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A highly entertaining and informative list of pretested pitfalls. -- Inside Higher Education A lighthearted yet comprehensive guide to making it through postgraduate education in one piece. . . . this book offers readers practical and entertaining advice on how to get the most out of the graduate school experience. -- Science Graduate school is a high-stakes venture when you consider the time and cost invested in return for relatively meager job prospects. 57 Ways to Screw Up in Grad School provides useful advice to make a student's time in grad school as productive and rewarding as possible. --C. Ray Chandler, professor, Georgia Southern University and author of The Chicago Guide to Landing a Job in Academic Biology Science

This is a book prospective students should buy before embarking on a graduate school career and that current students should keep close to their desks and computers. Haggerty and Doyle are knowledgeable, honest, open, and supportive. Moreover, their advice is spot-on. This is the kind of book I wish I had before starting graduate school. --Jon Gould, author of How to Succeed in College (While Really Trying)

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Kevin D. Haggerty is a Killam Research Laureate and professor of sociology and criminology at the University of Alberta. He is also editor of the Canadian Journal of Sociology. Haggerty's most recent book is Transparent Lives. Aaron Doyle is associate professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Carleton University. His most recent book is Eyes Everywhere.

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