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The Law School has received many media requests about Barack Obama, especially about his status as "Senior Lecturer."
From 1992 until his election to the U.S. Senate in 2004, Barack Obama served as a professor in the Law School. He was a Lecturer from 1992 to 1996. He was a Senior Lecturer from 1996 to 2004, during which time he taught three courses per year. Senior Lecturers are considered to be members of the Law School faculty and are regarded as professors, although not full-time or tenure-track. The title of Senior Lecturer is distinct from the title of Lecturer, which signifies adjunct status. Like Obama, each of the Law School's Senior Lecturers has high-demand careers in politics or public service, which prevent full-time teaching. Several times during his 12 years as a professor in the Law School, Obama was invited to join the faculty in a full-time tenure-track position, but he declined.
Originally posted by Jemison
I don't know, maybe ask questions and do a little homework??
Jemison
Originally posted by TruthWithin
Wow. You know, if there had been this kind of scrutiny about GW before he was elected, we very well might live in a totally different world.
Originally posted by jamie83
Which is exactly why I'm so surprised at how many Obama supporters become upset when people scrutinize Obama.
Strictly speaking, it is a rank within the college faculty, with lecturer or instructor being the beginning rank, followed by assistant professor and then full professor. The University of Chicago has the additional rank of senior lecturer.
Originally posted by jamie83
I got into a discussion with an ex-Hillary supporter who swears Obama was never really a college professor. She claims that he was just a lecturer.
And then another friend of mine who's an Obama supporter told me that the Hillary supporter was wrong, and that Obama was indeed a college professor.
Anybody know which version is true, or even the difference between a lecturer and a professor?
Originally posted by iamcamouflage
Jamie clearly just stated some random piece of info that he heard from someone who heard from someone else. He didnt even do any research or post a link or anything. Just a random statement. This is exactly what I thought these forums were trying to rise above. This is political baiting without a doubt.