Because Twitter keeps on growing in popularity, more and more people make an account or start to follow many more people. College professors, although they may seem very serious or don’t know much about online activities are actually updated with it. Many of them even have Twitter accounts, maybe so that they can learn more about the youngsters these days and be able to share a part of their lives. From the many college professors who have an account, I listed the top ten most followed. They can be in one or more category, but they sure are professors.

  1. Noreena Hertz – Noreena, among all the college professors on Twitter, is the most followed with more than 11,000 followers as of now. She is a professor on globalization, sustainability, and finance at Cambridge University. Aside from being a professor, she is an author and an advisor to CEOs, NGOs and other influential people. These are probably the reason why people love to follow her.
  2. Sree Sreenivasan – Sree has many positions and jobs in his busy life. He is a professor and dean at Columbia Junior School and an editor at a website. His flexible lifestyle allows him to allot some time in updating his Twitter feeds and make it more interesting. This contributes to the growing number of followers he has.
  3. Alec Couros – Alec works at University of Regina as a professor of educational technology and media. In the faculty of education, he is able to connect with other colleagues, giving him information on a lot of things. In turn, he can use Twitter to share to others what he learned as well as talk about his own view on things.
  4. Jeretta Horn Nord – Jeretta is one busy lady. Not only is she a professor, she is also an author and an entrepreneur. Her series of books, which is related to business, is currently in the works. Surely that eats out most of the time. Good thing she still has time left to update her account and vent out her frustrations and happy times with others.
  5. Larry Sabato – Larry has a high position in the University of Virginia. Actually, he is the director in Center for Politics, making him very knowledgeable about current events and such. Knowing this, naturally people would want to follow him. They can learn a lot about a variety of things from him, and maybe some trivia they can apply to their lives.
  6. Gary Schirr – Gary is a marketing professor in a reputable university. If our main interests are sports and music, Gary is very different from us, but on a positive note. His interests include innovation and pro-creation. He has a business where he can apply his interests for it to grow bigger. Gary is also into the financial market and service sales.
  7. Sonia Blanco – Although Sonia isn’t an American nor does she speak and understand English, that didn’t stop her from getting a lot of followers on Twitter. Sonia is a professor, a journalist, and also a blogger. Because of these three interesting categories, she has earned the interest of others.
  8. Joe Bob Hester – A University of Northern Carolina advertising professor, Joe knows how to attract people. One of the obvious results is the number of followers he has: currently, he has more than 3500 and counting. Joe is an NCAA football fan. He’s a poker player with an interest in food so he cooks regularly.
  9. Oliver T. Hellriegel – From what I see, Oliver is one of the busiest people on Twitter. He is juggling a variety of jobs, although some may only be part-time. He is a professor, a businessman, speaker, and writer. His area of expertise is strategic marketing, communications and social media. Once they see the short bio of Oliver, people will get awed by his ability to do many jobs at once.
  10. Dan Cohen – Dan is an associate professor of history at GMU. He is a director in the Center for History and New Media in that university. There could be a number of reasons why people follow him. I’m sure he is interesting and knows how to draw people towards his Twitter feeds.

Twitter is a new way for people to become like celebrities. If you are popular on Twitter, people will follow you and see whatever updates you have in life. This gives equal chances for people to get known, making Twitter one of the favorite sites today.

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