People involved in my tenure case
These are the people who played various key evaluation roles
in the different phases of my employment at Colby. The titles and positions
listed are those held by the individuals at the time of my tenure denial.
The tenure candidate
College administrators
- William "Bro"
Adams, President
- Ed Yeterian, Vice President
for Academic Affairs and Dean of Faculty
Here are some comments on
the role of the administrators in my case
Teaching peer review committees
- First peer review, Fall 1998
- Dale Skrien, Professor
and Chair of Computer Science
- Batya Friedman,
Associate Professor of Computer Science
- Second peer review, Fall 2000
- Dale Skrien, Professor
and Chair of Computer Science
- Mark Tappan, Associate
Professor and Chair of Education
- Third peer review, Fall 2003
- Dale Skrien, Professor
and Chair of Computer Science
- Mark Tappan, Associate
Professor and Chair of Education
Here are some comments on my
peer reviews
Sixth-semester review committee
- Dale Skrien, Professor and Chair
of Computer Science (Past member of the Promotion and Tenure Committee)
- Mark Tappan, Associate
Professor and Chair of Education (Past member of the Promotion and Tenure
Committee)
- James Fleming, Professor of
Science Technology and Society (Past member of the Promotion and Tenure
Committee)
Here are some comments on
my sixth-semester review
Departmental tenure review committee
- Dale Skrien, Professor and
Chair of Computer Science (Past member of the Promotion and Tenure
Committee)
- Mark Tappan, Associate
Professor and Chair of Education (Past member of the Promotion and Tenure
Committee)
- Charles Conover, Professor
and Chair of Physics (Member of the Promotion and Tenure Committee that
denied my tenure case)
Here are some comments on my
departmental tenure review
College Promotion and Tenure committee
- Margaret McFadden, Associate
Professor of American Studies
- Cheshire Calhoun, Professor and Chair of
Philosophy
- Jill Gordon, Professor of
Philosophy
- Herbert Wilson, Professor of
Biosciences
- Paul Greenwood, Professor of
Biology
- Charles Conover, Professor
and Chair of Physics
- Nikky-Guninder Singh,
Professor of Religion
- Debra Barbezat, Professor of
Economics
- Debra Campbell, Professor of
Religious Studies
Here are some comments on my denial
by the promotion and tenure committee
Reconsideration request committee
- Raffael Scheck, Associate
Professor of History
- Julie de Sherbinin, Associate
Professor of Russian
- Robert Bluhm, Professor of
Physics
- Russell Cole, Professor of
Biological Sciences and Chair of the Division of Natural Sciences
- David Suchoff, Professor of
English
Here are some comments on
my reconsideration request committee
Randolph M. Jones
How (not) to get tenure at Colby College