Addressing Disruptions to Your Work in Faculty Promotion and Evaluation

The University of Maryland recognizes that some faculty have experienced disruptions to their research/scholarship, teaching, or service and has issued guidance for academic leaders on how to consider these disruptions in evaluative processes. Per this guidance, UMD faculty members can choose to describe the impact of external circumstances on their work in faculty activities reporting and by weaving in this context to the personal statement submitted in promotion and review materials. This brief builds on UMD’s existing guidance by providing examples of how faculty members can strategically describe the impact of external circumstances.