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An academic is a person who is engaged in higher education and research. This type typically includes those whose career is in academia and who work as professors and/or researchers in universities and research institutes. It can also include those that have held academic posts such as visiting professorships and research fellowships.
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College/university teachers (e.g. Pat Hanrahan, Daniel T. Barry, Marco Casagrande, Rajeev Motwani)
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Anyone who has held a research post in universities, colleges and research institutions (e.g. Koh Buck Song, Martin Anderson, Maud Menten, Eliezer S. Yudkowsky)
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Visiting scholars and professors of academic institution (e.g. Tunay I. Tunca, Ian Liddell, Al Gore)
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Persons engaged in non-scholarly research such as film crew researchers, market researchers and medical researchers (e.g. Lauren Abiouness, Kelley Styring, George Chaldakov)
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Primary and secondary school teachers (e.g. Patty Murray, Linda Bloodworth Thomason)
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Non-research and non-teaching employees of colleges and universities (e.g Henry E. Bliss, Tyler Chelf, Marielle Hsu, Tara Vanderveer)
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Academic administrators such as university presidents who have not held any teaching or research posts (e.g. Daniel Mark Fogel, Nobuhiro Suwa, Armin Altamirano Luistro)