Matthew McConaughey Becomes Professor
At The University Of Texas
Daily Caller,
by
David Hoodstead
Original Article
Posted By: Imright,
8/29/2019 9:34:55 AM
Matthew McConaughey is officially a professor at the University of Texas. The legendary actor had already been doing some guest lecturing for the Longhorns, but now he’s got a major upgrade in the job title department. (Video) UTNews.edu announced the following about McConaughey’s new job on Wednesday: In recognition of his outstanding work as a teacher and mentor to University of Texas students, and with respect to his career as an award-winning actor and producer, Matthew McConaughey has been appointed as a professor of practice at the Moody College of Communication starting in the fall 2019 term.
Reply 1 - Posted by:
hershey 8/29/2019 9:50:14 AM (No. 165590)
I like him and his movies....that being said, what the devil is a 'professor of practice'???? Another made up position??
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
DVC 8/29/2019 10:13:14 AM (No. 165626)
I think they have created a new made up job title to be able to bypass all the normal rules required to become and actual assistant professor, usually the first job title for an actual professor.
I suspect it just a better sounding title for an instructor. I seriously doubt that he is on any tenure track.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Gruntmedic 8/29/2019 10:18:54 AM (No. 165634)
That will upset people who have been working their way the ladder.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
chance_232 8/29/2019 10:24:56 AM (No. 165645)
Perhaps he will give a lecture explaing that Lincoln Continental commercial?
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Kate318 8/29/2019 10:39:58 AM (No. 165668)
Awright, awright, awriiiiiight!!! Actually, I have seen videos of some of his mentoring work with students. He’s quite good. His messaging is very much in tune with conservatives: work hard, take responsibility for your life, etc.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
tessie 8/29/2019 10:42:15 AM (No. 165673)
"Celebrities. Is there anything they don't know?" Credit Homer Simpson
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
StormCnter 8/29/2019 10:48:19 AM (No. 165682)
Please consider retracting the claws. McConaughey is a good guy. There are plenty of stories of him trying to just live a normal life and avoiding spotlights. Academia creates posts for someone famous all the time. It'll be just fine.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
DVC 8/29/2019 11:44:59 AM (No. 165789)
I did not intend anything I said to be disdainful of Mr. McConaughey in my previous comment, and don't think I said anything negative about him. I like his movies, and it appears that he is a positive influence.
But, it is reasonable for the University to improve his stature, but unlikely that he can be just injected in as a real assistant professor - there are requirements, usually a PhD in the subject, and then, typically to have outside funded research, grad or post grad students, and write papers. He almost certainly doesn't want or need any of THAT. This is a nice upgraded title, and there is nothing wrong with that.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
zephyrgirl 8/29/2019 11:45:35 AM (No. 165790)
Follow the money: Texas wants to keep those McConaughey donations coming.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
ZeldaFitzg 8/29/2019 12:09:00 PM (No. 165823)
I have nothing against the topic, but I would like to take a red pen to this essay.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
Newtsche 8/29/2019 1:07:59 PM (No. 165885)
Golf Channel's David Feherty interviewed MM a while back, I've never seen anyone more full of himself than McConaughey. I don't know much about him otherwise, he came across as insufferable.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
Geoman 8/29/2019 2:37:20 PM (No. 165958)
Although I'm not a fan of McConaughey, I see nothing wrong with his position and title, which serves to differentiate his standing as a professor from those with earned PhDs. Having performed practical work in the areas of my dual PhD, I see the value of accomplished practitioners teaching within their area of expertise. Too often, we see the lack of value of college professors who have only their theoretical understanding of their chosen fields of study. My favorite geology professor when I was an undergrad student had played an instrumental role in discovering and producing oil along Alaska's north slope. He taught lecture classes from a slide projector (before the digital revolution), filled with 35mm pictures he had taken during the practical phase of his career. My least favorite professor had done his BS, MS, and PhD, coincidently at UT-Austin, back-to-back, and his "field" expertise was limited to the class field trips he had taken as a near-perpetual student. He also expressed his disdain for the petroleum geology specialization track, and resented the salaries of new graduates entering into petroleum exploration positions.
McConaughey is within the College of Communications and not Engineering, Biology, Chemistry, or Medicine, so he just might have some value in that arena, despite his non-academic career trajectory until now.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
SALady 8/29/2019 4:43:38 PM (No. 166037)
I really like and respect Matthew McConaughey. But he is an actor, not an educator.
But, hey, he is probably as qualified to be a professor as most of the brain-dead lie-beral professors out there!!!
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
anniebc 8/29/2019 8:26:52 PM (No. 166178)
It's not a big deal. Most of us on here could be college profs. Teach what you know.
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