{"title":"Leaving","authors":"Rich Miller","doi":"10.1142/9789813237513_0006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1142/9789813237513_0006","url":null,"abstract":"In lieu of an abstract, below is the essay's first paragraph. \"Her mascara was running. She was sure of it.. She could feel the tears and knew they were heavier than normal. The tickled a little more than usual as they made their rolling way toward her chin. One poised itself and dived into her lukewarm egg drop soup. It executed a perfect swan dive, barely making a splash. She could see the mascara spreading in tendrils like a half-forgotten nightmare. She imagined the droplet spreading like a storm cloud, the egg looking like lightning; her small sob, like thunder. Only Sandra could hear the thunder. Sandra and the small Asian woman who refilled the hot tea.\" Cover Page Footnote Appeared in the issue: Volume 7, Issue 4, 2007. This prose is available in The Angle: http://fisherpub.sjfc.edu/angle/vol2007/iss4/19 LBavnc sY ToM TnanP Her mascara was running. She was surc of it. She could feel the tears and knew they wcre heavier than normal. They tickled a linle more than usual as they made their rolling way toward her chin. One poised itself and dived into her lukewarm egg drop soup. It executed a perfect swan dive' barely making a splash She could see the mascara spreading in tendrils like a half-forgotten nightmare' She imagined the droplet sprcading|ikeastormc|oud,theegglooking|ikelightning;hersma|lsob.likethunder. onlySandracouldhearthethunder.SandraandthesmallAsianwomanwhorefillcdthe hot tea. \"we can get away,\" said Sandra' \"far enough that it can't hurt you anymore\"' \"No,\" she said. \"lt won't matter how far we get. At least not in feet or miles \" Another sob broke through ' Another thunderhead bloomed in th€ bowl ' \"The only way is to get out of the sense of it' And it\" i-i-i-it .'\" She stopped for a second, her face fighting the urge to break down in desperate tears' \"It follows you.\"","PeriodicalId":375863,"journal":{"name":"The Thriving Professor","volume":"84 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-08-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126206195","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Tenure and Promotion","authors":"R. Etchberger","doi":"10.1142/9789813237513_0014","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1142/9789813237513_0014","url":null,"abstract":"The Committee reiterates that recommendations for tenure and for promotion are based on a comprehensive evaluation of each candidate’s scholarship, teaching, and service. We emphasize that there is no universally applicable standard of scholarly productivity that entitles a candidate to a positive recommendation. Because expectations regarding forms of scholarly output (e.g. books, journal articles, translations, artistic works) vary among the disciplines, the departmental statement should clarify such expectations. In addition to scholarship, serious consideration is also given to teaching and service. To evaluate teaching, the Committee examines course evaluations and letters from mentees. Comparisons of the candidate’s course evaluation scores with averages from other faculty teaching the same or similar courses are important. The Committee also welcomes additional evidence of enthusiasm for and innovation in teaching. In evaluating service, the Committee considers participation in the academic community at the departmental, university and professional levels.","PeriodicalId":375863,"journal":{"name":"The Thriving Professor","volume":"116 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-08-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132481633","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}