Academic Career Profiles

The life of a professor (or instructor) can vary greatly, because of the great variety of academic institutions. One way to assess whether a particular career track might be right for you is to read about the lives of people who have chosen that track -- what they do day to day, what the challenges and rewards of their jobs are, and so on. While none of the profiles below is meant to be "representative" of a particular academic setting, collectively they help to illustrate this variety. You can search the collection by highest degree granted (by their department), by typing text into the search box, or just by browsing.

Show career profile collections compiled by other organizations

Earth Science World, the Sloan Career Cornerstone Center, and Geotimes all have profiles of geoscientists.
The Joint Oceanographic Institutions have profiles of careers in scientific ocean drilling. OceanCareers.com has profiles of careers in the ocean sciences. The American Society of Limnology and Oceanography has career profiles for limnology and oceanography. And Deborah K. Smith, Lori Dolby, and Ed Schiele have compiled profiles of women oceanographers.
Uniserve Science has profiles of scientists, including geoscientists, as does the Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science.
Natalie Mahowald, at Cornell, has posted an extensive downloadable document of interesting jobs in the geosciences that are available to people with Masters or PhDs. It's on her website.

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Career Profile: Becca Walker part of Career Profiles
Educational background: B.A., Geology, Hamilton College, Clinton, NY Field camp, Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID M.S., Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ. I also completed the Certificate in ...

Resource Type: Academic: Career Profile:Academic, Academic:2YC, Career Profile
Highest Degree Granted by Dept: Associate's degree

Career Profile: Al Trujillo part of Career Profiles
B.S. Geology, UC Davis M.S. Geology, Northern Arizona University Worked in industry for 5 years 18 years teaching experience

Resource Type: Academic: Career Profile:Academic, Career Profile, Academic:2YC
Highest Degree Granted by Dept: Associate's degree

Career Profile: Joshua Villalobos part of Career Profiles
2011-Present-Associate Professor, District-wide coordinator for Geological Sciences, El Paso Community College (EPCC) 2006-2011- Associate Professor, Department of Geological Sciences, EPCC 2003-2005- Adjunct ...

Resource Type: Academic: Career Profile:Academic, Career Profile, Academic:2YC
Highest Degree Granted by Dept: Associate's degree

Career Profile: Elizabeth Nagy part of Career Profiles
I received a PhD in Geology from Caltech in 1997. I held two post-doctoral positions in isotope geochemistry labs in Paris (1997-1999) and Syracuse University (2000-2001) and then taught high school Earth Science ...

Resource Type: Academic: Career Profile:Academic, Academic:2YC, Career Profile
Highest Degree Granted by Dept: Associate's degree

Career Profile: Katryn Wiese part of Career Profiles
B.S. Caltech, Geology (including three summers doing research in 1) astrophysics, 2) geochemistry in Australia, 3) geochemistry in Hawaii). M.S. Oregon State University, Geology (volcano research in Iceland + 2 ...

Resource Type: Academic: Career Profile:Academic, Academic:2YC, Career Profile
Highest Degree Granted by Dept: Associate's degree

Career Profile: Mike Phillips part of Career Profiles
I received my Bachelors ('86) and Masters ('90) at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. As an undergraduate, I was involved in student orientation for three years and a Resident Assistant in a dorm ...

Resource Type: Academic: Career Profile:Academic, Career Profile, Academic:2YC
Highest Degree Granted by Dept: Associate's degree

Career Profile: Gretchen Miller part of Early Career:Workshop Leader Profiles:Career Profiles
× Physical Sciences Department, Wake Tech Community College Wake Tech Community College is a two-year college. Gretchen is one of the leaders of the 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024 "Early Career ...

Resource Type: Academic: Career Profile:Academic:2YC, Career Profile:Academic
Highest Degree Granted by Dept: Associate's degree

Career Profile: Kaatje van der Hoeven Kraft part of Early Career:Workshop Leader Profiles:Career Profiles
× Department of Sciences, Whatcom Community College Whatcom Community College is a two-year college. Kaatje van der Hoeven Kraft is one of the leaders of the 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019 "Early Career ...

Resource Type: Academic: Career Profile:Academic:2YC, Career Profile:Academic
Highest Degree Granted by Dept: Associate's degree

Career Profile: Karen Kortz part of Early Career:Workshop Leader Profiles:Career Profiles
Physics Department, Community College of Rhode Island The Community College of Rhode Island is a 2-year college. Karen Kortz is one of the leaders of the 2014 "Early Career Geoscience Faculty" Workshop. ...

Resource Type: Academic: Career Profile:Academic:2YC
Highest Degree Granted by Dept: Associate's degree

Career Profile: Ron Metzger part of Early Career:Workshop Leader Profiles:Career Profiles
Science Department, Southwestern Oregon Community College Southwestern Oregon Community College is a 2-year college. Ron Metzger is one of the leaders of the 2010 "Early Career Geoscience Faculty" ...

Resource Type: Academic: Career Profile:Academic:2YC
Highest Degree Granted by Dept: Associate's degree

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