Tuesday, June 19, 2018

In the Lab, Failure Is Part of the Job Description

The Chronicle of Higher Education
Alexander C. Kafka
June 15, 2018

Jay Van Bavel is a highly successful research psychologist at New York University, but he also likes junior colleagues to know about his crummy first year as an assistant professor, when he had 10 papers and three grant proposals rejected, and zero papers published.

Make no mistake, over all, he has kicked scholarly butt. Now an associate professor, he is also affiliated with NYU’s Stern School of Business, has published more than 60 papers, and won prestigious academic awards and a wide range of grants.

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