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Promotions Procedures

1. Candidate supplies the following to the CSST Director:
   • A written request for promotion (e-mail is OK)
   • Personal evaluation of past & current scholarship, programmatic work & responsibilities, and service (to CSST, UMBC, scientific & general community), along with expectations for future CSST activities and service.
   • The names of five referees
   • Current Curriculum Vita. This should be in (or close to) the official UMBC format.
   • Reprints/copies of significant recent publications
   (The candidate may be asked to supply additional information by the CPC sub-committee - below).
2. CSST Director forms a CSST Promotion Committee (CPC), assembled separately for each candidate, which shall include the CSST Director (with a voice and a vote) and all CSST Faculty at and above the rank the candidate is requesting. At the discretion of the CSST Director members maybe added to the CPC from outside of CSST, in order to insure credible representation of all aspects of the candidate's field of expertise.
   • CSST Director appoints a sub-committee, and its Chair, from members of the CPC. Consistent with UMBC Physics Departmental procedures, the sub-committee shall consist of four members, one being a tenure-track UMBC faculty member, and at least two non-tenure-track members from the CSST. The sub-committee is responsible for collecting & summarizing all of the data provided by the candidate, as well as relevant information from other sources:
     • The CPC sub-committee may seek clarification from the candidate.
     • The CPC sub-committee may supplement the candidate's list of referees in order to insure availability of external opinions relating to all relevant facets of the candidate's work.
     • The CPC sub-committee will request & obtain written letters from at least three referees regarding their opinion of the candidate's work, after describing the objectives and organization of the CSST & CRESST, and explaining the expectations of the requested level of promotion
     • These letters and a summary cover letter (signed by all members of the CPC sub-committee) will be presented to the full CPC (and become a permanent record in the candidate's confidential file).
3. CSST Director calls a meeting of the CPC, at which the sub-committee will present both a written and an oral report on their findings with respect to promotion of that candidate. The CPC shall then vote, by secret ballot, as to whether or not to recommend promotion of the candidate.
4. In the event of a positive recommendation, the CSST Director shall send the sub-committee report, together with an account of the CPC determination and his recommendation for promotion action, to the Dean of the College of Natural and Mathematical Sciences.
5. Upon concurrence of the Dean and the Provost, the Provost will issue a letter of re-appointment to the candidate, which confirms the new title.