Mary Jean Harrold

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Faculty Positions at Academic Research
Institutions

• Mary Jean Harrold
• ADVANCE Professor of Computing
• Georgia Institute of Technology

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My Job

• Rewards
• Teaching
• Working with students
• Research
• Helping students become successful researchers
• Helping industries solve problems using my
  research
• Seeing my research have impact
• Service
• Helping to increase diversity in computing

• Responsibilities
• Teaching
• Classroomtwo classes/year, one must be UG
• Individualindependent studies (UG, MS, PhD),
  advising (MS, PhD), mentoring (UG, MS, PhD)
• Research
• Guiding (mostly) graduate students
• Securing funding from government, industry
• Reporting results (conferences, journals, talks)
• Service
• Internaldepartment, college, institute
• Externalboards, conference, diversity

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A Day In My Life (when not traveling)

• 430-6amexercise (if not sleeping in), get ready
• 6-630amarrive at school
• 630-1030amplan day, research, other tasks
• 1030-1200pmstudent meetings
• 1200-130pmluncha seminar or meeting (3
  days/week)
• 130-530pmclasses or student meetings
• 530-645service meetings

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A Day In My Life (when not traveling)

• Classes T-Th, 2 classes, each 1hr 20 min 4
  hours prep 5 office hours ?15 hours/week
• Student meetings 1 hour per student, postdoc,
  research scientist 3 group meetings, prep ?20
  hours/week
• Research group meetings ARG, SPARC3 hours/week
• CS service FRC, Roles, CAC, faculty meetings,
  mentoring, misc ? 8 hours/week
• Institute service ADVANCE, etc. 2 hours/week
• Outside service CRA-W, FSE 08, reviewing, CRA,
  NCWIT, etc.? 8 hours/week
• Other Securing funding, talking to companies,
  etc.? 5 hours/week

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Preparing for My Job

• Do excellent researchtop priority
• Select important topic, and develop good solution
• Present in conferences, network, etc.
• Become an excellent communicatorboth oral and
  written
• Develop a set of goals for graduate school, and
  participate only in those activities that get you
  to your goalsay NO to everything else
• Organize your day by scheduling around your most
  productive time
• Develop good time-management skillsthis will
  benefit you later
• Learn to manage e-mail
• Have a life outside of work