I have no assigned lab space here, but then, publication runs a distant second to performance in the classroom (we are a teaching college). I have ambitions of getting some undergraduate-research funding, and with that grant application will come stipulations for space such that if the Dean wants me to get grants, he's got to find me space.
I last worked at a job that required publications but offered little-to-no support, and when moving from there interviewed at another institution that required publications but offered clearly *no* support. After the interview, as the chair was taking me to the train station, I told him "You just can't do that: you cannot invite faculty to come here to work, require that they do research, and not give them space or support." I didn't get an offer from them, and am not the least bit sorry. If universities are going to require that people publish, they simply have to understand that it requires institutional support -- or else they're going to get dreck that calls itself "research." m ------ "There is no power for change greater than a community discovering what it cares about." -- Margaret Wheatley -----Original Message----- From: Larry Daily [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2007 8:41 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] Lab Space Assigned to Psychology Faculty Good morning all! As Chair of our department I have been asked to produce a document describing our department's current status, our goals, and the major obstacles to achieving our goals. One thing that I've identified and mentioned in many previous reports is lack of lab space assigned to Psychology faculty. So, I'd like to ask, how many of you are at institutions where you have no assigned lab space? Do you feel that not having a lab hampers your professional development? Any help would be greatly appreciated. BTW - Shepherd is a fairly small institution of about 4500 students. We have 4 full-time faculty and about 170 Psychology majors (and about another 90 students who minor in Psychology). Within the past two years we moved from being Shepherd College to Shepherd University and with that has come an increasing emphasis on publication. I'm trying to make the case that, at least in Psychology, publication means data collection, and that data collection is hampered by not having a lab (we won't even mention the 12-hour teaching load each semester). Best to everyone, Larry ************************************************************ Larry Z. Daily Associate Professor of Psychology Psychology Department Chair Department of Psychology White Hall, Room 216 Shepherd University Shepherdstown, West Virginia 25443 Psychology phone: (304) 876-5297 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] WWW: http://webpages.shepherd.edu/LDAILY/index.html Adam's prize was open eyes His sentence was to see - The Dreamer - Tom Rush --- To make changes to your subscription go to: http://acsun.frostburg.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=tips&text_mode=0&lang= english --- To make changes to your subscription go to: http://acsun.frostburg.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=tips&text_mode=0&lang=english
