A survival guide for new faculty members
STARTING YOUR FIRST UNIVERSITY TEACHING JOB can feel a lot like groping in the dark. Just ask Stephan Durham and Wes Marshall, who had little to go on as newly minted assistant professors of civil engineering at the University of Colorado. Denver and looked to each other for advice. Both had only limited teaching experience as graduate students Marshall's wife studied pedagogy for years to become an elementary school teacher, but as for him, "I happen to be a good transportation researcher, which apparently means I'm also qualified to teach" at the college level.
Their predicament was hardly unique, "Being a college professor is …
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