[Professorsofteaching] REQUEST FOR INPUT: Wording about Professors of Teaching (PoT) for The CALL

Mon Feb 23 19:50:24 PST 2026

Thank you for brining that distinction to attention. I agree that the
suggested change provides greater clarity, please include my name as well
if doing so would be of benefit.

With appreciation,
Rob

On Mon, Feb 23, 2026 at 6:59 PM Carlos O. Calderon via Professorsofteaching
<professorsofteaching at lists.ucr.edu> wrote:

> My name can be included too. Thank you.
>
> Carlos O. Calderón, PhD
> Director of School Psychology
> Associate Professor of Teaching
> University of California, Riverside
>
> Faculty Profile <https://profiles.ucr.edu/app/home/profile/ccaldero>
>
>
> On Mon, Feb 23, 2026 at 6:44 PM lorena.gutierrez--- via
> Professorsofteaching <professorsofteaching at lists.ucr.edu> wrote:
>
>> Annie and Todd,
>>
>> Thank you for working on this issue. I support the suggested changes.
>> Include my name if it's helpful.
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Lorena
>>
>> On Mon, Feb 23, 2026 at 4:53 PM Joshua Wood via Professorsofteaching <
>> professorsofteaching at lists.ucr.edu> wrote:
>>
>>> Me too.
>>>
>>> Josh
>>>
>>> On Mon, Feb 23, 2026 at 4:40 PM Jia Chen via Professorsofteaching <
>>> professorsofteaching at lists.ucr.edu> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I agree with everyone! Please include my name as well if it's helpful.
>>>>
>>>> Thank you!
>>>>
>>>> Best,
>>>> Jia
>>>>
>>>> -----------------------------------------------
>>>>
>>>> Jia Chen
>>>>
>>>> Associate Professor of Teaching
>>>>
>>>> Electrical & Computer Engineering
>>>>
>>>> University of California Riverside
>>>>
>>>> *https://profiles.ucr.edu/jia.chen <https://profiles.ucr.edu/jia.chen>*
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Feb 23, 2026 at 4:36 PM Catherine Lussier via
>>>> Professorsofteaching <professorsofteaching at lists.ucr.edu> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I agree, count me in on the name list if it's helpful.
>>>>>
>>>>> Cathy
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, Feb 23, 2026 at 4:32 PM Analisa Flores via
>>>>> Professorsofteaching <professorsofteaching at lists.ucr.edu> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi Annie and Todd,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I agree with Worku. This is important to include. You can also
>>>>>> include my name in your email.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>> Analisa
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Mon, Feb 23, 2026 at 3:34 PM Worku Nida via Professorsofteaching <
>>>>>> professorsofteaching at lists.ucr.edu> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi Annie and Todd,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thank you so much for paying attention to this important matter and
>>>>>>> suggesting the change. I just reviewed the attached documents and fully
>>>>>>> agree that the suggested phrase may ensure an inclusive (in terms of
>>>>>>> research types) review for us. Please feel free to include my name in your
>>>>>>> email to VPAP.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Best,
>>>>>>> Worku
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Sun, Feb 22, 2026 at 6:41 PM Annie Stanfield Ditta via
>>>>>>> Professorsofteaching <professorsofteaching at lists.ucr.edu> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hi Professor of Teaching Colleagues,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> *TLDR: *
>>>>>>>> Below please see a proposed email to be sent to the VPAP’s office
>>>>>>>> regarding proposed changes to The CALL. Todd Sorensen (PoT in Economics)
>>>>>>>> and I would like to suggest some wording to strengthen the degree of choice
>>>>>>>> for PoTs in terms of what type of Professional and/or Scholarly Achievement
>>>>>>>> and Activity to engage in. The deadline for changes to be sent to their
>>>>>>>> office is end of business, Wednesday Feb. 25th. If you have any suggested
>>>>>>>> changes to our email and/or other any changes you want to make to The CALL
>>>>>>>> that you haven't passed along yet, could you please send them to us by end
>>>>>>>> of day Tuesday 2/24 (sorry for the short turnaround!)?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> If you have a little more time and want to read more about this
>>>>>>>> request:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> *Some background:*
>>>>>>>> We were happy to see that the VPAP sent out some FAQs (attached) to
>>>>>>>> better inform chairs about the roles of Professors of Teaching and of our
>>>>>>>> review process. One concern we had was that some of the language could be
>>>>>>>> interpreted as de-emphasizing the option of disciplinary research as a
>>>>>>>> contribution to "Professional and/or Scholarly Achievement and Activity”.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Specifically, the second page of the FAQ (FAQ1) has a bullet list
>>>>>>>> of examples of "What types of scholarly or professional activities are
>>>>>>>> valued?” Initially, disciplinary research was not included as an example.
>>>>>>>> However, in an updated draft of this document (FAQ2), "Traditional
>>>>>>>> disciplinary research or presentations” was added to this list.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> In addition, we feel that the last paragraph on the first page
>>>>>>>> de-emphasized this path for PoTs:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> "Traditional disciplinary research is not required. However,
>>>>>>>> Professors of Teaching are expected to engage in scholarly or professional
>>>>>>>> activity related to teaching, such as pedagogical scholarship, curriculum
>>>>>>>> development, or educational leadership."
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> We felt that the spirit of valuing traditional disciplinary
>>>>>>>> research would be better expressed by the paragraph below; we have gone
>>>>>>>> forward with the spirit of “what we wish the FAQ had said” to make our
>>>>>>>> suggested changes to The CALL. We are not trying to get the FAQ document
>>>>>>>> edited, but wanted to note this for possible future use.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> "Professors of Teaching are expected to engage in *scholarly or
>>>>>>>> professional activity*, which may take different forms.
>>>>>>>> Traditional disciplinary research is *not required* but such work
>>>>>>>> is valued in the merit and promotion process. Additionally, activities such
>>>>>>>> as pedagogical scholarship, curriculum development, and/or educational  leadership
>>>>>>>> are valued in this category."
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> *Proposed Email Draft:*
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Dear Dan,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thank you for valuing the role of PoTs, and the broad set of
>>>>>>>> potential contributions to Professional and/or Scholarly Achievement and
>>>>>>>> Activity” that is valued in our roles. We especially appreciate the
>>>>>>>> intentionality in sending around an FAQ document on this, and on adding
>>>>>>>> "Traditional disciplinary research or presentations” as a bullet point item
>>>>>>>> in the list of “What ˚types of scholarly or professional activities are
>>>>>>>> valued.”
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> We would like to suggest the following changes to The CALL to
>>>>>>>> reflect the spirit of a broad interpretation of Professional and/or
>>>>>>>> Scholarly Achievement and Activities (including traditional disciplinary
>>>>>>>> research or presentation) that will be valued in our review process:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Page 37; 4b: add in parentheses at end of line “(this includes both
>>>>>>>> pedagogy-related and discipline-specific research)”.
>>>>>>>> Similar wording being added to #2 on pages 1-2 of the "UCR
>>>>>>>> Guidelines for Professor of Teaching Series” would also help emphasize this
>>>>>>>> point.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Best and thank you for your consideration,
>>>>>>>> Annie Ditta & Todd Sorensen
>>>>>>>> [and anyone else that wants to add their name!]
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>> *Annie S. Ditta, Ph.D.*
>>>>>>>> Pronouns: she/her/hers (what's this?
>>>>>>>> <https://www.mypronouns.org/what-and-why>)
>>>>>>>> Associate Professor of Teaching
>>>>>>>> Distinguished Teaching Professor
>>>>>>>> Department of Psychology
>>>>>>>> University of California, Riverside
>>>>>>>> LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/anniesditta
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>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Worku Nida, PhD
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> [he/him/his]
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Associate Professor of Teaching
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Department of Anthropology
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> University of California, Riverside
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Email: worku.nida at ucr.edu
>>>>>>>
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