The Joys of Being a Professor: My Life in Academia - Softcover

Cohen, Andrew D.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1643880268 ISBN 13: 9781643880266

Publisher: Luminare Press, 2018

Synopsis

When university professors are asked how their work is going, the response may focus on difficulties associated with the profession rather than on joys. What, in fact, are some joys that I have had in being a professor? What about joys that those aspiring to become professors might have in choosing this career as their own? And might this information encourage those already in this career path? It might also provide interesting reading for veteran professors, prompting them to take stock of joys they have encountered. The result was the following book, with entries categorized according to different aspects of a professor’s professional work life based on my own personal experiences, with the addition of a few others suggested by colleague. This is a feel-good volume—to demonstrate both to those in the profession and to those others interested in it ways in which being a professor can produce joy.

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About the Author

ANDREWD. COHEN was a Peace Corps Volunteer on the High Plains of Bolivia, then aprofessor at UCLA, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and the University ofMinnesota, Minneapolis. He also taught through the Fulbright Program in Braziland as a Visiting Prof. at Auckland University in New Zealand. He lives withhis wife of 50 years, Sabina, in Oakland, CA. Their son and daughter each havethree children, so they are proud grandparents of six.

About this edition

• Publisher: Luminare Press
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1643880268
• ISBN 13: 9781643880266
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 138