as you may know, i’m a new professor coming to the end of my first academic year. i’ve had the opportunity to write my first proposals, arrange my first collaborations, and teach my first class at this new institution. i’ve gotten to choose my first graduate students, join my first university committees, and attend my…
Category: teaching
learning teaching & understanding understanding
I am a new assistant professor at George Washington University in Engineering Management and Systems Engineering. For my first semester, being an assistant professor was better than a dream! No teaching responsibility, so I was only writing proposals and submitting postdoc papers. My, how much difference winter break has made! Now, being a prof is…
experiencing teaching
i never thought i’d like the project management class so much. i mean, most of my colleagues would tell me that the students are horrible, or they aren’t motivated, or don’t have much knowledge of the subject matter. i must say i have been impressed with our students so far. maybe i have been blessed…