Tenure in the College of Arts & Sciences

Thoughts and Tips for Women in the Sciences

Who decides?• YOU

• Your Record• Your Dossier

• Your Department

Special Departmental Committee

Departmental Faculty as a whole

Chair

• College Council

Advisory to the Dean

RESEARCH

TEACHING

SERVICE

RESEARCHHigh qualityIndependentOutside grant support Steady and increasing outputSignificance of work to your field

CV

PERSONAL STATEMENTYour research goalsHow each paper and ongoing project relates to these goalsThe significance of your work in layman terms

TEACHING

UNDERGRADUATECourse evaluations

StudentPeer review (faculty)

Undergraduate research mentoring

GRADUATEResearch students in your labGraduate Committees

PERSONAL STATEMENTTeaching philosophyProblems and how you are solving them

SERVICE

Departmental Committees

College/University Committees

Professional Societies

National Grant Review Panels

Outreach to community

Don’t do too much until you get your research and teaching under control

LETTERS OF EVALUATION

Evaluators chosen by Chair from lists suggested by you and by the Departmental review committee and other senior faculty

Minimum of 3 and maximum of 5 letters requiredAT LEAST 3 from persons with no substantial personal connection or professional collaboration with you

Evaluators asked to provide the following information:1) How and for how long he/she has known the candidate2) The significance, independence, influence, and promise of the candidate’s scholarship (particularly that done since coming to UW) and the degree of national/international recognition3) A comparison of the candidate’s accomplishments with leading scholars at a similar career stage