"One of the things I do is to see that the left hand and the right hand know what's going on, and see how I cut down on confusion," Randolph says, speaking about the rest of the personnel in Gomes's office.
Paths to the Ivory Tower
"I come from a background of two interests: the importance of the lives of students and the roles of religion in that life," she says.
Randolph and her husband--a dean at the MIT--also serve as house masters at the prestigious school down the river.
Kelly O'Brien, Vendler's assistant, says she took the job for several reasons.
"I wanted to have a job where I could see what it's like to be a professor. I may want to do that [as a career]," she says. "I get a better picture of how a department works, that I wouldn't know if I wasn't here."
O'Brien takes advantage of her job's tuition benefits by pursuing a degree in history at the Extension School.
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