It is absolutely essential to have that environment. Without research, I don t think you can have excellent teaching, because you just can t attract excellent people. Research impacts the classroom in less direct ways as well. Many of the Freeman School s top junior faculty members were attracted to the school by its support of and opportunities for research. You basically can do whatever kind of research you want as long as it s top-notch academic research.
Some schools place a hard wall boundary between the disciplines.
At Tulane, the boundary is not there. Not coincidentally, Lesmond and Subramaniam are also among the Freeman School s most honored teachers. I sort of like my weekly fix. I obviously don t talk about my research interests in as great detail as I do in my research work, but I m able to bring all the important findings to the classroom. What follows are profiles of some of the Freeman School s top researchers and descriptions of their recent work.