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The questions below (shown in boldface) were posed by the American Astronomical Society in
March 1998. Our responses are shown in plain or italic fonts. Last page update 4/99.
Number of graduate students who applied to the
program, number enrolled, number of Masters and Ph. D.s awarded, for 1990-1998
| Year
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No. Students Applied
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No. Enrolled
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Masters Awarded
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Ph. D.s awarded
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| 1990 |
typically 70 - 100 |
N/A |
1 |
2 |
| 1991 |
typically 70 - 100 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
| 1992 |
typically 70 - 100 |
4 |
1 |
7 |
| 1993 |
typically 70 - 100 |
6 |
3 |
5 |
| 1994 |
90 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
| 1995 |
71 |
3 |
1 |
3 |
| 1996 |
64 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| 1997 |
70 |
5 |
0 |
1 |
| 1998 |
65 |
5 |
N/A |
N/A |
Current number of graduate students in the
department: 23
Percentage of men/women: 70%/ 30% (5-yr avg)
Average number of years to Ph.D. (avg over 1990-1997): 5.7
CAREER PATHS
First, and if possible second, positions held by Ph.D. graduates since
1990
[number of coauthored papers while a student at U. Wash.]:
Past and present
positions of 24 PhD graduates since 1990.
Titles are approximate. Order is
arbitrary.
Post Doc @ U Rochester; Astronomer @ Cambridge U [4]
Post Doc @ U Minnesota; Hubble Fellow @ U. Minnesota; Professor @ U Rochester [10]
Post Doc @ Monterey Inst. for Research; Instructor @ City College of San Francisco; Post Doc @ Stanford [3]
Professor @ U Nebraska at Kearny [5]
Professor @ U Northern Iowa [12]
Scientist @ Marshall Space Flight Ctr, Huntsville [N/A]
Post Doc @ U Washington (Geology); current position unknown [3]
Post Doc @ U Hawaii; Post Doc @ Cal Tech; Scientist @ JPL [10]
Post Doc @ Carnegie Obs.; Professor @ Seoul National University, Korea [16]
Post Doc @ Dept Terrestrial Magnetism (DTM), Carnegie Inst; Post Doc @ STScI; Post Doc @ Leiden Univ. [15]
Lecturer and Research Associate @ U Washington [3]
Jansky Fellow @ National Radio Astronomy Obs.; Professor @ U Wisconsin[10]
Lecturer @ Texas Christian U [10]
Post Doc @ Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge [3]
Technical Staff @ IBM [6]
Professor @ Bakersfield (CA) College [8]
Research Associate @ Harvard College Observatory [12]
Research Associate and Hubble Fellow @ Harvard College Observatory [18]
Research Associate @ U California at Santa Cruz [14]
Post Doc @ U Washington; Visiting Astronomer @ Cerro Tololo Interamerican Observatory
[22]
Post Doc @ U Texas, Post Doc @ U Washington [10]
Scientific Staff @ U Texas [5]
Professor @ Union College; Professor @ Everett Community College [9]
private industry, position unknown [3]
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20 of 24 graduates (83%) since 1990 are presently in jobs
(research, teaching) for which their training at U.W. prepared
them.
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First, and if possible second, positions held by Masters graduates since
1990:
Master's graduates have held positions in K-12 teaching (2), programming (1)
and other (2). One is deceased, and another returned to
grad school in astronomy. Number of Ph. D. graduates since 1980: 45
Current positions for those not already listed in 1990- section:
Current positions of
21 graduates between 1980 and 1989.
Titles are approximate. Order is arbitrary.
Professor @ U Minnesota
Professor @ U South Carolina (Aiken)
Software developer in private industry
Professor @ Autonomous National U of Mexico (Mexico City)
Scientist @ Goddard Space Flight Center
Staff Scientist @ U Washington (Physics)
Astronomer @ National Radio Astronomy Obs.
Professor @ University of Puget Sound
Post Doc @ Ohio State
Support Staff @ Kitt Peak National Obs.
Professor @ U Michigan
Research Staff @ U British Columbia
Research Astronomer @ Steward Obs., U Arizona
Computer Scientist @ U Washington
Research Staff @ U California at Los Angeles
Research Professor @ U Washington
Professor @ U California at Santa Cruz
Professor @ U. Oregon
Astronomer @ U.S. Naval Observatory, Flagstaff
Professor @ U Texas at El Paso
in telecommunications, position not known
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18 of 21 graduates (86%) between 1980 and 1989 are presently in jobs
(research, teaching) for which their training at U.W. prepared them.
Of these, 15 (83%) are in tenured, tenure-track, or permanent positions.
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TEACHING ASSISTANTS
Percentage of graduate students receiving support as
TAs: typically 40%
Are graduate TAs given any training in pedagogy?: yes
If so, how much? What sort?: Formal course (1
credit hour) plus informal training. Three quarters as a TA are required for a PhD. The progress of TAs is closely monitored.
RESEARCH ASSISTANTS
Percentage of graduate students receiving support as
RAs: typically 60%, including fellowships and other awards
Number of student coauthors on papers published since 1990:
Using the ADS abstract service, and searching on the names
of UW PhDs since 1990, we find their names appearing 208 times on publications conducted while the students were in residence at the University of Washington.
Some papers were coauthored with other students.
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