Monday, October 22, 2007

lincoln

not sure if they're still married ( i don't know her marital status), but Alisa Lincoln married a guy in 1993 who is now the MIT Hillel Associate Rabbi!

Friday, October 19, 2007

what?

here is the breakdown of what kind of "credit" professors get for doing certain items.

BOOKS:
- authored books (monograph) 30 points
- edited books 20 points
- text books 20 points
- co-authored books 20 points
- co-edited books 15 points
- book contracts 4 points

ARTICLES:
- published in refereed journal 12 points
- published in non-refereed journal 6 points
- commissioned reports (with documentation) 3 points
- book reviews 2 points

CHAPTERS/CONFERENCES:
- refereed books, individual chapters 8 points
- non-refereed chapters 6 points
- reports/evaluations 3 points
- conference papers (outside university) 3 points
- awards for publication (book awards, article awards, national, regional) 5 points

GRANTS:
- submitted, external 4 points
- funded external: per course release funded 5 points
- PLUS points for level of annual funding (external funds onl):
- under $50,000 - 6 points
- $50,000 to $100,000 - 10 points
- over $100,000: 12 points
- funded internal (per course release funded) 5 points

SERVICE ACTIVITIES: BOARDS, OFFICES
- president of national organization 10 points
- elected official of national organization 5 points
- president of regional organization 5 points
- elected official of regional organization 3 points
- appointed official of national organization 3 points
- editor of key journal - 15 points
- editor of other journal in field 8 points
- editorial board member - lots of refereeing 5 points
- regular referee for journal (three articles or more per year) 3 points
- sometime reviewer for journal (less than 3 articles per year) 1 point
- invited colloquia (outside university) 3 points
- university-wide awards, distinguished professorship, external awards 6 points

SERVICE: ADMINISTRATION
- chair of departmental committee 8 points
- undergraduate/graduate head advisor 10 points
- in posted advising rotation 3 points per term
- undergraduate/graduate committee member 2 points
- departmental ad hoc committees, member 2 points
- web site maintenance for department 4 points

SERVICE: UNIVERSITY-WIDE

College of Arts and Sciences Committees
- Tenure and Promotion 4 points
- Curriculum 4 points
- Council 2 points
- Search Committees 2 points

- Program Director (per course released)4 points
- for service as director 2 points

Advisory Boards: Women's Studies, Latino Studies, International Studies, Environmental Studies, Jewish Studies, other interdisciplinary 2 points

University Committees:
- Senate 3 points
- Senate Agenda Committee 6 points
- Advisory Committees 2-3 points
- Distinguished Professor Advisor Committee, other Advisory Committees to the President 2 points

TEACHING ACTIVITIES: LOAD
- regular course load (4 points per course)
- with TA above 50 - 1 point
- with no TA above 50 - 2 points
- new course development - 4 points for first term taught
- independent studies, 1 point each
- use of technology in class - 1 point (internet, computer based lab, etc)
- Development of Course Website - 2 points

Course preparations above 3
- 4 different course preps 3 points
- 5 different course preps 5 points
- 6 different course preps 7 points

- Teaching Excellence Awards 6 points
- Honor Student Adjuncts 2 points

Graduate Program
Committee work ( points per student)
- Comprehensive Exam Committee Chair (year of exam) 4 points
- Comprehensive Exam Committee member(year of exam) 2 points
- Dissertation Committee chair (for year PhD completed only) 6 points
- Dissertation Committee member (for year PhD completed only) 2 points

ever wanted to know what year someone is?

well, then here's the list for you. those who say "gone" after their name have left the program. a little birdie told me that...

2006:
Tammi Arford
Chase Billingham
Trevor Glode
Marilee Jolin (gone)
J. Matthew Judge
Carlos Ponce (gone)
Riva Milloshi
Vicki Schow

2005:
Sean Brown
Amanda Crabb
Jill Eshelman
Andrea Hill
Amy Lubitow
Eric Madfis
Daniela Methe
Lauren Nicoll
Kat Rickenbacker
Leandra Smollin

2004:
Camila Azuero (gone)
Justin Betz
Sarah Cope
Kate Moloney
Li Zhou (gone)
Mathew Taylor
Mark Hengen

2003:
Henrik Lenard
Paul Saucier
Vincent Ferraro
Linda Christen
Sandra Arevelo
Amie Levesque
Nakeisha Cody

2002:
Meghan Finley
Francesca Gilkey
Corina Medley
Ditmar Coffield
Nelly Oliver
Jaronda Miller
Lora Koraoglu

2001:
Patricia Morris
Peter Cassino
Marta Rodriguez
Juliana Leypoldt (gone)

2000:
Tonn Cao
Stanislav Vysotsky
Mark Melnik