Teaching

• Practice learning-centered pedagogy that supports student growth and success.
• Seek out and participate in professional development activities that foster effective, up-to-date, and innovative teaching.
• Keep up to date on pedagogical norms and disciplinary knowledge relevant to the individual’s area(s) of instruction.

Service

• Make positive contributions to the effective functioning of the area(s) and department through active and productive participation in service to the area(s) and (as appropriate) to the department.
  • Examples of area service may include serving as Area Head; participating in curriculum planning, revision, and assessment; contributing to academic advising in the area, contributing to study abroad advising; advising student clubs or organizations; organizing conversation hours, film series, and other co-curricular events; (where relevant) representing the area on LLLC committees, projects or other initiatives.
  • Examples of departmental service may include serving on standing departmental committees (e.g. LLLC Undergraduate Recruitment and Retention Committee (LURRC) or LLLC Graduate Studies Committee (GSC)); organizing or co-organizing departmental working groups; serving as a departmental officer; serving on hiring, promotion, or ad hoc departmental committees outside the area(s); contributing to departmental projects or other initiatives.

Research

• Faculty in the LLLC represent an array of disciplines spanning the humanities, social sciences, and creative arts. Given this disciplinary variety, the department does not stipulate a specific rate of publication or presentation nor prescribe a specific set of journals, publishers, and presentation venues— but all tenure-track faculty are expected to maintain an active program of original scholarly and/or creative work, evidenced annually by the presentation and/or publication of scholarly and/or creative products in reputable and peer-reviewed venues appropriate to their discipline(s).
  • Research products in literary and cultural studies (humanities) are expected to be peer-reviewed and published in impactful venues. These may include single- or multi-authored articles or book chapters, single-authored scholarly books, edited and co-edited volumes, edited or co-edited scholarly editions, edited or co-edited scholarly editions and translations, digital humanities projects, curatorial work in museums or other public exhibits. Progress on major projects, including books, may include submission of grant or fellowship applications, conference presentations, invited lectures, articles, submission of a book proposal or manuscript to a press, or a publication agreement with a press.
  • Research products in linguistics (social science) are expected to be peer-reviewed and published in impactful venues. These may include multi- or single-authored journal articles or book chapters, edited or co-edited special issues of reputable journals, single- or multi-authored scholarly books, edited or co-edited volumes, creation and curation of digital language corpora, authorship of apps/programs that support data collection/annotation/analysis, submission of external grant or fellowship proposals.
  • Research and creative products in literary translation (arts and humanities) are expected to be peer-reviewed and published in impactful venues. These may include (but are not limited to) book-length translations; volumes or collections of works in translation (e.g., short stories, poetry); multi- or single-authored journal articles or book chapters; single- or multi-authored scholarly books; edited or co-edited volumes; edited or co-edited scholarly editions and translations; submission of external grant or fellowship proposals; translation-for-performance; reviews, essays, or translator’s notes reflecting critical engagement with translation practice; editorial or curatorial contributions to translation projects, anthologies, journals, or annotated editions; and receipt of national or international translation awards or prizes.
• An impactful publication or presentation venue is characterized by a commitment to rigorous peer review, high rejection rates, and a history of showcasing (though publication or presentation) credible scholarly research (humanities, social science) or impactful, high-quality translations (arts and humanities). Other characteristics include (as relevant) high-quality production standards, transparent editorial policies, and an active and distinguished editorial board.
• The department acknowledges that disciplines and subdisciplines differ widely with regard to the time and effort required to produce a significant empirical, theoretical, or creative publication. Thus, even the most accomplished faculty members may exhibit very different rates of productivity.
• The department recognizes a variety of indicators of increasing national and international reputation. For example, invitations to give talks at other institutions and at conferences are a sign of the visibility of a scholar’s research or creative program and also are beneficial to the department. Other indicators include (but are not limited to) editing special issues for reputable journals; editing scholarly collections or handbooks with a reputable publisher; organizing scholarly conferences, workshops, and symposia; serving as a referee for or receiving a high-profile publishing prize or honor, or receiving a prestigious external grant or fellowship.

Teaching

• In areas where relevant, develop effective mentoring relationships with graduate students, facilitating their progression toward successful completion of thesis, dissertation, and/or degree.

Research

• Develop an increasingly active and visible research and/or creative program and a steadily increasing rate of conference presentations and significant publications that are authored independently of former mentors.
• In disciplines where co-authorship is a norm, build an increasing body of single- and first-authored publications and presentations.

Teaching

• In areas where relevant, develop effective mentoring relationships with graduate students, facilitating their successful completion of thesis, dissertation, and/or degree, as well as their development as instructors.
• Play an active role in area curriculum development, revision, and assessment, and in support of junior colleagues. 

Research

• Sustain an active program of research and creative activity, with a steady rate of publication and presentation in reputable venues.
• Accrue evidence of increasing national and, where appropriate, international reputation.

Service

• Increase active, productive, and effective contributions to area and/or departmental service. This may include mentoring of assistant professors or assistant professors of instruction working toward tenure and promotion (as relevant), serving on or chairing annual, reappointment, five-year and/or promotion and tenure review committees, conducting peer reviews of teaching, or serving on faculty search committees.
• Expand service portfolio to include meaningful service to college and/or university, as well as to profession.

Teaching

• In areas where relevant, continue effective mentoring of graduate students to successful completion of thesis, dissertation, and/or degree, and to their development as instructors.
• Play an active role in area curriculum development, revision, and assessment, and in support of junior colleagues.

Research

• Maintain an active program of scholarship and/or creative activity that enhances national and international reputation.

Service

• Serve as a mentor for junior colleagues who are progressing toward promotion and/or tenure.
• Expand the range and scope of active, productive, and effective service contributions to the department (for example, by serving in an administrative role (DEO, ADEO, DUS, DGS), chairing a promotion and tenure committee, or chairing a faculty search committee).
• Maintain an active portfolio of meaningful service to college, university, and/or profession.