Interviews with Retired SJSU Faculty

SJSU is fortunate to have been one of 15 campuses nation-wide to receive a Transitions to Retirement award from the American Council on Education and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. As part of this award, we have created a series of brief videotaped interviews with retired SJSU faculty. We have sought to provide a window onto their experience as they contemplated, completed and then adjusted to retirement. Our hope is that current faculty will find these perspectives useful as they consider their own career paths.

Interview Questions

We asked our interviewees to share with us the following:

• What considerations prompted them to begin thinking about retirement
• What steps they took (the people they spoke with, the information they gathered, the events they attended, and the like) once they began thinking about retirement
• How their actual experience of retirement compared with their pre-retirement expectations
• What they have found easy and what they have found challenging about retirement
• What they wish they had known earlier, about the process or about what to expect
• What advice they cared to share with other faculty, in order to help them with their transitions to retirement
• What keeps them busy and active, now that they are retired
• How, if at all, they remain connected with SJSU

Interviews

Overview

This video segment consists of excerpts from our interviews with retired faculty, as they address the question of what they would have liked to know before they retired, or what advice they would like to offer current faculty.

Watch the video on advice for current faculty

Click on the names below and you will be linked to their interview.

• Juana Acrivos, Chemistry (2000)
• Jill Cody, Hospitality, Recreation, and Tourism (2006)
• Phyllis Connolly, Nursing (2011)
• Abdel El-Shaieb, Organization and Management (2006)
• Bob Gliner, Sociology (2003)
• Patrick Hamill, Physics (2008)
• Cindy Margolin, Psychology (2004)
• Bill McCraw, Political Science and Humanities (2001)
• Susan Meyers, Special Education/College of Education (2009)
• Denise Murray, Linguistics and Language Development (2005)
• Pat Nichols, Linguistics and Language Development (2000)
• Arlene Okerlund, English and Comparative Literature (2001)
• John Pollock, English and Comparative Literature (2003)
• Terri Thames, Counseling (2011)
• Jo Bell Whitlatch, Library (2006)
• Dennis Wilcox, Journalism and Mass Communications (2005)
• Marian Yoder, Nursing (2008)

	Juana Acrivos Chemistry (2000) Watch the interview with Juana Acrivos Back to the List of Interviews
	Jill Cody Hospitality, Recreation, and Tourism (2006) Watch the interview with Jill Cody Back to the List of Interviews
	Phyllis Connolly Nursing (2011) Watch the interview with Phyllis Connolly  Back to the List of Interviews
	Abdel El-Shaieb Organization and Management (2006) Watch the interview with Abdel El-Shaieb Back to the List of Interviews
	Bob Gliner Sociology (2003)   Watch the interview with Bob Gliner Back to the List of Interviews
	Patrick Hamill Physics (2008) Watch the interview with Pat Hamill Back to the List of Interviews
	Cindy Margolin Psychology (2004) Watch the interview with Cindy Margolin Back to the List of Interviews
	Bill McCraw Political Science and Humanities (2001) Watch the interview with Bill McCraw Back to the List of Interviews
	Susan Meyers Special Education and College of Education (2009) Watch interview with Susan Meyers Back to the List of Interviews
	Denise Murray Linguistics and Language Development (2005) Watch the interview with Denise Murray Back to the List of Interviews
	Pat Nichols Linguistics and Language Development (2000) Watch the intervew with Pat Nichols Back to the List of Interviews
	Arlene Okerlund English and Comparative Literature (2001) Watch the interview with Arlene Okerlund Back to the List of Interviews
	John Pollock English and Comparative Literature (2003) Watch the interview with John Pollock Back to the List of Interviews
	Terri Thames Counseling (2011) Watch the interview with Terri Thames Back to the List of Interviews
	Jo Bell Whitlatch Library (2006) Watch the interview with Jo Belle Whitlach Back to the List of Interviews
	Dennis Wilcox Journalism and Mass Communications (2005) Watch the interview with Dennis Wilcox Back to the List of Interviews
	Marian Yoder Nursing (2008) Watch the interview with Marian Yoder Back to the List of Interviews