Despite her job with Vendler in the Department of English and American Literature, O'Brien says she does not want to be an English professor.
"I find it interesting, but it's not my cup of tea," she says.
Instead, O'Brien's long range plans may include teaching history or women's studies.
Jacqueline Brown's job was born of necessity.
"I am not a scholar at all," she says. "I was at the Middle East Center. I am European and my boss-to-be needed a French speaker. And it was a perfect match."
When Pilot first was hired by what was then called the Meteorology department 35 years ago, she couldn't have cared less about the subject.
But after years of working with Gould in the paleontology wing, the subject matter began to grow on her.
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