{"id":574,"date":"2020-06-11T01:20:22","date_gmt":"2020-06-11T06:20:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/jimdrachenberg\/?page_id=574"},"modified":"2020-09-05T13:59:28","modified_gmt":"2020-09-05T18:59:28","slug":"department-criteria-for-scholarship","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/jimdrachenberg\/scholarship\/department-criteria-for-scholarship\/","title":{"rendered":"Department Criteria for Scholarship"},"content":{"rendered":"

Below, I provide the Engineering and Physics expanded criteria for tenure pertaining to scholarship. Amid the lists, I interleave brief reflections on how I have addressed the requirements and striven for excellence.<\/p>\n

Department Expanded Criteria for Scholarship<\/h1>\n

The primary evidence of scholarly activity involves the development of new results, communicating those results to the scientific\/engineering community, and recognition by the scholarly community of the candidate’s expertise in his or her discipline. Faculty members in the Engineering and Physics Department have a wide variety of research interests. The quantity of scholarly works, by research interest, may vary significantly by field within engineering and physics. There is no minimum number of peer-reviewed achievements required for tenure or rank of Associate Professor. \u200bRank of Professor requires that there must be at least one peer-reviewed achievement in the form of a peer-reviewed publication or success in gaining external funding.<\/b>\u200b Below are eight broad categories and specific examples of each; it is \u200bnot expected<\/u>\u200b that a candidate will exhibit scholarly activity that falls under each of these eight categories.<\/p>\n

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  1. \u200bPublications:\u200b<\/u> Published or accepted for publication (meaning they have successfully passed the peer-review stage) peer-reviewed publications, as an author or co-author, of an article in a scholarly journal, an article in conference proceedings, chapters contributed to a book, a book or monograph itself, or any similar type of work. Citations of a department member\u2019s publication helps demonstrate the relevance of the publication.\n
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    How satisfied<\/dt>\n
    As a 700-member collaboration, the process to publish STAR results is complicated, requiring effort by many people. In my work with STAR, I have contributed in many ways to the publication of a number of peer-reviewed journal articles.<\/p>\n