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'''Jack McGourty''' is an Associate Dean at [[SEAS]] and Adjunct Professor in [[Continuing Education]]. Jack McGourty wakes up at 3am to do yoga. Jack McGourty receives (and responds to) 300 to 500 emails per day. Jack McGourty is an asshole.<br>
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'''Jack McGourty''' is a director at [[Columbia Business School]], having previously served in several different positions at [[SEAS]], most recently as the Vice Dean for Corporate, Government, and Global Engagement. He has advanced degrees in Applied Psychology (PhD, Stevens, 1996), Education/School Psychology (MS, CCNY, 1982), and Urban Studies/Psychology (BA, St. Peter's College, 1976). While at Columbia he also completed an MS from TC in Clinical Psychology.
Jack McGourty teaches the IntroEngineering Class at Columbia called Design Fundamentals Using Advanced Computation, or [[Gateway]] for short. Jack speaks with his eyes closed. It isn't because of the lighting in the room where he teaches. It's because he wants to look at himself and can't find a mirror. Jack tries to make jokes. The problem is that jokes are supposed to be funny. Jack, by definition, cannot be intentionally funny.<br>
 
Jack cares about the world around him. Just kidding. He says he does, though. On your first day of class, he will point out the window towards [[Harlem]]. You will see red bricks making up buildings. Jack will explain to you for about 20 minutes about why Columbia's first-year engineering class needs to fix all wrong and inequality in the world, starting with Harlem. He brings a tear to his own eye he is so emotional. He then reminds you that you're "incapable idiots" then gives you a project to apply your incapability and idiocy to. This project may be really fascinating. You may be designing a playground for disabled kids in that godforsaken wasteland Jack dubs Harlem. You may be designing rain boots for use in the shower. These boots will clearly need to be different from rain boots, as water falling from the sky and water falling from a shower head are different things.<br>
 
Jack McGourty's hair changes every week. He is a metamorphmagus. You may find this interesting and want to take this class to learn the ways of the sweater vest. You don't. Jack's class is required to graduate from Columbia Engineering. You should probably take up a job at Subway or transfer to [[UC Berkeley]] or [[Brown University|something]].<br>
 
Jack could be a vampire. You should treat him as such.
 
  
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When McGourty came to Columbia Engineering in [[1998]], he was placed in charge of the [[Gateway Lab]].  In [[2011]], he was discharged of those duties to focus on [[CTICE]] and related responsibilities.
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At one point, McGourty also maintained an outside business called [http://www.selflessleadership.com/ Selfless Leadership], in which he was a motivational speaker.  It's not known if he's still doing this, however.
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==External links==
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*[http://www.columbia.edu/~jm723/ Dean McGourty's official page at CU]
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*[http://www.barnard.columbia.edu/urban/faculty/mcgourty.html Dean McGourty's page at Barnard]
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*[http://engineering.columbia.edu/q-jack-mcgourty October 2008 interview with Dean McGourty]
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*[http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=112196 Dean McGourty's facebook page]
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*[http://he-cda.wiley.com/WileyCDA/HigherEdTitle/productCd-0471403849.html Dean McGourty's book]
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*[http://drop.io/mcqwerty Dean McGourty's PhD thesis]
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[[Category:Teachers College alumni|McGourty]]

Latest revision as of 15:44, 5 April 2012

See also Jack McGourty's entry in Columbia's directory.

Jack McGourty is a director at Columbia Business School, having previously served in several different positions at SEAS, most recently as the Vice Dean for Corporate, Government, and Global Engagement. He has advanced degrees in Applied Psychology (PhD, Stevens, 1996), Education/School Psychology (MS, CCNY, 1982), and Urban Studies/Psychology (BA, St. Peter's College, 1976). While at Columbia he also completed an MS from TC in Clinical Psychology.

When McGourty came to Columbia Engineering in 1998, he was placed in charge of the Gateway Lab. In 2011, he was discharged of those duties to focus on CTICE and related responsibilities.

At one point, McGourty also maintained an outside business called Selfless Leadership, in which he was a motivational speaker. It's not known if he's still doing this, however.

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