Educators serve a critical role around the globe – shaping the minds of generations and impacting the lives of future leaders and change agents. It’s a responsibility that we hold high at Georgia Tech and within GTRI.

In honor of Teacher Appreciation Week, we surveyed six teachers from across GTRI – James Cannady (Information and Communications Laboratory, or ICL), T. Robert Harris (Electro-Optical System Laboratory, or EOSL), Margaret Loper (ICL), Meenatchi Maran (GTRI Accounting), Christopher Valenta (EOSL), and Benjamin Yang (EOSL) – to explore what drives a teacher to teach.

Cannady, Harris, Valenta, and Yang have all taught courses in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Read more about them and their fellow GTRI teachers here. 

Writer: Niccole Coleman, GTRI Communications Office