Things I'm doing the weekend before classes start: external letter for a tenure and promotion file; SSHRC postdoc reference letter; book manuscript peer-review.
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I am preparing for APSA which means both finishing a paper and reading a book for a roundtable (I haven't even thought about presentations yet) plus revising docs for a SSHRC Partnership Grant. Good thing I remembered to do the course management stuff last week.
aug 31, 2025, 3:31 pm • 0 0 • view
I'm curious: were you approached for the letter by the tenure applicant or does the Dean reach out to you?
aug 31, 2025, 7:27 pm • 0 0 • view
It's always been the dean's office, in my experience. I believe at most universities the candidate provides a list of potential reviewers, as does the departmental tenure committee, and once agreement is reached a mix of those names goes forward to the dean's office.
aug 31, 2025, 7:35 pm • 0 0 • view
Yes, that's how it's going here for me. Our process doesn't start until next month, however, so I didn't know if your letter was perhaps one intended for in-file or what. Thanks.
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