Has Rachel Maddow ever been a college professor?

[Brigid]

I often feel like I am in class with a particularly good prof when I watch her show. :)

[hlthe2b]

1. If she's like most PhDs--- she likely was a TA (teacher assistant)

during her post-graduate work. It is typical that the TAs do most of the teaching for Senior Professors. So, probably so, yes.

[Drale]

7. Not so much anymore

At least not here in Illinois at the state schools. Professors do most of the teaching, I've never had a T.A. teach a class.

[damntexdem]

11. At my place we all teach.

In fact, we cannot use research money to "buy out" of classes below a minimal level of teaching. And professors do teach some undergraduate classes -- I certainly have done many. However, the other side is that our doctoral students need the experience (and the listing on their CVs) of teaching, so we try to reserve as many undergraduate classes as possible for them to teach. It's a balancing act.

[hlthe2b]

13. All four universities I've been associated with everyone does teach...but

it is a matter of degree... Undergrad courses are "led" by the Professor, but at a minimum, co-taught by the TA (s). Graduate seminars, tend to be the sole purvue of the senior Professor, with, perhaps a TA offering student assistance, and covering "grading" and other routine duties.

[Critters2]

18. At which school? I had some TAs at ISU. Not as many as my friends

at the U of I, because it's a research school, I think. But most of my 100 and some 200 level courses were taught by TAs.

[HysteryDiagnosis]

2. She is a brilliant person who never disappoints. She puts many of our lawmakers

to shame without breaking a sweat.

[Zax2me]

10. Not to belittle her...

But that isn't a difficult task.

[Taverner]

3. Rachel is someone who I would very much like to see become President

Imagine President Rachel Maddow...

That would be awesome - intellect, reason, sanity...

[Ilsa]

6. She would get my support. nt

[joneschick]

4. are Wiki references allowed today?

A graduate of Castro Valley High School in Castro Valley, California, Maddow earned a degree in public policy from Stanford University in 1994.<15> At graduation she was awarded the John Gardner Fellowship. She was also the recipient of a Rhodes Scholarship and began her postgraduate study in 1995 at Lincoln College, Oxford. In 2001, she earned a Doctor of Philosophy (DPhil) in politics from Oxford University.<16> Her thesis is titled HIV/AIDS and Health Care Reform in British and American Prisons (supervisor: Dr Lucia Zedner). She was the first openly gay American to win a Rhodes scholarship.<17><18>

:hi:

[sasha031]

5. Early life and education

Maddow was born in Castro Valley, California, is the daughter of Robert B. "Bob" Maddow, a former United States Air Force captain and a lawyer for the East Bay Municipal Utility District, and Elaine Maddow (née Gosse), a school program administrator from Newfoundland, Canada.<9><10><11> She has one older brother, David. Maddow's mother was raised a strict Roman Catholic, and Maddow herself grew up in a community that her mother has described as "very conservative".<12><13> Maddow was a competitive athlete and played three sports in high school.<14> Referencing John Hughes films, she describes herself in high school as "a cross between the jock and the antisocial girl".<13>
A graduate of Castro Valley High School in Castro Valley, California, Maddow earned a degree in public policy from Stanford University in 1994.<15> At graduation she was awarded the John Gardner Fellowship. She was also the recipient of a Rhodes Scholarship and began her postgraduate study in 1995 at Lincoln College, Oxford. In 2001, she earned a Doctor of Philosophy (DPhil) in politics from Oxford University.<16> Her thesis is titled HIV/AIDS and Health Care Reform in British and American Prisons (supervisor: Dr Lucia Zedner). She was the first openly gay American to win a Rhodes scholarship.<17><18>

[riverwalker]

9. and so cute!

http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRYeKrl21r_hr9-GFQFUFF-XkiZg8_npkTpvb_hgxKyuuwM5-reBw

[sasha031]

12. her favorite pic

:)

[Brigid]

14. Wow! That's Rachel?

I wouldn't have recognized her. :)

[pinkkillersheep]

8. I wish

That would be awesome...

[applegrove]

15. What time is she on? I may have to order MSNBC on cable. I need

inspiration about then.

[Brigid]

16. She's on 9 pm eastern.

:)

[applegrove]

17. Thanks.