External funding increases as the number of quality proposals submitted increases; increasing the number of faculty submitting proposals is a logical step to increase external funding. Reflecting on a physical educator’s > $1.5 million grant portfolio, two main themes emerge: the role of the PI and the unit administrator. Realizing increases in external funding is in part a result of administrators empowering faculty for success, and five administrator strategies have been identified. These strategies include: (1) value all sources of external funding (e.g., teaching, research, outreach, federal, foundation), (2) reward the process and the outcomes (a good proposal is equal to a data-based paper), (3) facilitate connections for collaboration (e.g., spread the word about your faculty), (4) provide infrastructure (from labs to personnel evaluation), (5) identify and develop potential. Important strategies for PIs include: (1) write proposals, (2) take risks, (3) answer the phone, (4) details matter, and (5) seek collaborators.
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Isabel Valdez and Ting Liu
The benefits, barriers, and methodologies of the enhancement of undergraduate research have been widely studied in higher education. However, there are limited studies on undergraduate research in the field of kinesiology. The previous studies centered around student or faculty evaluation of existing curricular or extracurricular undergraduate research programs. The extent to which these studies may inform a kinesiology department that does not have an established undergraduate research curriculum or program is questionable. This article provides a general overview of existing undergraduate research enhancement programs in other universities, presents a recent research study on perceptions of undergraduate research in exercise and sports science students at Texas State University, and offers future recommendations on enhancing undergraduate research in kinesiology.
Philip E. Martin, Mary E. Rudisill, Bradley D. Hatfield, Jared Russell, and T. Gilmour Reeve
period of 25 years, 90% of chairs surveyed viewed evaluating faculty performance as a critical obligation ( Gmelch, 2015 ; Gmelch & Miskin, 2004 ). Faculty evaluations, across a variety of situations, provide an effective means for the department chair not only to direct faculty toward departmental
Jason R. Carter and Nancy Williams
must-read of this special issue. The authors astutely point out that while faculty evaluation is one of the most important, stressful, and challenging tasks of any department chair, there is often very little to no training for this key responsibility. The essay by Martin et al. is divided into three
Jared A. Russell, Sheri Brock, and Mary E. Rudisill
(Evaluating Processes) Once you have identified and hired talented faculty, the second major area of academic leadership that could be influenced by implicit bias practices is retention, particularly faculty-evaluation processes used by the unit. Faculty who do not perceive their work as valued or their
Duane Knudson
for citation normalization in kinesiology. There is considerable variation in citation rates across the subdisciplines of kinesiology ( Knudson, 2015b , 2017a ). When interpreting citation data, faculty evaluators should be sure to consider the time frame, database used, and subdisciplinary citation
Terry L. Rizzo, Penny McCullagh, and Donna Pastore
evaluation of all faculty. Evaluating faculty members is a major component of virtually every kinesiology department. The evaluation of a faculty member is one of the more challenging, yet important, tasks for the chair/head and evaluation committee. Dornier ( 2009 ) provided some valuable comments on what
James E. Johnson, Robert M. Turick, Michael F. Dalgety, Khirey B. Walker, Eric L. Klosterman, and Anya T. Eicher
: New Directions for teaching and learning, No. 43 (pp. 113 – 121 ). San Francisco, CA : Jossey-Bass . Centra , J.A. ( 1993 ). Reflective faculty evaluation: Enhancing teaching and determining faculty effectiveness . San Francisco, CA : Jossey-Bass . Centra , J.A. ( 2003 ). Will teachers
Karen S. Meaney and Sonya L. Armstrong
toward development of effective antibullying policy and procedures for prevention. Creating a positive and nurturing academic environment is essential in retaining quality faculty. Bullying in academic departments contributes to an adverse and hostile culture that directly affects faculty evaluation
Wendy Wheeler and Heather Van Mullem
, 2015 ). Collaboratively, the two departments customize resources for specific kinesiology courses and program learning outcomes. The department chair initiated collaborative curriculum development work for CIL. It began with a simple facilitated exercise at a department meeting to explore how faculty
