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    Psychology Faculty Handbook
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    • Preamble
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      • Preamble Overview
      • Departmental Goals and Core Values
    • Matters of Governance and Related Procedures
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      • Matters of Governance and Related Procedures Overview
      • Structure and Organization of the Department
    • Teaching Assignments and Workload, Including Workload Equivalencies and Related Procedures
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      • Teaching Assignments and Workload, Including Workload Equivalencies and Related Procedures Overview
      • Faculty Workload Policy
      • Teaching Assignments and Class Schedules
      • Summer Teaching Assignments
      • Other Faculty Duties
      • Full-Time Non-Tenure-Track (FTNTT) Faculty Workload Policy, Department of Psychological Sciences, Kent Campus
    • Reappointment, Tenure, and Promotion Criteria and the Criteria and Processes Related to Other Faculty Personnel Actions
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      • Reappointment, Tenure, and Promotion Criteria and the Criteria and Processes Related to Other Faculty Personnel Actions Overview
      • Faculty Appointments
      • Faculty Ranks
      • Reappointment, Tenure, and Promotion Consideration for Tenure-Track Faculty
      • Appointment and Review of Full-Time Non-Tenure Track (FTNTT) Faculty
    • Criteria, Performance Expectations, and Academic Unit Procedures Relating to Merit Awards
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      • Criteria, Performance Expectations, and Academic Unit Procedures Relating to Merit Awards Overview
      • Procedures and Criteria for Merit awards Department of Psychological Sciences (Revised Fall 2016)
    • Other Academic Guidelines
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      • Other Academic Guidelines Overview
      • Department of Psychological Sciences Organizational Chart
      • Criteria for Graduate Faculty Membership - Department of Psychological Sciences
      • Role of Regional Campus Program and Faculty
      • Role and Responsibility of Faculty Members
      • Students
    • Appendix 1
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      • Appendix 1 Overview
      • Faculty Advisory Committee (FAC) Nomination and Election
    • Appendix 2
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      • Appendix 2 Overview
      • Chair Search Procedures Department of Psychological Sciences
    • Appendix 3
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      • Appendix 3 Overview
      • Detailed Information on Activity Evaluation for Merit Awards
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    Professional activity

    Faculty members in Psychological Sciences are expected to be active participants in the profession of psychology.  Some evidence of outside professional activity is necessary for tenure and/or promotion.  Examples of such activity would be reviewing for journals, attending professional meetings regularly, holding office in a professional organization, serving on professional committees, etc.

    1. Preamble
    2. Matters of Governance and Related Procedures
    3. Teaching Assignments and Workload, Including Workload Equivalencies and Related Procedures
    4. Reappointment, Tenure, and Promotion Criteria and the Criteria and Processes Related to Other Faculty Personnel Actions
      1. Faculty Appointments
      2. Faculty Ranks
      3. Reappointment, Tenure, and Promotion Consideration for Tenure-Track Faculty
        1. Reappointment Policy
        2. Tenure and Promotion Policy - Department of Psychological Sciences
          1. Research
            1. Publications
            2. Research-related grants
            3. Professional activity
            4. Reputation
          2. Teaching
          3. University Citizenship
          4. Expectations
        3. Regional Campus Faculty
      4. Appointment and Review of Full-Time Non-Tenure Track (FTNTT) Faculty
    5. Criteria, Performance Expectations, and Academic Unit Procedures Relating to Merit Awards
    6. Other Academic Guidelines
    7. Appendix 1
    8. Appendix 2
    9. Appendix 3
    Psychology Faculty Handbook
    University Faculty Handbook

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