July 11, 2003

What They're Doing This Summer

By ELIZABETH CRAWFORD and MEGAN ROONEY

Does anyone take a summer break anymore? Here's a look at how some academics are planning to spend their summers, and what they did back in their own student days.

Jeffrey L. Pasley, associate professor of history, University of Missouri at Columbia

Then (at Carleton College): "I always did very productive, professional things in the summers -- lots of internships. One summer I painted houses. That was about as fun a time as I had."

Now: "I'll be spending my summer