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