Interview with Hazel W. Forsythe, April 22, 1992
Project: University of Kentucky Oral History Project
Interview Summary
In this third interview, Hazel Forsythe discusses her career in academia and at the University of Kentucky. She states that her greatest rewards come from teaching and with helping women during pregnancy. She describes the importance of communication in her field and states that she feels well-informed about matters at UK and in her college and department. Forsythe discusses the effect of her work on her family and the effect of her family upon her work. She states that her frustrations in her work involve students not taking full advantage of the opportunities available to them. Forsythe explains that the "distribution of effort" does not reflect what she does at all. She describes how her time is split between teaching, research, working with students, and administrative work. She states that the most important problem that she is working on is trying to find nutritional risks for pregnant women. Forsythe describes the classes that she teaches, which include Maternal and Child Nutrition and Community Nutrition. She discusses her teaching style and also states that she feels that student teaching evaluations are not adequate, because many students just want easy classes.Interview Accession
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Forsythe, Hazel W., 1948- Forsythe, Hazel W., 1948- --Interviews University of Kentucky University of Kentucky--History Pregnant women Organizational culture College teachers. College teachers--Job satisfaction College teachers--Social conditions Education, Higher--Kentucky Universities and colleges--Faculty. Universities and colleges--ResearchInterview Rights
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Forsythe, Hazel W. Interview by Gabrielle Billings. 22 Apr. 1992. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Forsythe, H.W. (1992, April 22). Interview by G. Billings. University of Kentucky Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Forsythe, Hazel W., interview by Gabrielle Billings. April 22, 1992, University of Kentucky Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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