Associate Professor and Senior Research Associate, Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota Medical School

Mary Knatterud

Major(s): English

Additional Degrees: M.A. 1979; Ph.D. 1997

Current Job Title: Associate Professor and Senior Research Associate

Organization: Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota Medical School

Brief description of your job:

Edit scholarly manuscripts, write articles and video scripts

Other job titles you have held:

User Documentation and Training Specialist, College Bulletin Editor and Newsletter Writer, Governor's Intern and Writer, Teaching Associate and Instructor, Graduate Assistant

How have you found these positions?

University job board, local newspaper want ads

What skills from your degree do you use in your current work?

Umpteen, but in particular, grammatical savvy and knowledge of writing issues

What advice do you have for current students?

Find something you love to do and are good at doing, and then, enthusiastically, go do it! Try to focus on at least one key skill that differentiates you from the pack, e.g., grammatical know‑how, writing ability, foreign language proficiency.