ADEPT Tool Development
Resource — Perez Dialogue (1st iteration)
Perez Scenario
COMPRESSED & REVISED draft-in-progress for storyboarding[with notes in brackets]
Shortcuts Part C Part D Part E
[Scenario with choices and variant outcomes for Perez?s promotion and
tenure case, involving personal bias, suspicion of multidisciplinary
work, and racism.]
Cast of characters: [if included, these descriptions should be on screen with directions]
Al Smith, chair of unit reappointment, promotion and tenure (RPT)
committee for the third time, member for the tenth. Does not work in
Perez?s area. Has a history of research in a classical, core area of
materials engineering well-funded by government and industry.
Keith Kulver, member of the committee for the third time. Works in
another area of materials that allows some collaboration with chemistry
faculty. Significant funding.
Jason Dayan, member of the committee for the second time. Works in a
central area of materials engineering, often as a collaborator with
Smith. Fairly significant funding.
& YOU: a recently tenured associate professor serving on the unit RPT for the first time.
[Functions: Smith--the biased member, Kulver--invoker of policies &
procedures, Dayan--generally goes along with bias; YOU--could agree
with bias, ignore bias, or challenge bias; one option could be to
invoke policies/procedures in an unbiased way]
Early Wednesday morning, a fine day in September:
PART A: SET UP
A1--Al Smith: "Let's start with Perez. Remember, what we say is confidential."
A2--Keith Kulver: "This will be an interesting case."
A3--YOU (the user): "Let's just go through this and see."
PART B: SCHOLARSHIP
B1--Al Smith: "Let's start with scholarship. All his current grants are interdisciplinary."
B2--Jason Dayan: "My main concern about the grants is that he's spending most of the time in chemistry."
B3--Al Smith: "Gentlemen, the real issue is that Perez hasn't a clue
about what our primary thrusts in materials are. He's riding the
coattails of chemistry with interdisciplinary funding from NSF. He
isn't project director on any grants listed on the c.v.."
B4--Keith Kulver: "You shouldn't discount big grants because they are
interdisciplinary. Look, he's published in highly respectable journals
and has six graduate students, including four PhD students. There must
be some technical 'meat' in his work."
B5--Al Smith: "He has raised funding, but not for our department. Let's
face it: this is important. We're coming up for outside evaluation, and
we need faculty to bring major funding to us."
[FIRST OPPORTUNITY FOR USER TO INTERVENE--would this be B6...?]
B6a
YOU-- "He's been told several times to get grants in our core areas. I
think he's too involved in chemistry and not delivering any substance
in materials research."
B6b YOU-- I choose to remain silent at this point in the conversation.
B6c
YOU-- "Forming bridges to other disciplines is as important as bringing
money into our department. The number of interdisciplinary grants
confirms the value of his research."
B6d YOU-- "Are we discussing scholarship or funding?"
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