As we are starting a new project that involves interviewing professionals in our fields, it is important to do preliminary research about their professional qualifications. It is also necessary to schedule times for interviews and generate questions tailored to each person.
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Interview Questions:
Work Experience:
- Image Quality Engineer at Kodak (1.75 years)
- Education Director at the U of A (2.75 years)
- Assistant Research Professor at the University of Arizona, College of Optical Sciences (2011-present)
Education:
- AA, San Francisco Art Institute, Photography (1998)
- BS, Rochester Institute of Technology, Imaging and Photographic Technologies (2001)
- MS, University of Arizona, Optical Sciences (2003)
- PhD, University of Arizona, Optical Sciences (2008)
Scheduled Meeting:
- Tuesday, February 23
- 2:00 PM
- Meinel 645
Interview Questions:
- How would you describe the work you do with the University of Arizona?
- How did you go from art school to optical engineering- How has your background prepared you for the writing you do now?
- What are some of the genres you write in during your work as Education Director and Research Professor?
- What are your favorite things to write?- Can you show me some examples?
- What does your writing process for [choose their favorite genre] look like?- focus on peer review and the research
- What kind of external audiences do you write for [conferences, popular articles, research proposals]
- What kind of internal audiences do you write for [OSA, professional papers]
- What are the most challenging audiences to write towards? What are some of the techniques you use to successfully communicate with said audiences?
- What role has social media played in your career and writing- Do you have a twitter, facebook, linkedin?
- What are the most common tools and software you use for [choose non-text based genres mentioned at the beginning of interview]
- Does procrastination play a role in your management of time?
- What is your favorite place to write?
Work Experience:
- Optician at the University of New Mexico, Institute of Astronomy (10 years)
- Technical staff at AT&T Bell Labs (5 years)
- Associate Professor at the University of Arizona, College of Optical Sciences and Department of Astronomy and Steward Observatory (6 years)
- Professor at the University of Arizona, College of Optical Sciences and Department of Astronomy and Steward Observatory (2001-present)
Education:
- BS, University of New Mexico (1982)
- MS, University of Arizona (1987)
- PhD, University of Arizona (1988)
Scheduled Meeting:
- Thursday, February 25
- 2:00 PM
- Meinel 735
Interview Questions:
- How would you describe the work you do with the University of Arizona?
- Can you give me a rundown of all the different types of writing you do in your job?
- What are your favorite things to write?
- What are the purposes of [his favorite genres]
- What does your writing process for [choose their favorite genre] look like?- focus on peer review and the research
- What kind of external audiences do you write for [conferences, popular articles, research proposals]
- What kind of internal audiences do you write for [OSA, professional papers]
- What are the most challenging audiences to write towards? What are some of the techniques you use to successfully communicate with said audiences?
- How has your writing developed over the course of your long and successful career?
- What are the most common tools and software you use for [choose non-text based genres mentioned at the beginning of interview]- what are the most unusual tools?
- Does procrastination play a role in your management of time?
- What is your favorite place to write?
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