ADEPT Development
Content: Career Accounts (used for web, AV, C&Q, NYC and SM components)
This is a case summary, or unofficial account, of candidate's career. This account is non-coded; annotated, or color-coded versions, are written with biases and procedural issues highlighted, and are used only in the "Cases & Questions" activity.
--------------------------------
Clarissa Marlowe
Biochemistry
ISSUES: significance of letters of reference & what kind of service counts
Clarissa Marlowe, PhD in Biochemistry from the Johns Hopkins
University, was hired by the Department of Physical Sciences at
Mythical Tech as an assistant professor. Marloweís research field is
central to MT and has been for a long time; she joined a number of
colleagues who do similar and complementary work in the same subfield.
Her start-up package was slightly better than average, and she was
immediately asked to participate in a committee analyzing why few women
are employed in science on her campus during her first year.
During her first three years at MT, Marlowe produced more than adequate
publications in the top-ranked journals [include titles?] in her field,
including one prize-winning paper. She wrote most of her papers with a
small group of faculty and graduate students, but some represent
collaborations with just one or two individuals.
Marloweís funding level as an assistant professor was about average for
her field. She was able to secure a lab budget based on an NSF grant
for new faculty in her area as well as some training grants for
individual graduate students. She also partnered with colleagues in
drug delivery on a moderate grant from a pharmaceutical company.
In her fourth year, she won a PECASE [or some other honor/]
Her students generally awarded her good teaching scores. Evaluations
for the intro-level course earned some negative comments (by 2-3
students) about her casual attire; since then Marlowe upgraded her
wardrobe and wears tailored clothing. She attracted excellent students
to her lab, encouraging some undergraduates to continue graduate study
at MT and welcoming new graduate students. She was also nominated for a
college teaching award by the undergraduate coordinator with
recommendation from the graduate director who cited her ìdedicationîand
ìlong hours in her lab with graduate students.î
In addition to her work on womenís issues, Marlowe was appointed to a
number of unit and college committees concerning visiting speakers,
honors, and search. She became especially active in a professional
society and in her collegeís network for junior faculty in sciences,
for which she helped organize a session on grant-writing for new
faculty.
The letters of reference in her promotion and tenure curriculum vita (cv) are
generally good, except for one taking issue with a paper [the
prize-winning paper? or a paper submitted to a journal that a p&t
committee member edits?]. The negative review takes an extremely
hostile approach to Marloweís argument and could have been published as
a counterpoint. It also comments negatively about Marloweís style in
the professional society, indicating a personal grudge. Another review
comments as much on the value of Marloweís service to the profession,
especially for women in her field, as it does on the value of her
research. The unit promotion and tenure committee is split about
whether the negative review and the one privileging service matter. How
would these reviews affect your evaluation of Marloweís reputation?
[Should the case be withdrawn because the chair of the department
speaks with Marlowe about the review? the next year that reviewer and
the one who supplied the confusing review are not queried for their
opinions.]
Project Organization
ADEPT Goals
ADEPT Tool Design
ADEPT Tool Development
ADEPT Project Schedule
ADEPT Minutes
ADEPT Prototypes
Related Links