FACES Workshop, October 7th, 2008

On Being a Professor with another Profession Jeffrey L. Streator, Ph.D.

Associate ProfessorG. W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering

PastorSummer Hill African Methodist Episcopal Church

Rome, GA

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Some Academic Milestones . . .

1984 A.B., Harvard University, Engineering Sciences

1986 M.S., U.C. Berkeley, Mechanical Engineering

1990 Ph.D, U.C. Berkeley, Mechanical Engineering

1990 Joined Mech. Engr. Faculty at Georgia Tech

1996 Promoted to Assoc. Prof./Granted Tenure

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Some Ministerial Milestones . . .

1994 Accepted Call to Ministry

1998 Received 1st-level Ordination (i.e., became “Rev. Streator”)

2000 Appointed as Pastor to Summer Hill A.M.E.

2001 Received Full Ordination

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I. Challenges! -research

get funding, write papers, manage graduate students, travel to conferences

-teaching

prepare lecture, manage courses, interface with students

-service

committees: unit level, institute level, professional level;

educational outreach, mentorship (e.g., FACES, STEP)

Academic Careers Afford . . .

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II. Chances -to discover

learn things that nobody else yet knows

-to develop

grow intellectually; explore new areas

-to impact

your research, education and service change lives and/or the quality of life

Academic Careers Afford . . .

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III. Choices -autonomy

you choose how you organize your time, your courses, your research enterprise, the level of service (with some constraints)

-creativity

limited only by your imagination . . .(and you ability to get funding for it!)

Academic Careers Afford . . .

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Flow Chart

Questions?