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

[Elisa Cabrera Guzman]

Hello all,

I agree with including and highlighting contributions to traditional
disciplinary research and that such contributions or works need to be
valued for Professors of Teaching.

Thank you.

Elisa

Dr. Elisa Cabrera-Guzmán

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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>>>>>> the world," Nelson Mandela
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