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REQUIREMENTS FOR
TENURE AND PROMOTION
TO PROFESSOR
Adopted 6 April 2007
Teaching
Scholarship
Professional Service
None of the guidelines in this document supersede guidelines listed in the Faculty Handbook. Prior to any decisions on promotion, applicants and Department Personnel Committee (DPC) members are reminded to refer to the Faculty Handbook regarding promotion to full professor.
The quality of the University and the Department of History is directly tied to the quality of its faculty. Promotion to Professor is the highest rank a faculty member can achieve; therefore, it is important that those who are evaluated for this rank meet standards that reflect a high quality of performance in the areas of Teaching, Research, and Service. We recognize that every faculty member brings different talents to the Department and will contribute to the Department, University, and Profession in different ways. However, those who achieve the rank of Professor will exhibit further characteristics that include leadership in the Department, recognized excellence by peers at a regional or national level, and the willingness to mentor junior colleagues
I. TEACHING
In consonance with the mission of this University, the primary responsibility of the History Department faculty is instruction. Consequently, the Department is committed to developing and maintaining high quality teaching both in and outside the classroom. Faculty are expected to contribute to this mission through classroom instruction, advising and consulting with students, and active participation in curriculum development.
Those seeking promotion to Professor must submit a teaching portfolio for review that explains exactly how the candidate has exceeded the Promotion and Tenure guidelines in regard to teaching.
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II. SCHOLARSHIP
Advancement of knowledge of through research and scholarship is a necessary component of teaching history at the university level. In an effort to be as inclusive of scholarly activity as possible, the faculty member seeking promotion to Professor will meet the following requirements:
- A. The general expectation is that a candidate for Professor has completed a monograph or three significant peer reviewed scholarly products since the granting of tenure. Those products must be published. The products fall under the following categories:
• a monograph
• a combination of three of the following products:
journal article
successful grant proposal to an external agency
textbook
book chapter published in edited collection
review essay
curated Exhibition
editing of scholarly edition, multi-volume work, or scholarly journal
While the following products may have an important purpose in scholarly or creative endeavors, they would not typically be classified on their own as meeting the scholarly criteria for promotion to Professor.
conference presentation
book review
encyclopedia and other reference text entries
B. In addition to the production of scholarly or creative products, the person seeking promotion to professor must show a continued and active research agenda.
C. Each applicant for promotion to Professor must secure in consultation with the DPC four to six outside letters of evaluation of their research and scholarship from scholars in the applicant’s field of expertise. The department chair will contact the referees on the final list to request their participation and will be responsible for providing the referees with appropriate evidence of the candidate’s record.
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III. PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Those seeking promotion to Professor will be able to demonstrate a record of excellence and leadership in service to the Department, University, Community, and the Profession. Service is a necessary part of faculty performance that may take several forms, depending upon the varied interests of History Department faculty members. Service is most often related to the achievements of faculty in areas of scholarship and teaching, and is indicative of the overall accomplishments of a faculty member. In addition to expected participation on Department, College, or University committees, other professional service will be considered significant when it brings widespread distinction to the faculty member and, by extension, to Department and University.
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