Seeking appointment or promotion to SOH Research Line
Research Line Appointment or Promotion Checklist: Instructor, Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor Rank
Electronic documents should be submitted by your department administrator via Interfolio. Documents should be ordered and named in Interfolio as described below.
Before you do any of the below, you must first discuss with your department chair and confirm the appropriate appointment or promotion for you. If you do not know your department chair, you may find them on the Department Chair and Admin list.
The Department Chair shall indicate in the forwarding letter[1]to the APT Committee the needs of the School that the candidate is expected to fill. When the Committee engages in full review of a candidate’s appointment, it will request these minimum materials to be submitted by the candidate:
[1] Chair letters are generally not permitted for cases that will proceed to UCRT. Specific detail is provided in UCRT guidance documents.
For SOH Research Line the applicant needs three letters of recommendation
Letters are addressed to the Department Chair
Letters must be submitted on letterhead and physically signed (not typed) by the writer
Writers must type their name and current rank underneath their signature
Writers must identify the track and rank the applicant is applying for, and whether the applicant is going for appointment or promotion in the letter
The three letters provided are from individuals holding a faculty appointment who are familiar with the applicant’s qualifications as a scholar, educator, colleague, and practitioner, where applicable. For appointments, the letters of recommendation may come from faculty members outside of Georgetown University; for promotions, the letters must come from Georgetown University faculty members
All letters should come from writers who are at or above the rank sought by the applicant
Should be dated no earlier than four months before submission via Interfolio
If submitting an official graduate school transcript, you must complete a transcript request form (provided by Department Chair or Admin) to request official transcripts
Three classroom evaluations completed by senior (associate or full professor), Georgetown University faculty required
At a minimum, information should be provided for each course that helps to fulfill a degree requirement, each year, taught by the candidate. Where complied student evaluation data are available, units should provide the numerical summary.
For promotions, evaluations must include student evaluations and three peer evaluations from faculty holding the rank sought
Note: Individual student evaluations will not be accepted and will result in the return of the application.
For appointments, applications are reviewed on a rolling basis. Applications for promotion to associate or full professor must be submitted by the first day of August or March, and Faculty should anticipate a minimum of eight weeks review time. Applications for promotion from instructor to assistant professor will be handled on a rolling basis. Please see the APT meeting schedule and deadlines (also copied below).
Please work with your Department Administrator or Human Resources Contact (HRC) to discuss the application process and when they need the paperwork from you before the deadline.
Deadline for Departments to finish uploading the appointment applications in Interfolio
