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P rofessors at Texas A&M of
ten hold jobs different from
the fields in which they
teach. This outside work gives
the professors the real-world
credibility they need to keep stu
dents interested, and students
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hand experience.
The outside work most stu
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called for a limited time to pro
vide expert advice.
Dr. Roy Hann, an environmen
tal engineering professor, said con
sulting can lead a professor to
many interesting situations.
“There are many professors
who do consulting and other works
on campus,” Hann said. “The work
comes along from time to time. My
forte is that I am one of the few en
gineering professors who deals
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Navy by training the Navy oil spill
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largest oil spill area in the country
for the Navy.”
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field to providing expert testimony
in court cases.
Professors can find themselves
evaluating a procedure after the
fact or looking over the shoulders
of those they hired to insure noth
ing goes wrong.
To make sure consulting does
not interfere with teaching, Texas
A&M has a set of rules for profes
sors who take on second jobs.
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“We’re only allowed a certain
amount of time off,” Hann said.
“We must be cleared through the
University to take a consulting job.
Usually, this means we cannot take
a large consulting job if classes are
in session.”
Second jobs for professors are
not limited to consulting out to a
corporation. Sandra Medina, a jour
nalism lecturer, is also the interim
assistant for the Vice President for
Student Affairs Dr. J. Malon
Southerland, and the Communica
tions Coordinator for the Multicul
tural Services Department.
“My situation is a different kind
the gap between the real world
and the classroom.
“1 have a great deal of experi
ence working with the media
through my job with University Re
lations, as well as my work in the
multicultural services office with 10
major conferences being hosted on
this campus this year,” Medina
said. “These are things 1 can bring
into the classroom.”
Hann said consulting work offers
other advantages in the classroom.
“With consulting, I’m able to go
out and get video and pictures of
the actual process as it occurs,"
Hann said. “I can see the technol-
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of that.”
Medina teaches Journalism
407, Women and Minorities in the
Mass Media, and said her past ex
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ogy and techniques we develop be
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to my students.”
Medina said combining the
workload of teaching a class with
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of time.
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