Scholarly And Creative Activities

Scholarly and Creative Activities

Overview of Support

The FDC offers numerous resources to support faculty scholarly and creative activity. These include:

  • workshops and faculty learning communities on research, writing, presenting, and funding your work
  • group consultations and workshops conducted in your department
  • individual consultations and assistance on writing, research, and scholarly productivity
  • help finding faculty partners for collaborative research

CSU Resources to Review

The CSU also offers well-organized resources on scholarly activity covering topics such as:

  • Types of research  
  • Developing a research agenda  
  • Locating, procuring and managing funding   
  • Staying current in the field  
  • Finding time for research  
  • Maintaining a writing portfolio

Library Representation for SOTL 

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Important Policies

When planning your scholarly activity, review our University and Department policies governing faculty evaluation and the place of scholarly and creative activity in those policies:

For tenured and tenure-track faculty:

 UPS 210.000

 Department Personnel Standards

For lecturers:

 UPS 210.070PDF File

Location and scope of policies varies by department and contractual timebase. Contact your department for more information.