invited Papers:

Co-author, co-author, Keay, E. and co-author. (1999) Title, Journal, in press.

Co-author, co-author, co-author, Keay, E., co-author and co-author (1999) Title, Journal, 99: 999-999.

Keay, E. (1997) Title, Journal, 9:999-999.

Abstracts:

Keay, E.* and co-author. (1998) Title, Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 99: 9999.

Co-author, co-author, Keay, E.*, co-author, co-author and co-author (1995) Title, Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 99: 999.

Co-author,* co-author, co-author, Keay, E., co-author, and co-author (1995) Title, Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 99: 9999.

Research Interests:

My primary research interests are nociceptive transmission and neuropharmacological mechanisms for antinociception. My thesis research evaluated the ability of marijuana-like drugs to dampen the behavioral and spinal hypersensitivity triggered by peripheral injury. A future goal is to incorporate intracellular recording, and molecular techniques to understand the mechanisms that produce chronic pain states and how to pharmacologically intervene.

References:

John Smith, Department of Neuroscience, Research University, P.O. Box 1853, 89 Science St., City, State Zip Code (xxx) xxx-xxxx j_smith@research.edu

Name, Department, University, P.O. Box, Street Address, City, State Zip Code (xxx) xxx-xxxx e-mail address