Department Chair Resources

The Office for Faculty Development is eager to support you by coordinating activities designed for you—based on your feedback—please feel free to contact us at anytime.

Resources for Major Personnel Reviews

• Information and documents for each major personnel review: Sr Lecturer, 4th Year Review & Tenure, Professor

General Resources

• Best Practices for Dissertation Advisors and Advisees

• Department Chairs' handbook

• Department Mentoring Plans

• Helpful Articles

  • “Twelve Tips for Department Chairs,” Henry L. Roediger III

  • “Handling Conflict with Difficult Faculty” Ben Bissell

  • “Some Thoughts about Successful Department Heads,” Rod Erickson

• Holistic Evaluation of Teaching

• Onboarding New TT Faculty Tip Sheet

• Sample Department Constitutions

  • History

  • Psychology

• Search Process Guidelines for Faculty Hiring

• Student Equity, Access, and Success (SEAS), Department Chairs' Meeting

• Summary of Major Personnel Actions and Other Procedures, AY 2022-2023

• Unconscious Bias in the Hiring Process