My Fun Job List (and now with my schools , too) James Hayes-Bohanan, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Geography
The pitcher cries for water to carry and a person for work that is real. (Marge Piercy, To be of use)

Some of these lasted only a couple of days (such as my house-painting gig) or a couple of hours (such as selling USA Today - I was shocked that people were actually buying it). Until the very end of the list, every job was held either concurrently with school or during a brief hiaitus. I did all of the jobs in Maryland while I was an undergraduate and all of the jobs in Texas and Arizona while I was working on my doctorate.

The main reason I have prepared this list is so that my students who have jobs will believe me when I say I understand what a challenge it is to work and go to school. I really do understand, and I still say: SCHOOL COMES FIRST ! The other reason for the list is to help me remember all of my jobs. From time to time in recent years I would be reminded of a job that I had given no thought for years.

I made no attempt at chronological order, though my current (and, I hope, my last!) job is near the end of the list, followed by some consulting work I have done concurrently.
 

Employer	Job	Location
Small-time real estate investor	Painting houses bought at government auction - the only job from which I was ever fired	South Baltimore, MD
Medical research company	Pin cushion -- testing the safety and reliability of a sinus medication -- one day in a  hospital waiting room for $25	Baltimore, MD
George Washington University	Research subject -- participating in a study of couples in relationships -- a few interviews with my sweetheart for $30 (shared)	Washington, DC
University of Maryland Baltimore County	Admissions Office student worker	Catonsville, MD
University of Maryland Baltimore County	Bookstore Clerk	Catonsville, MD
Unitarian Universalist Church	Director of Religious Education	Silver Spring, MD
Apartment-management company	Secret shopper	Tucson, AZ
Stock broker	Word processing - for about two hours!	Tucson, AZ
Law Office	Putting Bates number labels on court documents - BORING!	Tucson, AZ
Right Away Foods / Wornick Company	Data entry	McAllen, TX
Right Away Foods / Wornick Company	Software trainer/guru	McAllen, TX
Right Away Foods / Wornick Company	National and international marketing	McAllen, TX
Right Away Foods / Wornick Company	President's assistant - various projects	McAllen, TX
Miami University - Hamilton	Instructor, Physical geography	Hamilton, OH
University of Texas at Brownsville in Partnership with Texas Southmost College (That is the real name of the school!)	Instructor, Environmental geography	Brownsville, TX
Texas Agricultural and Mechanical University - Kingsville	Instructor, World regional geography	Alice, TX (extension program of TAMU-K)
University of Arizona	Instructor, Computer cartography	Tucson, AZ
University of Arizona	Teaching assistant	Tucson, AZ
University of Arizona	Research assistant	Tucson, AZ
Miami University	Teaching assistant	Oxford, OH
Miami University	Research assistant	Oxford, OH
Miami University	Editorial assistant	Oxford, OH
Miami University	Computer lab assistant	Oxford, OH
Miami University	Visiting professor	Hamilton ! , OH
University of Maryland Dining Services	Pizza baker (nasty, nasty job!)	College Park, MD
Wendy's	Burgers, fries, and Frosty's	Annapolis, MD
Burger King	Just burgers	Annapolis, MD (across the street from Wendy's)
Stan Stearns	Assistant to famous photographer	Annapolis, MD
Fraternal Order of Police	Telephone Fundraiser	Annapolis, MD
University of Maryland	By day: Find lost alumni who had never donated to the University By night: Ask them for money, even if they had graduated 70 years before without ever giving I actually was quite successful for a couple of months This job is where I learned to drink coffee!	College Park, MD
USA Today	Telemarketer	Baltimore, MD
Credit card protection company	Telemarketer	Washington, DC
Kansas City Star	Newspaper delivery	Kansas City, MO
Baltimore Sun	Newspaper delivery	Baltimore, MD
D.N. Landscaping	Lawn and landscape planting and maintenance	Baltimore, MD and surrounding towns
Wealthy gypsy family	Hanging outdoor Christmas lights	Baltimore, MD
Dames & Moore	Geographer and Assistant Regulatory Analyst	Cincinnati, OH - but working on projects throughout Ohio and in IN, KY, MO, TN, SC, TX, NY, NJ, PA, and PR This job really helped with my County Map!
Lucas Brothers Office Supply Store (the oldest in U.S.)	Retail clerk	Annapolis, MD
UMBC Student Government Assocation	Usher, Rocky Horror Picture Show	Catonsville, MD
Polk city directory publishers	Door-to-door surveys for criss-cross directory	Annapolis, MD
Clean Water Action Project	Door-to-door fundraising	Baltimore, MD and surrounding towns
Petroleum Solutions Environmental	Environmental site assessments	McAllen, TX
Drug store chain	Data entry for a class-action lawsuit	Pharr, TX
Amphitheater School District	Substitute teacher, K-12: art, math, science, gym, English, Spanish, history - everything but geography	Tucson, AZ
McAllen school district	Substitute teacher, 8th grade football only	McAllen, TX
Baptist Book Store	Shipping clerk	Lutherville, MD
Bay Savers program	Team leader for youth conservation workers	Annapolis, MD and surrounding coastal areas
Bridgewater State College	Geography professor (which itself entails a lot of jobs)	Bridgewater, MA
Signature Graphics and Signs	Web site developer	Quincy, MA
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (textbook publisher)	Web site developer	New York, NY
Thinkronize	Search engine developer	Cincinnati, OH
Prentice Hall	Book reviewer	Upper Saddle River, NJ

Fun School List

I've almost always enjoyed school, and I have attended quite a few:

For Credit
Sully Elementary, Sterling, VA
Nokesville Elementary, Nokesville, VA (I recently learned that this school had been racially integrated only a year or two before I started attending!)
Brentsville District Middle/Senior High School, Nokesville, VA
Northgate Middle School, Kansas City, MO
North Kansas City High School, North Kansas City, MO
Annapolis High School, Annapolis, MD
University of Maryland, College Park, MD
University of Maryland Baltimore County, Catonsville, MD
Miami University, Oxford, OH
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

Non-Credit
Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Kansas City, MO
Universidad de las Américas, Puebla, PUE, Mexico
South Texas Community College, McAllen, TX
ESRI Virtual Campus, Redlands, CA