Chemical Engineering in Academia What does a professor do? James K. Ferri Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Lafayette College

Faculty Positions Non-tenure Track vs. Tenure Track Adjunct, Visiting, Instructor One to three year appointment Generally non-renewable Assistant (Associate) One to three year appointments Renewable during probationary period “Up or out” Salary Scale: PUI Assistant $78,800 Associate$90,500 Full $115,900 Research (R-1) + $8,000-$12,000

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Teaching Course Load: (varies by institution) Teaching-oriented: (3/3) Most (all) teaching and grading done by faculty Research-oriented: (1/1) Lectures taught by faculty; laboratory and recitation/quiz sections by graduate assistants Occasionally, lectures taught by adjunct or other non-tenure track instructors (Nearly) all grading done by assistants Example: A College in Easton, Pennsylvania 3/2

Student evaluations: Written comments Student comments Peer observation Educational materials development Academic advising Teaching: evaluation of job performance This seeks to provide perspective This is how to excel. Good is not good. Valued but not quantified. Example: Education materials developmentEducation materials development

Scholarship Dissemination Publications peer reviewed non-peer reviewed (conference papers, book chapters) Presentations invited seminars and public lectures (think LSS) conference presentations Support Grants NSF, NIH, DOE, DOD, NASA EPA, FDA, … Industry cooperation sponsored fundamental and applied research Professional development

Scholarship: evaluation of job performance Dissemination Publications peer reviewed 1 paper per year is annual expectation non-peer reviewed Presentations invited seminars and public lectures conference presentations Support Grants NSF, NIH, DOE, DOD, NASA EPA, FDA, … Industry cooperation sponsored fundamental and applied research Professional development Anything here is good (and might be necessary; see above)

Service Departmental Service: Standing committees: Outreach, Student Experience, etc. Operational activities (open houses, outreach, individualized learning experiences) Institutional committees: Standing committees: Judical, Compensation, Policy, … Ad-hoc (“for this”): faculty searches, special appointments Professional service: Organization of professional meetings Peer-review of journal articles and grant proposals

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