<p>I am applying for a couple of research positions which require that I send recommendations from my professor.</p>
<p>Thing is, I have only been very close to my math and english professors; however, I am applying for a scientific research position.</p>
<p>Would it be okay for me to send an english professor’s (technically, a grad student who taught my class) recommendation?</p>
<p>First thing I would do is contact the person who runs the research position [or the HR person for the research group] and ask them if recommendations need to be from professors or if they can be from grad students. They may tell you that they need it from a professor NOT a grad student.</p>
<p>If they let you send grad student recommendations, then I think it would be fine. It’s better to have a good recommendation from an unrelated subject then a neutral recommendation from a related subject. </p>
<p>Send the math one too. Math and science are pretty interconnected.</p>
<p>It shouldn’t matter. Recommendations serve to highlight your merits and weaknesses, not to outline how much science you know or to replicate the achievements you’ve listed on your resume.</p>