Application for Promotion to Professor

First of all, thank you very much for spending the time and energy to evaluate my application and portfolio. Having served on the PAC, I know how time-consuming, and sometimes stressful, this process can be. As such, I hope you'll find this application to be well-organized, and clearly articulated. I hope to make it easy for you to reach the conclusion that I have indeed earned the rank of Professor in the School of Integrated Sciences.

Organization

The portfolio is organized as follows:

• Introduction & Organization
  The page you're reading now.
• Grand Overview
  Connects the dots. Articulates how the total is greater than the sum of the parts.
• Teaching Section
  • Teaching Narrative
    My teaching philosophy and the evolution of my craft as an instructor highlighting major lessons learned.
  • Teaching Evidence
    Links to supporting resources organized according to the PAC guidelines.
• Scholarship Section
  • Scholarship Narrative
    Shows how all of the puzzle pieces fit together, and tells the story of my contributions to knowledge.
  • Scholarship Evidence
    Links to supporting resources organized according to the PAC guidelines.
• Service Section
  • Service Narrative
    Making clear how I've applied my gifts in service to JMU and the broader community.
  • Service Evidence
    Links to supporting resources organized according to the PAC guidelines.
• Supporting Materials
  Lists of downloadable artifacts used to support this application, organized by category.
  • Syllabi
    Links to course websites and PDF/Word versions of nearly all of my syllabi since 2006.
  • Publications
    A full, categorized list of citations, with links to PDF full-text versions of the great majority of my scholarly work.
  • FAR-FAAPs
    A catalogue of all of my annual self-evaluations and annual evaluation letters.
  • Letters of Support
    An index with links to PDF versions of letters received in support of this application.
  • Student Evaluations
    Digital copies of a sampling of student evaluations I've received over the years.
  • Miscellaneous
    Other artifacts of note that do not cleanly fit into any other category.