Formerly Professor of Biology, Haverford College, Haverford, Pennsylvania 19041; currently Director of One Health Research Education, University of Pennsylvania, School of Veterinary Medicine, Kennett Square, Pennsylvania 19348.
Cold Spring Harb Perspect Biol. 2017 Oct 3;9(10):a032789. doi: 10.1101/cshperspect.a032789.
A career as a tenure-track professor at a liberal arts college provides the opportunity to combine serious interests in teaching with research. The basic goals of the liberal arts institution are to educate the student broadly while encouraging mastery of a particular area of interest. Preparing for such a career requires not only a commitment to teaching but also a productive PhD and postdoctoral experience, regardless of the expectations for active research within the job. The application and interview processes require one to be informed, flexible, energetic, and clear-in writing and in speaking. Establishing an invigorating teaching and research program will allow you to balance realism and ambition as you find a way to bring the best science to the undergraduate setting. The exposure to students whose thinking is often more unfettered and creative, and to colleagues whose scholarships span many disciplines, makes a position at a liberal arts college one of the most intellectually stimulating careers available to a scientist.
在一所文科学院担任终身教职教授的职业，为您提供了将对教学的浓厚兴趣与研究相结合的机会。文科学院的基本目标是广泛教育学生，同时鼓励他们掌握特定领域的兴趣。准备这样的职业不仅需要对教学的承诺，还需要有富有成效的博士和博士后经验，而不管该工作对积极研究的期望如何。申请和面试过程要求您具备信息、灵活性、精力充沛和清晰的写作和口语能力。建立一个充满活力的教学和研究计划，将使您能够在找到一种方法将最好的科学带到本科环境的同时，平衡现实和抱负。与那些思维往往更加自由和创造性的学生以及那些跨越多个学科的学者的同事接触，使您在文科学院的工作成为对科学家来说最具智力刺激的职业之一。
