Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Moving towards full time teaching

After 21 years of running my own business, I have been trying to move towards a full-time teaching position. I've been teaching as Adjunct Faculty since I was an undergraduate in college but for the last 3 years or so have been more consistent about it and teaching Single variable Calculus, Vector Calculus as well as statistics and other courses. Full-time positions are not readily available do to the economy but after looking into a seminar I might attent in May, an almost perfect full time faculty position presented itself. It would require relocating but it is worth looking into and possibly applying for. The key is I would want to retain some of my business clients and maintain the applications I have built for them.

Keeping Fresh-Percolation Theory

I'm able to keep fresh in my fields of math and physics by attending seminars and colloquia. A good friend just told me about a 3-day seminar in Advanced Percolation theory. I'm interested to see if there have been any advances in the use of Quantum Gravity and Quantum field theory in this area. Hope I can find time to go!