According to ACU’s Tenure & Promotion Guidelines, “For a university community, scholarship is important. Abilene Christian University expects that each faculty member will provide evidence (i.e., product) of his or her professional competence through scholarship and/or other creative activities appropriate to the discipline. The number and type of products may vary by discipline. Applicants should justify the number and type in their promotion materials.”
The Scholarship section of my portfolio is divided into five subsections:
Following is a list of scholarship examples outlined in the Guidelines.
- Writing/obtaining grants
- Papers presented at conferences
- Pedagogical research
- Workshops and presentations
- Juried competitions
- Exhibitions or performances
- Peer reviewed articles
- Publications
- Scholarly and/or professional awards
In addition to the criteria and examples provided in the “Guidelines and Procedures,” the Department of Art & Design adds the following.
Evidence of professional competence through specific kinds of scholarship and creative activities appropriate to the field of art should include a strong commitment to:
- Creative exploration and productivity. Evidence of this commitment may be demonstrated by the following:
- documentation of creative productivity
- grants received in support of this production
- Continued artistic growth and quality. Evidence of this commitment may be demonstrated by the following:
- success in juried competitions
- success in obtaining gallery representation
- representation in private, corporate, and museum collections
- unsolicited reviews and/or articles published about the artist’s work
- selection for private and/or public commissions
- published illustrations
- designs and/or other creative works that go into production
- art awards and grants received
- recipient of competitive funding: internal scholarships, faculty renewal leaves, etc.
- Peer review, artistic promotion and exposure. Evidence of this commitment is demonstrated by participation in:
- solo shows
- invitation group shows
- competitive exhibitions
- art museums
- other public venues
- invited expert consulting
- publication: book, text, article, review