“I am one happy Fellow.”
Ádám Galambos arrived at Lawrence in 2006-07 as one of the Lawrence University Fellows in the Liberal Arts and Sciences after receiving his Doctor of Economics degree from the University of Minnesota. Teaching Comparative Economic Systems and Social Choice Theory — a course not commonly taught at the undergraduate level — Galambos connected with Lawrence students in new ways and provided learning opportunities not offered at the college previously.
“As a Fellow, I was able to teach the way I wanted to teach and choose material that I enjoy. I believe students enjoyed it as well and were eager to participate in the new courses,” says Galambos. Lawrence University wholeheartedly agrees. Galambos was offered a full-time faculty position as an assistant professor, following his successful year as a Fellow. While Galambos was teaching economics, the college had a unique opportunity to assess his abilities during what turned out to be a yearlong “job interview.” At the same time, Galambos learned a lot about Lawrence.
“I was pleasantly surprised to see how hard students were willing to work,” Galambos says. As part of his introductory year at Lawrence, Galambos also worked one-on-one with students, providing assistance and guidance through tutorials and independent study projects, helping them navigate subjects such as graduate-level game theory and collective decision making in the firm. “The Fellows bring fresh ideas and perspectives to campus, and I have no doubt that students benefit tremendously from the Fellows program,” he says.
Having taught as a graduate student at the University of Minnesota and as visiting faculty at the Kellogg School of Management, Galambos thoroughly enjoys the diverse nature of a liberal arts college and the lively faculty discussions on a wide variety of topics. He says, “At larger universities, economists talk only to economists — sometimes only to economists with the same specialty. I enjoy talking to other social scientists, musicians, physicists, and the variety that is part of a liberal arts college.”
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