An Italian Professor's Perspective on an American Consumer Organization

This paper describes the personal experiences of an Italian professor who attended conferences in the US and his interaction with the American academic community through becoming a member of an American consumer organization. The author stresses the benefit he gained by remaining in contact with col...

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Published inFamily and consumer sciences research journal Vol. 47; no. 2; pp. 161 - 166
Main Author Nicolini, Gianni
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.12.2018
Subjects
academic career development
academic organizations
College faculty
Consumer organizations
networking
Personal experiences
young scholars
United States > US
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Summary:This paper describes the personal experiences of an Italian professor who attended conferences in the US and his interaction with the American academic community through becoming a member of an American consumer organization. The author stresses the benefit he gained by remaining in contact with colleagues from the US and at the same time he provides his perspective on the American academic system. The author s encourages colleagues, especially young scholars, who live and work outside the US to enlarge their network and to remain in contact with American colleagues.
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ISSN:1077-727X
1552-3934
DOI:10.1111/fcsr.12281