"Where the Rubber Meets the Road: Supporting and Rewarding the Scholarship of Engagement"
(co-sponsor: Faculty Development Committee)
THURSDAY, February 27
LUNCH - 11:20-12:35 (CT)
Buntrock 142
Jo Beld, Political Science and Director of Academic Research and Planning
Should the structure of faculty rewards explicitly promote the scholarship of engagement? If so, how? First, Jo Beld will describe her own "engaged scholarship" in the Child Support Enforcement Division of the Minnesota Department of Human Services, evaluating the benefits and costs of this work for her teaching, her disciplinary scholarship, and her service to the campus. Then, she and other participants will conduct a simulated Task Force meeting to determine whether and how departmental Statements of Significant Professional Activity used in tenure and promotion decision-making should embrace the scholarship of engagement.
