Goals:
- Ensure a diverse group of visiting professors to the department, in terms of geography and areas of expertise.
- Ensure that visiting professors feel welcome and supported during their stay.
- Ensure that the department benefits from their visit.
Guidelines listed below are all based on ensuring that we meet these 3 goals.
Selection of visitors
Priority when selecting visitors will be given to:
- Visitors who are collaborating with members of the department.
- Visiting Professors, those who have positions from which they are leaving and to which they will return after the visit.
- Visitors from diverse geographical regions and areas of expertise and who complement the interests and strengths of the department.
- Visitors who are staying for a length of time of between 6 months to 1 year.
Requirements of visitors
Each visitor must:
- Provide a CV and letter of application.
- Provide references when applying.
- Be approved by the visiting faculty committee.
- Cover the costs of their visa and other administrative costs.
- Give a talk in the department.
Requirements of the department
The department will provide the following:
- Office space. Given limited office space, we can only host 2-3 visitors at a time.
- University resources, as approved by faculty relations (library access, etc.)
- Invitations to department events (lectures, social events, etc.)
- Facilitation of scholarly interaction (committee members and anyone else who is interested will meet with scholars on a regular basis, help make introductions across campus, etc.)
Adopted in full by Faculty vote, January 17, 2017