SECTION THREE: Publications and Other Evidence of Research/Scholarship/Creativity

General Information

1) Do not include actual publications in the dossier

2) Include statement of relevant division of labor, if there are co-authors

Budget Council Report

The budget council is to summarize the faculty member’s research/scholarly/creative contributions in a separate document, which is to include the typed names and signatures of the budget council members responsible for preparing the statement. The summary should

• describe which areas are the focus of the faculty member’s work
• identify and comment on those items that are considered to be of major significance or outstanding quality
• provide a brief statement of the basis for qualitative judgments in the area or discipline
• describe how the evaluators conducted their review including the standards used. The reviewers should be clear about the norms of the field and should indicate, for example, the quality of the outlets for a candidate’s work (i.e., journals, art galleries, etc.) and should explain the norms of co-authorship where applicable
• if non-traditional outlets for research/scholarly/creative activity are to be counted favorably (e.g., textbooks, continuing education presentations, governmental or industrial service, etc.), the report should explain the reasons for doing so
• for tenure-track candidates - the budget council needs to be clear about the candidate's level of independent scholarly activity while at UT Austin.

Copies of works

For assistant professors being considered for tenure, copies of all scholarly works should accompany the dossier as far as the dean’s office, in a separate file.

For associate professor candidates for promotion, copies of all scholarly works produced while in the rank of associate professor should accompany the dossier as far as the dean’s office, in a separate file. The candidate should make the selection of the five most significant works, and only these five need accompany the dossier as far as the central administration, in a separate file.

For full professor candidates, the candidate should select the five most significant works while in their current rank. These works should not be included in the dossier, but put in a separate file.

Candidates have the discretion to forward additional publications as a supplement to the dossier.

The internal and external review may concentrate on a smaller set of publications that are considered to be the most significant. The candidate is to make the selection of the five most significant works. Only one set of the five works needs to accompany the dossier as far as the central administration. Tenured Associate Professor candidates for promotion to full professor should select the five most significant works while in their current rank. These works are not to be included in the promotion dossier, but forwarded separately along with the other supporting materials (see Section 7., below). Candidates have the discretion to forward additional publications as a supplement to the dossier (see Section 1.e., above).