A 2022 SPE Outstanding Book H onorable Mention “ If you want to achieve tenure, you should know a bit more about what it means and why it exists, and its benefits. All too often, even faculty don’t understand why tenure is important ." Thus begins the Preface of Candid Advice for New Faculty Members , the newest and most comprehensive “how to” guide for graduate students, post-docs, and junior faculty across a variety of academic disciplines. Drawing upon her own extensive experiences and that of many colleagues, Marybeth Gasman provides you with an incredibly valuable tool for attaining tenure and for the things that you should do to advance your academic career. She provides practical (and sometimes humorous) advice about a range of topics, including: negotiating job offers - planning a research agenda - improving your teaching skills - managing service - advising students - applying for research grants - achieving life/work balance - managing academic politics In addition to this valuable career advice, Gasman provides a peek behind the academy’s curtain by painting a vivid picture of the inner workings of the academy and all of its players.  Candid Advice for New Faculty Members is required reading for every newly-minted faculty member, regardless of academic discipline. The wisdom provided in this volume will prove to be invaluable to your future career. Perfect for courses such as:  Doctoral seminars across various disciplines, College and University Teaching, Graduate Student Research Seminars, Professional Development Seminars “Reading Candid Advice for New Faculty Members by Marybeth Gasman makes you feel like you are in the presence of that mentor you always wanted―someone deeply knowledgeable and experienced, with sound and realistic judgment, who delivers thoughtful and practical advice with your best interests at heart…For those faculty on the tenure track and for graduate students applying for tenure track positions, the book will prove its worth many times over.” -- Kevin J. Delaney, Professor of Sociology at Temple University, Review excerpt in The Journal of Faculty Development, Vol. 37, No. 2, May 2023 “ Candid Advice for New Faculty Members: A Guide to Getting Tenure and Advancing Your Academic Career is a road map for new faculty on how to navigate the brutal tenure system. It is easy to read and gives essential advice on how to be successful in one’s tenure application, how to develop an excellent teaching portfolio, and how to approach research and service, especially for women and faculty of color. Gasman gives simple and clear advice for staying focused on scholarship and teaching, and navigating academic politics.” -- Abdalla Darwish, Ph.D. Presidential Professor, Physics & SPIE Fellow Dillard University “A must read for anyone considering academia or on tenure-track. As a 3rd year tenure-track faculty with prior industry, non-profit and entrepreneurial experience, I had contemplated leaving academia before reading Candid Advice for New Faculty Members: A Guide to Getting Tenure and Advancing Your Academic Career. Gasman shares, in great detail, the value of tenure through a lens I hadn’t seen before. Her diverse experience and extensive knowledge allow her to provide the perfect insight in a candid, humorous fashion that is on point and right on time.” -- Trina Fletcher, Assistant Professor, College of Engineering and Computing, Florida International University “Gasman’s book is an important resource for new faculty members, especially faculty of color, whether at a private elite institution of higher education or at a comprehensive public institution. This book provides straightforward advice to new faculty members on how to work hard, work smart, dream big, and strive to bring balance into your academic and personal life. New faculty members as well as graduate students should read this book.” -- Timothy P. Fong, Professor, Ethnic Studies, California State University, Sacramento “ Candid Advice for New Faculty Members: A Guide to Getting Tenure and Advancing Your Academic Career is an insightful guide that provides experience-based advice on how to maintain one’s focus while navigating tenure, believe in one’s own worth, and chart out a fulfilling path –all while following one’s passion. In presenting her own experience, Professor Gasman opens a view into her world, with sincerity, humor, and the unabashed intention that others learn from her stories. One is left with a renewed sense of community and inspiration, after her unveiling of the so-called mysteries of the academy that bring into clearer view the importance of what’s real–our contributions to making the academy a more collaborative place.” -- Saúl Jiménez-Sandoval, Interim President, Provost & Professor of Spanish and Portuguese, California State University, Fresno “Drawing on her inspiring story and fueled by a rare coupling of candor, humor, and an abundance of wisdom, Professor Gasman prov