Research and Scholarship Guidelines for Tenure and Promotion

Research and Scholarship Guidelines

for Tenure and Promotion

Overview Page 2

Expectations for Tenure and Promotion Page 3

Tenure Timeline Page 4

Dissemination of Research and Scholarship Page 5

Extending Scholarship of Professional Work through Academically Peer Reviewed Dissemination Page 6

Tiers of Dissemination for Research and Scholarship Page 7

Scholarship Matrices Page 8

External Reviewers’ Evaluation of Scholarship Page 9

Resources Page 10

CAD School’s Scholarship Matrices and Tiers of Dissemination Page 11

Revised 10/26/23

Overview

The College of Art and Design Research and Scholarship

Guidelines for Tenure and Promotion are intended to foster

excellence in research and creative scholarship among the

faculty. These guidelines do not supersede, but supplement

and further elaborate on the RIT Policies E04.0 and E05.0

regarding faculty promotion and tenure.

The purpose of this document is to explain how the

college guidelines for research and scholarship are applied

within the college’s schools, including any school or

discipline-specific criteria for assessment. Candidates should

also consult the College of Art and Design tenure and

promotion policies located on https://inside.cad.rit.edu.

While it is incumbent on the candidate to demonstrate

excellence in all areas of their professional responsibilities, it

is the responsibility of the college and the candidate’s school

to maintain a robust course of faculty development and

assessment which, starting from the date of hire, assists

the candidate in understanding what is expected for

tenure/promotion, assessing their progress in fulfilling those

expectations, and if necessary, developing an appropriate

plan of improvement prior to requesting tenure/promotion.

In fulfillment of that responsibility, each School provides all

tenure-track faculty with timely and frequent opportunities

to assess their progress. These include the regular annual

reviews, peer evaluations of teaching, a comprehensive

third-year review of the candidate’s progress toward tenure,

and the establishment of clear expectations for the award

of promotion/tenure as outlined in this document and the

university and college policies.

Support continues after tenure through regular annual

reviews and peer evaluations of teaching. Full-time,

non-tenure track faculty receive similar forms of support.

Expectations for Tenure and Promotion

Tenure is earned by demonstrated achievements and ongoing pursuit of

advancements in teaching, scholarship, and service, guided by concern

for students' and colleagues' personal worth and advancement. The most

important factor in the tenure decision process is the evaluation of the

candidate by his/her colleagues, made in light of the candidate's individual

Statement of Expectations. The pursuit of excellence continues beyond

the tenure decision. Tenured faculty and administrators share responsibility

to ensure that all faculty continue to grow and develop professionally.

1. Teaching

Teaching is the foremost activity

and includes the following:

▪ effectively communicating

special knowledge and expertise

▪ select and use appropriate

instructional methods and

materials which lead to learning

▪ fair and useful evaluations of

the quality of the learner’s work

▪ available outside of scheduled

classes to support student

success

2. Scholarship

Research and scholarship

endeavors should relate to the

candidate’s discipline and must

be documented, disseminated,

and peer-reviewed.

3. Service

Service refers to activities that

contribute directly or indirectly

to the well-being of the university,

college, school, profession, or

broader community.

These activities may be solicited

or unsolicited.

Consideration is also given to

professional service in the area

of the candidate’s expertise that

furthers the mission of RIT.

Discovery

Use professional expertise to

discover knowledge, invent, or

create original material.

Teaching / Pedagogy

Engage in the scholarship

of teaching practice through

peer-reviewed activities to

improve pedagogy.

Integration

Use professional expertise

to connect, integrate,

and synthesize knowledge.

Application

Use professional expertise

to engage in applied research,

consultation, technical

assistance, policy analysis,

program evaluation or similar

activities to solve problems

Engagement

Combine rigorous academic

standards in any of the other

dimensions of scholarship,

and developed in the context

of reciprocal and collaborative

community partnerships.

A candidate must demonstrate

outstanding achievement in teaching,

as validated in their tenure/promotion

portfolio. This includes:

▪ Teaching courses that are

relevant to School needs

▪ Clearly conveying a

commitment to innovative

pedagogical development

▪ Developing/enhancing

departmental curricula

and programs

▪ Demonstrating leadership in

student mentoring/advising

A candidate must demonstrate

satisfactory achievement in service,

as validated in their tenure/promotion

portfolio. Types of service include:

▪ Portfolio reviews

(National Portfolio Days)

▪ Open house events

▪ College/School/Program

committees

▪ Student clubs/organization

mentorship

▪ Service to professional societies

A candidate must demonstrate

outstanding achievement in one

or more dimensions of scholarship,

as validated in their tenure/

promotion portfolio.

Dimensions of Scholarship include:

Tenure Timeline

The probationary period before granting of tenure is normally six contract

years for a faculty member who has had no teaching experience before

appointment to the university faculty. For candidates with no reduction of the

probationary period, the tenure consideration and evaluation shall be

made in the sixth year. If tenure is granted, it is effective at the start

of the following contract year.

A pre-tenured faculty member who becomes a parent by birth or adoption

before the tenure documentation is due is automatically granted a one-year

extension to the tenure probationary period upon providing written notice of

each birth or adoption to the department head, dean, and provost within

six months of the birth or adoption and before the tenure documentation

is due. The automatic extensions may be waived if the faculty member

so desires and so indicates in writing to the dean before the first day

of the spring term preceding the requested tenure consideration date.

An extension of the tenure probationary period shall be provided to

tenure-track faculty who apply for and are granted an approved leave

of absence as defined in E.05.0, E.17.0, E.33.0, or E34.0. The extension

of the probationary period shall be for a minimum of one year.

Dissemination of Research and Scholarship

The College of Art and Design values multiple forms of creative,

pedagogical, and scientific scholarship and research. In alignment with

RIT and college policies, research and scholarship may fall into any of five

categories: Discovery; Teaching/Pedagogy; Integration; Application;

and Engagement. Creative and scientific scholarship or research may fit

into a single category or cross-over multiple categories.

As important as the creation of research and scholarship, the dissemination

of work is a required component of validating and sharing the contributions

a faculty member is making to furthering their field and the world at large.

Further, peer review of one’s scholarship is essential in demonstrating the

validity and critical reception of one’s work by the peers in their respective

fields. In the arts, crafts and design fields, peer review can come in many

forms and often includes jury/judge selection (i.e., exhibition, screening),

curatorial selection, journal reviewed acceptance, external critical review

of one’s work, representation in gallery or museum, representation by an

art/design agency, and so on.

Balancing Professional Practice with

Academically Peer Reviewed Dissemination

Applied arts through professional practice, such as client-based work,

can contribute significantly to a faculty member’s scholarship towards tenure

but does not take the place of a record of academically peer reviewed

scholarly activity. In such cases, professional and applied work shall be

considered as a component of scholarship and admissible as part of the

balance with academically peer reviewed work: they both are competitive,

selected through peer review, and the reputation and visibility of each can

be assessed. Securing a client through an agent, in a proposal submission

process, or the selection of one’s work to be reproduced in publications or

public works is a highly selective process that includes considerations of

quality and competence. This is especially true when the faculty member

has been selected for a project or account of a client (i.e., major corporation,

art/design/craft organization, studio, renowned individual in the field, et al.)

through a regional or national competition or search that includes review

by peers in the field. The competitive and selection process by which the

commission was secured needs to be taken into account along with the

stature of the client for whom it was produced. It is the candidate’s

responsibility to properly document this along with the scope of the work,

the prestige of the venues, duration of engagement, visibility of the work,

and client testimonials.

Overall, while applied and professional work can be a valid asset of a faculty

member’s scholarship dossier, it must be performed in conjunction with

academically peer reviewed dissemination as well; thus, extending the

scholarship from the professional and compensated spectrum of one’s work

into the academically peer reviewed environment of higher education. It is

important to note that professional and applied work can be utilized in the

academic portion of dissemination but requires additional reflection, curation,

and/or contextualization.

For example, professional work published or produced as part of a

compensated project (i.e., advertising, product design, editorial contribution,

commercial productions, branding work, et al.) can move into the realm

of academic scholarship when a faculty member disseminates and reflects

upon the work vis-à-vis the work’s relationship to the field of study.

Common forms of this sort of peer reviewed dissemination can include

but are not limited to exhibition, presentation at conferences, published

writings, screenings at festivals, publication of the work as part of a critical

context/curated expression, and so on. The following table helps summarize

ways to extend the scholarship of professional work through academically

peer reviewed dissemination.

Extending Scholarship of Professional Work through Academically Peer Reviewed Dissemination

The merit of Scholarship will be determined by a number of factors including:

PROFESSIONAL ENVIRONMENT

Commission of Work

Acceptance of Work in

Professional Competitions

Reproduction and Distribution of

Work by an Outside Body

▪ The stature of the client (local/regional/

national/international)

▪ The process by which the faculty member was

retained (competitive nature of the request)

▪ The role the faculty member played in the

creation of work (project management,

consultation, art direction, design, etc.)

▪ The size, scope, and duration of the project

▪ The distribution of content (local/regional/

national/international)

▪ The impact of the work (client testimony,

awards, patents, etc.)

▪ The stature of the sponsoring organization

(local/regional/ national/international)

▪ Professional reputation of the juror(s)

and/or curator

▪ Peer reviewed vs. non-peer reviewed

▪ Critical reviews

▪ The stature of the organization, publication,

publisher, and/or author (local/regional/

national/international)

▪ The size, scope, and duration of the project

▪ The distribution of content (local/regional/

national/international)

▪ Peer reviewed vs. non-peer reviewed

▪ Context of reproduction

▪ Critical reviews

ACADEMIC ENVIRONMENT: Ways to Apply Academic Peer Reviewed Dissemination to Professional Work

Pedagogical Contributions

▪ Juried/refereed academic presentation and/or publication demonstrating how the professional work contributed to teaching and learning,

curriculum development, analysis, and/or outcomes assessment

Presentations – Lectures, Invitation to Present, Keynote Presentations, Interviews:

▪ Juried/refereed academic presentation of research, iterative work, process, and/or final intellectual property (IP) regarding the professional work

Publications

▪ Personal reflection on the professional work through a sole authored book, co-authored book, book chapter, feature article, etc.

▪ External independent critical analysis, press review, press article, and/or citations

Curatorial Work, Exhibitions, Screenings

▪ Juried/invited public showing of professional work by critically regarded peers and/or authority internal or external to RIT

▪ Professional work is recognized and included in exhibitions, screenings, public spaces, retrospectives, private collections, or archives

Tiers of Dissemination for Research and Scholarship

The balance of professional and/or applied scholarship with academic

dissemination can vary from one candidate to the next and the candidate

is required to provide appropriate documentation along with clear

explanations of the processes by which each applicable example of an

applicant’s scholarship was reviewed and selected vis-à-vis the criteria

noted in this document. Broadly, faculty can identify the various forms of

dissemination, however, it is equally important for faculty and reviewing

bodies such as tenure and promotion committees to understand quality

metrics of dissemination and expectations for what levels of dissemination

are required for promotion and/or tenure.

To provide guidance to faculty and tenure and promotion committees

regarding expectations, the following guidelines provide additional

elaborations on the dissemination “tiers” where faculty can expect to share

their work and to what degree is required for favorable outcomes in relation

to scholarship for tenure and/or promotion.

Each school in the College of Art and Design has created descriptions of

three tiers of dissemination along with examples of what types of venues,

publications, activities, etc. are commensurate with each tier (see appendix).

Please note the examples provided by the schools do not represent

an exhaustive list, merely examples in each tier and category. The

faculty member applying for tenure and/or promotion should note the level

of dissemination for each component of their scholarship, based on where

and how it has been disseminated.

▪ Tier 1 National/International is exemplified as dissemination with

national and/or international visibility and implications where the faculty

member’s scholarship is broadly visible and accessible to the national

and international audience within the field.

▪ Tier 2 Regional is dissemination with broad regional visibility and

implications where the faculty member’s scholarship is accessible

to the field and region where the work is disseminated. (i.e., northeast,

west coast, NYC, etc.)

▪ Tier 3 Local is represented by local visibility and implications where the

reach is limited to the immediate area of the venue/publication where the

work is disseminated. (i.e., Rochester, most university galleries, etc.)

It is important to understand that physical location of a venue does not solely

determine the tier category. Using Rochester’s own Eastman Museum as an

example: even though the Eastman Museum is physically “local,” it is

considered a Tier 1 form of dissemination in Photography due to its world-

wide reputation and visibility. Conversely, exhibiting one’s work in a small

café in Budapest that is not a known gallery with visibility and reach, while

international in location, would most likely be categorized as a local Tier 3

form of dissemination.

Expectations for Promotion from Assistant to Associate

Professor along with Granting of Tenure

In addition to clearly demonstrating the development of creative and/or

scientific scholarship and/or research, faculty applying for promotion to

Associate Professor and Tenure should have a record of peer-reviewed

dissemination of their work. The scope of their scholarship and/or research

should provide evidence for growing and sustained efforts still to come.

It is expected that faculty applying for Associate Professor and Tenure

will, at a minimum, provide evidence their work is established with solid

and ongoing dissemination in Tier 2 and with at least some examples of

Tier 1 dissemination along with demonstrated potential for ongoing Tier 1

dissemination in the future. While opportunities to exhibit, screen, or

otherwise display one’s work in venues clearly at Tier 1 status can be

challenging (i.e., Tier 1 museums, film festivals, and galleries), disseminating

one’s work in Tier 1 conference proceedings, publications, and other high-

impact, peer reviewed outlets is also an accessible and attainable pathway.

At a minimum, the dissemination of their work should provide multiple

examples of peer-reviewed Tier 2 or higher.

Since the type of scholarship across the college can vary so widely and

include processes that take a considerable amount of time to complete,

the College of Art and Design will focus more on quality of dissemination

than quantity, however, multiple examples of a faculty member’s work

being disseminated (exhibition, presentation, screening, published,

performed, etc.) through peer reviewed venues at a minimum of Tier 3

and Tier 2 will be essential.

Expectations for Promotion from Associate Professor

to Professor

Faculty applying for promotion from Associate Professor to Professor

should have an established record of peer-reviewed scholarship and make

a clear case for how their scholarship and/or research has impacted their

respective field(s). Further, faculty should provide evidence that the

dissemination of their work is sustained at Tier 2 along with multiple

examples of achieving Tier 1 dissemination. Additionally, faculty applying

for promotion to Professor should describe how their contributions will

continue to be recognized and disseminated at a Tier 1 level. Since the

type of scholarship across the college can vary so widely and include

processes that take a considerable amount of time to complete, the College

of Art and Design will focus more on quality of dissemination than quantity.

Scholarship Matrices

The college’s scholarship matrices offer an overview of the kind of

scholarly activities aligned with RIT’s five expectations of scholarship —

discovery, teaching/pedagogy, integration, application and

engagement. Importantly, when written, it sought to acknowledge the

college’s avenues of scholarship for the creative and applied faculty

member. The matrices were critical to this task since faculty in an applied

discipline believed their creative activity was perceived as without merit

within the traditional framework of academic criteria.

So, while the painter, sculptor or fine art photographer have an

expectation of display and dissemination of scholarly work via exhibition,

screenings, and publication, the applied faculty member’s—for example,

the picture editor or photo science faculty—scholarship may be defined

differently in consulting, publishing, industry and private commissions,

team-based published projects, online, blogs, etc.

A good source for scholarship definitions for arts programs within CAD

are found at the College Art Association (CAA) website, especially to

how they relate to evolving venues of dissemination such as online sites,

blogs, multimedia productions, etc.

Important to all scholarly work is peer-reviewed evaluation and the

scope of the venue (national, regional, local). Differences may need

to be considered with respect of peer-reviewed evaluation for the

creative and applied faculty member.

Dimensions of Scholarship

Discovery

When faculty use their

professional expertise

to discover knowledge,

invent, or create original

material.

Teaching/Pedagogy

When faculty engage

in the scholarship of

teaching practice through

peer-reviewed activities to

improve pedagogy.

Integration

When faculty use their

professional expertise to

connect, integrate, and

synthesize knowledge.

Application

When faculty use their

professional expertise

to engage in applied

research, consultation,

technical assistance, policy

analysis, program

evaluation, or similar

activities to solve problems.

Engagement

When faculty engage

in scholarship developed

in context of reciprocal

and collaborative

community partnerships

(external).

External Reviewers’ Evaluation of Scholarship

External letters are required for tenure and promotion to associate

professor and for promotion to full professor. The CAD tenure and

promotion committee shall obtain a list of five names of external reviewers

from the candidate. A maximum of one reviewer may be a co-author and

all other external reviewers shall not have personal ties or conflicts of interest

(C4.0) with the candidate. In all cases, the reviewers should have fields of

study within the candidate's expertise. Generally, external reviewers should

hold academic ranks at or higher than the position to which the candidate is

applying. If applicable, the candidate can provide a list of three names of

scholars they do not want to be considered as external reviewers of their

scholarly work.

The Tenure and Promotion Committee will consult with the candidate's

school director to provide three names of external scholars that are

recognized experts in the candidate’s field. The committee shall seek to

obtain a minimum of four (4) letters from external reviewers in the

candidate's field of scholarship. The committee shall seek at least two

letters from the list of reviewers suggested by the candidate. Dossiers

MUST contain at least two letters from reviewers not on the candidate’s

list. Academic external reviewers’ institutions should usually be peers or

aspirant institutions to RIT.

Each reviewer will be requested to evaluate the candidate's scholarship

via their personal website according to the provided college tenure

expectations. If fewer than four letters are received, the committee chair

must make an additional attempt to obtain four letters.

The external review letters will be received by the dean's office of the

candidate. The external review letters will not be shared with the

candidates. They can be shared with school’s tenured faculty, the school

director, the tenure and promotion committees, the dean, the provost,

and the president.

Names of

External Scholars

are provided by the

Candidate to the Tenure

and Promotion Committee

to consider as outside

experts to assess the

candidate’s scholarly work.

The list must include:

▪ Title

▪ Institution/company

contact information:

▪ Phone

▪ Address

▪ Email address

Names of

External Scholars

are provided by the School

Director to the CAD Tenure

and Promotion Committee

as recognized experts in the

candidate’s academic field.

The list must include:

▪ Title

▪ Institution/company

contact information:

▪ Phone

▪ Address

▪ Email address

Information provided by the Candidate and School Director:

Names of

External Scholars

provided by the Candidate

Names of

External Scholars

provided by the School

Director

The Tenure and Promotion Committee will select at least:

External scholars

▪ Are provided with the URL of the candidate’s personal website

and password (if applicable); college tenure and promotion

policies and guidelines

▪ Assess the significance, relevance, and quality of the candidate’s

scholarly contribution to the discipline, to date, as well as the

likelihood of further significant scholarship

▪ Are NOT asked to evaluate the candidate’s teaching or service

University Policies and Resources

▪ RIT Policy E04.0 – Faculty Employment

https://www.rit.edu/academicaffairs/policiesmanual/e040

▪ RIT Policy E05.0 – Tenure

https://www.rit.edu/academicaffairs/policiesmanual/e050

▪ Office of the Provost

https://www.rit.edu/provost/tenure-and-promotion

https://www.rit.edu/provost/tenure-and-promotion-process-deadlines

College Policies and Resources

▪ Additional Resources

https://inside.cad.rit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Handout-Teaching_Observation_Form.pdf

https://inside.cad.rit.edu/policies-guidelines/faculty/tenure-and-promotion-timelines/

School of Art | Evaluation of Scholarship

Discovery

Teaching/Pedagogy

Integration

Application

Engagement

Examples of

documentation

in this discipline

New written work

Creation of new

craft/art/design work

Creation of new

techniques or processes

or research areas

New written work

Creation of new

methodologies

Creation of new

techniques, processes,

or methods of delivery

New written work

Creation of new

craft/art/design work

Creation of new

techniques or processes

Creation of

client-based

or commissioned

craft/art/design work

Development of a

technical process

Development

of a material application

Development and/or

maintenance

of civic, community-based

collaborations via MOA*,

white paper, grant,

proposal, residency, etc.

External community

partner’s newsletter,

proposal, grant,

MOA, etc.

Work with community

consequence.

Examples of

dissemination

in this discipline

Publications (books,

monographs, periodicals,

online)

Refereed conference

paper publication or

presentation

Invited lecture/

workshop presentation

Craft/art/design

exhibitions (solo, group,

invited, juried)

Installation of

creative work

Publications (books,

exhibition catalogues,

monographs, periodicals,

online)

Refereed conference

paper, publication or

presentation

Invited lecture/

workshop presentation

Publications (books,

monographs, periodicals,

online)

Refereed conference

paper publication or

presentation

Invited lecture/

workshop presentation

Exhibitions (solo,

group, invited, juried)

Installation of

creative work

Publications

(books, monographs,

periodicals, online)

Juried competitions

Refereed conference

presentation

Invited lecture/workshop

presentation

Exhibitions (solo,

group, invited, juried)

Installation of

creative work

Publications: books;

Mono- graphs; articles;

reviews; essay; exhibition

catalogue; website

New or maintained civic

collaborations between

Program, School and/or

College with external

consequences

Refereed chair, panel

or presentation at

professional conference

or community related

event

Conducting meetings,

workshops, conferences

with the community

or bringing community

groups to campus projects

Discovery

Teaching/Pedagogy

Integration

Application

Engagement

Examples of

peer review

in this discipline

Critical review

Grants

Honors/awards

Juried/refereed

presentation and/or

publication

Critical assessment of

portfolio by professional

and academic peers

external to RIT

Juried/invited exhibitions

(group, solo)

Critical review

Grants

Honors/awards

Juried/refereed

presentation and/or

publication

Critical assessment of

portfolio by professional

and academic peers

external to RIT

Critical review

Grants

Honors/awards

Juried/refereed

presentation and/or

publication

Critical assessment of

portfolio by professional

and academic peers

external to RIT

Competition acceptance

Juried publications

Written reviews

Honors/awards

Critical assessment of

portfolio by professional

and academic peers

external to RIT

Finalized work published

or exhibited by critically

regarded peers and/or

authority internal or

external to RIT and

College.

Press review; press

article; critique in

publications of the field.

Grants, honors,

awards, etc.

School for American Crafts | Evaluation of Scholarship

Discovery

Teaching/Pedagogy

Integration

Application

Engagement

Examples of

documentation

in this discipline

New written work

Creation of new

craft/art/design work

Creation of new

techniques or processes

New written work

Creation of new

methodologies

Creation of new

techniques, processes,

or methods of delivery

New written work

Creation of new

craft/art/design work

Creation of new

techniques or processes

Creation of

client-based

or commissioned

craft/art/design work

Development of a

technical process

Development

of a material application

Development and/or

maintenance

of civic, community-based

collaborations via MOA*,

white paper, grant,

proposal, residency, etc.

External community

partner’s newsletter,

proposal, grant,

MOA, etc.

Work with community

consequence.

Examples of

dissemination

in this discipline

Publications (books,

monographs, periodicals,

online)

Refereed conference

paper publication or

presentation

Invited lecture/workshop

presentation

Craft/art/design

exhibitions (solo, group,

invited, juried)

Installation of

creative work

Publications (books,

exhibition catalogues,

monographs, periodicals,

online)

Refereed conference

paper, publication or

presentation

Invited lecture/workshop

presentation

Publications (books,

monographs, periodicals,

online)

Refereed conference

paper publication or

presentation

Invited lecture/workshop

presentation

Exhibitions (solo, group,

invited, juried)

Installation of

creative work

Publications (books,

monographs, periodicals,

online)

Juried competitions

Refereed conference

presentation

Invited lecture/workshop

presentation

Exhibitions (solo, group,

invited, juried)

Installation of

creative work

Publications: books;

Mono- graphs; articles;

reviews; essay; exhibition

catalogue; website

New or maintained civic

collaborations between

Program, School and/or

College with external

consequences

Refereed chair, panel or

presentation at

professional conference

or community related

event

Conducting meetings,

workshops, conferences

with the community or

bringing community

groups to campus projects

Discovery

Teaching/Pedagogy

Integration

Application

Engagement

Examples of

peer review

in this discipline

Critical review

Grants/honors/

awards

Juried/refereed

presentation and/or

publication

Critical assessment of

portfolio by professional

and academic peers

external to RIT

Juried/invited exhibitions

(group, solo)

Inclusion in museum

collections

Patents, trademarks

Mass-produced products

Critical review

Grants

Honors/awards

Juried/refereed

presentation and/or

publication

Critical assessment of

portfolio by professional

and academic peers

external to RIT

Critical review

Grants

Honors/awards

Juried/refereed

presentation and/or

publication

Critical assessment of

portfolio by professional

and academic peers

external to RIT

Competition acceptance

Juried publications

Written reviews

Honors/awards

Critical assessment of

portfolio by professional

and academic peers

external to RIT

Finalized work published

or exhibited by critically

regarded peers and/or

authority internal or

external to RIT and

College.

Press review; press

article; critique in

publications of the field.

Grants, honors,

awards, etc.

School of Art/School for American Crafts | Tiers of Dissemination for Research and Scholarship

Tier

Display/Dissemination

Scholarly Publications

Published Artwork

Awards and Grants

Presentations/

Consultancies/Other

Major cultural institutions in field

PS-1, New Museum, Metal

Museum

Major academic museums and

institutions in field

Representation by major

galleries and/or design agencies

Acquisition of work by major

cultural institutions

Screenings at major festivals,

museums, cultural institutions,

theaters

Multimedia or image displays

online in association with major

media outlets in field

International and national

residencies/fellowships of repute

National agency representation

for commercial/editorial work

Installations at nationally/

internationally recognized art

festivals, outdoor exhibitions,

conferences, symposia, and

design venues (i.e. Salone,

ICFF-Design Week, etc.)

Physical or virtual displays

of work at major national

conferences (i.e., in Medical

Illustration this would include

the Association of Medical

Illustrators Salon, Guild of

Natural Science Illustrators

exhibition, or the Association

Européenne des Illustrateurs

Médicaux et Scientifiques

(AEIMS).

Publishers in field (i.e., Focal

Press, Lars Müller Publishers,

MIT Press, Phaidon, Princeton

Press, Rockport Publishers,

Routledge, Taschen, Wiley, etc.)

National/international academic

publishers

Major media outlets/platforms,

print or online

Major magazines in professional

field, in print or online, i.e.

Articles published in major arts

or design journals, academic

publications. A ranking of art

journals can be found at:

https://www.scimagojr.com/journ

alrank.php?category=1213

Journal of Biomedical

Communications

Journal of Natural Science

Illustration

Major digital project that has

received grant funding and/or

peer review

Edited volume or journal from

academic publisher

*Published writing BY us

*Published writing ABOUT us

Illustrated textbook for

major scientific or medical

publisher (i.e., Elsevier,

Springer, Thieme, WH Freeman,

Benjamin Cummings, Lippincott

Williams & Wilkins).

Cover art and/or inside art for

a major scientific or medical

journal (i.e., Science, Nature,

Nature Medicine, the Lancet,

JAMA, Cell, New England

Journal of Medicine, Scientific

American)

Rankings of journals can be

found at:

https://www.scimagojr.com/journ

alrank.php

https://scholar.google.com/citati

ons?view_op=top_venues

NEA, NSF, NEH, NYS, federal

government or state grants

Guggenheim

MacArthur

Major awards from professional

association

Being named a Fellow of a

professional association

(i.e., AMI Fellow)

Awards associated with major

national cultural institutions

Major awards aligned with

professional field in arts or

design (e.g., British Medical

Association annual book

awards, including their

Illustrated Book Award)

AMI Salon Awards

American Library Association

(ALA) children’s book awards

https://www.infosoup.info/kids/a

wards-home

Caldecott Medal (for picture

books)

Newberry Medal

Coretta Scott King Award (for an

African American illustrator)

Belpré Medal (for a Hispanic

illustrator)

Geisel Medal

Sibert Information Book Medal

International/

National Conferences:

Adobe Max IXDA

Autodesk MODE

University NCCCIAP

AIGA NCECA

CAA NeoCon

EDRA SECAC

FITC SEGD

FS SGC

GAS SIGGRAPH

GDC SOFA

ICCCIA SNAG

IDEC TypeCon

IDSA UCDA

ISEA

ISC

Association of Medical

Illustrators

Guild of Natural Science

Illustrators

Association Européenne

des Illustrateurs Médicaux

et Scientifiques

Major museum-aligned

presentation or workshop

Consultant to international and

national agencies, companies,

organizations, universities etc.

National board member of

professional associations

Major associations in

professional fields in arts

and design

Editor for professional journals,

magazines in professional field

National / International

Reproduction of work in print,

online, or virtually in

nationally/internationally

recognized publications and

web sites (Society of Illustrators,

National Institute of Health,

Center for Disease control).

Peer-reviewer for international/

national journals and presses in

professional fields of arts and

sciences

Regional/local traveling displays

to other cultural or academic

national venues

Regional art and design cultural

institutions with larger

community outreach than local

National academic and cultural

institutions with less outreach

than Tier 1 institutions

Regional residencies from

national pools

National publisher with less

outreach than Tier 1

Regional media outlet,

publishers with larger than local

outreach

Articles, essays, etc. published

in regional magazines and/or

journals, print or online

RIT Press

Cover art and/or inside art for a

journal published by a national

medical, surgical, or scientific

association (i.e., American

Journal of Surgical Pathology,

Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery,

Journal of Anatomy, Journal of

the American College of

Cardiology)

Refer to the same list of

ranked journals:

https://www.scimagojr.com/journ

alrank.php

National grants and awards with

less outreach than Tier 1

Regional grants

Regional awards aligned with

regional cultural institutions of

art and design

National or regional cultural

institution-aligned presentation

or workshop with less outreach

than Tier 1 institution

Regional association or regional

chapter of national organization

in professional field

Consultant for regional

agencies, companies, etc.

Regional board member of

professional association

Peer-reviewer for

national/regional journals and

presses in professional fields

of arts and sciences with less

outreach than Tier 1

Local museums and cultural

institutions with little reach

beyond local community

Local galleries with little

outreach beyond local

community

RIT galleries and displays

Local residencies

Local publisher with little

outreach beyond local

community

Local media outlets with little

reach beyond local community

Local county, city or agency

grants or local art grants

provided by associations,

groups, etc.

RIT awards and grants

Local museum and gallery

Internal presentation to home

institution

Local groups, clubs,

associations

Local board member of local

association, organization,

company, etc.

Regional

Local

School of Design | Evaluation of Scholarship

Discovery

Teaching/Pedagogy

Integration

Application

Engagement

Examples of

documentation

in this discipline

New written work

Creation of new

craft/art/design work

Creation of new

techniques or processes

New written work

Creation of new

methodologies

Creation of new

techniques, processes,

or methods of delivery

New written work

Creation of new

craft/art/design work

Creation of new

techniques or processes

Creation of

client-based

or commissioned

craft/art/design work

Development of a

technical process

Development

of a material application

Development

of new civic, community-

based initiatives via

MOA, white paper, grant,

proposal, residency, etc.

External community

partner’s newsletter,

proposal, grant,

MOA, etc.

Finalized work

with community

consequence.

Examples of

dissemination

in this discipline

Publications (books,

monographs, periodicals,

online)

Refereed conference

paper publication or

presentation

Invited lecture/workshop

presentation

Craft/art/design

exhibitions (solo, group,

invited, juried)

Installation of

creative work

Publications (books,

exhibition catalogues,

monographs, periodicals,

online)

Refereed conference

paper, publication or

presentation

Invited lecture/workshop

presentation

Publications (books,

monographs, periodicals,

online)

Refereed conference

paper publication or

presentation

Invited lecture/workshop

presentation

Exhibitions (solo, group,

invited, juried)

Installation of

creative work

Publications (books,

monographs, periodicals,

online)

Juried competitions

Refereed conference

presentation

Invited lecture/workshop

presentation

Exhibitions (solo, group,

invited, juried)

Installation of

creative work

Publications: books;

monographs; articles;

reviews; essay; exhibition

catalogue; website

New civic initiatives for

Program, School and

College with external

consequences

Refereed chair, panel

or presentation at

professional conference

Discovery

Teaching/Pedagogy

Integration

Application

Engagement

Examples of

peer review

in this discipline

Critical review

Grants/honors/

awards

Juried/refereed

presentation and/or

publication

Critical assessment of

portfolio by professional

and academic peers

external to RIT

Juried/invited exhibitions

(group, solo)

Inclusion in museum

collections

Patents, trademarks

Mass-produced products

Critical review

Grants

Honors/awards

Juried/refereed

presentation and/or

publication

Critical assessment of

portfolio by professional

and academic peers

external to RIT

Critical review

Grants

Honors/awards

Juried/refereed

presentation and/or

publication

Critical assessment of

portfolio by professional

and academic peers

external to RIT

Competition acceptance

Juried publications

Written reviews

Honors/awards

Critical assessment of

portfolio by professional

and academic peers

external to RIT

Finalized work published

or exhibited by critically

regarded peers and/or

authority internal or

external to RIT and

College.

Press review; press

article; critique in

publications of the field.

Grants, honors,

awards, etc.

School of Design | Tiers of Dissemination for Research and Scholarship

Tier

Display/Dissemination

Scholarly Publications

Awards and Grants

Presentations/

Consultancies/Other

Major cultural institutions in field (i.e.,

MET, MOMA, Smithsonian, Cooper

Hewitt, Museum of Arts and Design,

National Gallery, Chicago

Athenaeum, SFMOMA, Design

Exchange, Victoria

& Albert, etc.)

Major academic museums and

institutions in field

Representation by major galleries

and/or design agencies

Acquisition of work by major

cultural institutions

Screenings at major festivals,

museums, cultural institutions,

theaters

Multimedia or image displays online

in association with major media

outlets in field

International and national residencies

of repute

National agency representation

for commercial/editorial work

Installations at nationally/

internationally recognized design

venues, i.e.: Salone, ICFF-Design

Week, Art Basel, etc.

Publishers in field (i.e., Focal Press,

Lars Müller Publishers, MIT Press,

Phaidon, Princeton Press, Rockport

Publishers, Routledge, Taschen,

Wiley, etc.)

National/International academic

publishers

Major Media outlets/platforms,

print or online

Major magazines in professional

field, in print or online (i.e., CA,

Core 77, Design Boom, GDUSA,

Interior Design, Architectural Digest,

Leonardo, Magazine, Metropolis,

Print, etc.)

Articles published in major arts

or design journals, academic

publications

NEA, NSF, NEH, NYS, federal

government or state grants

Guggenheim

MacArthur

Lifetime achievement awards

from professional association

Awards associated with major

national cultural institutions

Major awards aligned with

professional field in arts or design

International/ National Conferences:

▪ Adobe Max

▪ Autodesk University

▪ AIGA

▪ CAA

▪ EDRA

▪ FITC

▪ GDC

▪ IDEC

▪ IDSA

▪ ISEA

▪ IXDA

▪ MODE

▪ NeoCon

▪ SECAC

▪ SEGD

▪ SIGGRAPH

▪ TypeCon

▪ UCDA

Major museum-aligned

presentation or workshop

Consultant to international and

national agencies, companies,

organizations, universities etc.

National board member of

professional associations

Major associations in professional

fields in arts and design

Editor for professional journals,

magazines in professional field

Peer-reviewer for international/

national journals and presses

in professional fields of

arts and sciences

National / International

Regional/local traveling displays

to other cultural or academic

national venues

Regional art and design cultural

institutions with larger community

outreach than local

National academic and cultural

institutions with less outreach

than Tier 1 institutions

Regional residencies from

national pools

National publisher with less

outreach than Tier 1

Regional media outlet, publishers

with larger than local outreach

Articles, essays, etc. published

in regional magazines and/or

journals, print or online

RIT Press

National grants and awards

with less outreach than Tier 1

Regional grants

Regional awards aligned with

regional cultural institutions of

art and design

National or regional cultural

institution-aligned presentation or

workshop with less outreach than

Tier 1 institution

Regional association or regional

chapter of national organization in

professional field

Consultant for regional agencies,

companies, etc.

Regional board member of

professional association

Peer-reviewer for national/regional

journals and presses in professional

fields of arts and sciences with less

outreach than Tier 1

Local museums and cultural

institutions with little reach beyond

local community

Local galleries with little outreach

beyond local community

RIT galleries and displays

Local residencies

Local publisher with little outreach

beyond local community

Local media outlets with little reach

beyond local community

Local county, city or agency

grants or local art grants provided

by associations, groups, etc.

RIT awards and grants

Local museum and gallery

Internal presentation to home

institution

Local groups, clubs, associations

Local board member of local

association, organization,

company, etc.

Regional

Local

School of Film and Animation | Evaluation of Scholarship

Discovery

Teaching/Pedagogy

Integration

Application

Engagement

Examples of

documentation

in this discipline

Completed film/video &

animation (or perhaps

evidence of development

of project).

Screenplay (treatment,

outline)

Other art: multimedia,

painting, acting, music

Other (creative) writing:

fiction, poetry, personal

essay

Paper / article on

pedagogy

Instructional workshops

of peers: participant or

teacher (literature,

curriculum)

Participation in RIT Office

of Faculty

teaching/learning efforts.

Essay / article (on film/

script/animation study)

Textbook: write or

contribution

Chairing group

presentation (conference

literature, letter of

invitation)

Textbook reviews and

editing

Festival program

Proposal/grant

(for aspect

of “enhanced learning”)

Professional work in field

(Contract and freelance

work)

Presentations, speeches

and film introductions

Editors/writers in

Professional journals

Production of educational

film/video

Proposal / grant

partnering with community

- campus to include

discipline specific work

(film, web series)

Project based

organization of mutual

effort of

all involved to expand

dimension of project

Research, studying

through local, global

community (distance

learning, study abroad)

Examples of

dissemination

in this discipline

Film festival contributor

Broadcast or web delivery

Distribution: DVD’s, prints

Screenplay reading or

production

Publication (i.e.

screenplay digest)

Screenwriting competition

Other: galleries,

universities,

performance, show,

public view

Paper reading or

presentation (conference)

Publication (journal)

Teaching workshops on

pedagogy and best

practice on-line

Panel presentation

(conference, exposition)

Delivered paper

publication (journal or

text)

Festival participation

(Q&A, panel discussion)

Application of prescribed

research or method (see

above description)

Broadcast and

distribution of work done

under contract

Contributions

disseminated in methods

listed in Discovery.

Conducting meetings,

workshops, conferences

about community –

campus projects

Publishing and

communicating research

results, screenings, Q&A

Promoting education,

study of the effects of

community – campus

partnerships

Discovery

Teaching/Pedagogy

Integration

Application

Engagement

Examples of

peer review

in this discipline

Film festival judging

and/or award (selective

festival)

Screenplay review

(peer group)

Film & web critique

One person

show/retrospective

Press reviews,

Radio/TV/Web interviews

Editorial / critique of

paper

Refereed publication

w/ notes

Evaluations of instruction

from peers

Chair’s evaluation

Editorial / critique of

paper

Evaluation by outside

faculty

Panel chair evaluation

Prestige of publisher

(indicates critical review)

Critical assessment of

applied work as stated

(chair or faculty)

Work assessed by

project leader

Participation in

professional organizations

(i.e. setting academic

standards)

Presentations

to community,

stakeholders of research

(original, basic, applied)

as a result of project

Conference presentations,

monographs, films, web

series, screening, books,

in any language in

academic, professional

setting

School of Film and Animation | Tiers of Dissemination for Research and Scholarship

Tier

Display/Dissemination

Scholarly Publications

Awards and Grants

Presentations/

Consultancies/Other

Major cultural institutions in field

(i.e., Met, MoMA, Smithsonian,

Cooper Hewitt, Museum of the

Moving Image,

SF MoMA, Victoria & Albert, etc.

Major academic museums and

institutions in field

Major International and national

film festivals as listed by the

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and

Sciences or Oscar Qualifying

Festival by Category.

https://www.oscars.org/oscars/rules-

eligibility.

List of qualifying film festivals for

Cinema Eye Honors: for Nonfiction

Film:

https://cinemaeyehonors.com/rules/

Annecy, Ottawa,

SXSW, Tribeca, Sundance,

Academy Awards, BAFTA Urban

International

Film Festivals, (New York, San

Francisco, Chicago, Los Angeles,

Atlanta, Toronto, etc.)

Distrubution Agreement with Film

Distributor with National/International

outreach.

Broadcast on national channel or

streaming: HBO, Sundance, PBS,

Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu, HBO

Max, iTunes

Acquisition of work by major cultural

institutions or commercial cultural

institutions, theaters

Publishers in field (i.e., Focal Press

(now Taylor Francis), Lars Müller

Publishers, MIT Press, Phaidon,

Princeton Press, Rockport

Publishers, Routledge, Taschen,

Wiley, Thames and Hudson,

Michael Wiese, etc.)

Major Media outlets/platforms,

print or online Cartoon Brew

Animation Magazine

Major magazines in professional

field, in print or online (i.e., Animation

Magazine, Animation Studies,

Cinefex, Filmmaker, Sight and

Sound, IDA’s Documentary

Magazine, American

Cinematographer, Movie Maker

Magazine, Animato, Billboard,

Variety, Film Forum, Shoot etc.)

NSF, NEH, NYSCA, federal

government or state grants

Creative Capital

Ford Foundation

Sundance

Paley DocPitch Competition

New Perspectives Seed Fund

Tribeca All-Access

Global Short Docs Fourm

Catapult Film Fund

Chicken and Egg

Fulbright

New York Foundation for the Arts

MacArthur

Guggenheim

International Documentary

Association

Lifetime achievement awards

from professional association

Awards associated with major

national cultural institutions

Major awards aligned with

professional field in Film and

Animation

International/ National Conferences

(clarify which are for MPS vs

filmmakers)

▪ Adobe

▪ Autodesk University

▪ CILECT

▪ CAA

▪ UFVA

▪ SCMS

▪ ASIFA

▪ SIGGRAPH

▪ National SMPTE

▪ NAB

▪ Sundance

▪ SXSW

▪ GLAS

▪ Robert Flaherty Film Seminar

Major museum-aligned presentation

or workshop

Consultant to international and

national agencies, companies,

organizations, universities etc.

National board member of

professional associations

Major associations in professional

fields in film and animation

Editor for professional journals,

magazines in professional field

Peer-reviewer for international/

national journals and presses

in professional fields of arts

and sciences

National /

International

Multimedia or image displays online

in association with major media

outlets in the field

International and national

residencies of repute.

YADDO, MacDowell, Gotham Film

and Media Institute, Eyebeam,

Tribeca Film Institute, Millay Colony

for the Arts

National agency representation

for commercial/editorial work

Installations at nationally/

internationally recognized film

venues, i.e.: SIGGRAPH

For Motion Picture Science

Screenings at major festivals,

museums, cultural institutions,

theaters

Online distribution in association

with major media outlets/studios

in field, e.g.

▪ Netflix

▪ HBO

▪ Warner Bros.

▪ Disney

For Motion Picture Science

Articles published in major arts or

sciences journals, academic

publications, e.g.

▪ SMPTE Imaging Journal

▪ IEEE Imaging Journal

Book publications with

national/international publishers in

field, e.g.

▪ Aperture

▪ MACK

▪ Wiley

▪ Focal press

▪ Twin Palms

Major media outlets in professional

field, print or online, e.g.

▪ American Cinematographer

▪ POST Magazine

▪ MacWorld

▪ Petapixel

For Motion Picture Science

Major awards aligned with

professional field, e.g.

▪ NAB

▪ IBC

▪ SMPTE

▪ AMPAS (Academy Awards)

Lifetime achievement awards from

professional associations

Federal government or state grants

▪ NSF

Private grants associated with major

industry companies/organizations

• EPIC Games

For Motion Picture Science

Presentation/Workshop at major

imaging field international

conferences, e.g.

▪ SMPTE

▪ NAB

▪ IBC

▪ IEEE

▪ SIGGRAPH

▪ Optical Society

▪ SPIE

Associations with major academic

institutions in related fields, e.g.

▪ USC

▪ UCLA

▪ NYU

▪ MIT

Consultant to international

and national companies and/or

organizations

Board member of national

professional organization

National / International

Regional/local traveling displays

to other cultural or academic,

national venues

Screenings at regional festivals,

museums, cultural institutions

and/or theaters

Regional art and film cultural

institutions with larger community

outreach than local

National academic and cultural

institutions with less outreach

than Tier 1 institutions

Regional residencies from

national pools

National publisher with less

outreach than Tier 1

Regional media outlet, publishers

with larger than local outreach

Articles, essays, etc. published in

regional magazines and/or journals,

print or online

RIT Press

National grants and awards with

less outreach than Tier 1

Regional grants

Regional awards aligned with

regional cultural institutions of

art and design

National or regional cultural

institution-aligned presentation or

workshop with less outreach than

Tier 1 institution

Regional association or regional

chapter of national organization in

professional field

Consultant for regional agencies,

companies, etc.

Regional board member of

professional association

Peer-reviewer for national/regional

journals and presses in professional

fields of arts and sciences with less

outreach than Tier 1

For Motion Picture Science

Screenings at regional festivals,

museums, cultural institutions

and/or theaters

Online distribution in association

with regional media outlets/studios

in field

For Motion Picture Science

Articles, essays, etc. published in

regional magazines and/or journals,

print or online

National publisher with less reach

than Tier 1

Regional media outlet, publishers

with larger than local reach

For Motion Picture Science

Awards aligned with regional

professional organizations in

field, e.g.

▪ NAB New York

▪ SMPTE Toronto

▪ SMPTE New York

National grants with less reach

than Tier 1

Private grants associated

with regional industry

companies/organizations

For Motion Picture Science

National or regional presentation or

workshop with less outreach than

Tier 1 institution, e.g.

▪ SMPTE Toronto

▪ SMPTE New York

▪ SIGGRAPH Rochester

▪ IEEE Regional

Associations with regional academic

institutions in related fields

Consultant for regional companies

and/or organizations

Board member of regional

professional organization

Regional

Local museums and cultural

institutions with little reach beyond

local community

Screenings at local festivals,

museums, cultural institutions and/or

theaters

Local galleries with little outreach

beyond local community

RIT galleries and displays

Local residencies

Local publisher with little outreach

beyond local community

Local media outlets with little reach

beyond local community

Local county, city or agency

grants or local art grants provided

by associations, groups, etc.

RIT awards and grants

Local museum and gallery

Internal presentation to home

institution. Ie. Presenting to another

department at RIT. Does not refer to

presentations given within your own

department.

Local groups, clubs, associations

Local board member of local

association, organization,

company, etc.

For Motion Picture Science

Screenings at local festivals,

museums, cultural institutions

and/or theaters

Online distribution in association

with local media outlets/studios, e.g.

▪ WXXI

▪ Optic Sky Productions

For Motion Picture Science

Local publisher with little reach

beyond local community

Local media outlets with little

reach beyond local community

RIT Press publications

For Motion Picture Science

Local county, city or agency grants

Private grants associated with

small/local industry

companies/organizations

RIT awards and grants

For Motion Picture Science

Internal presentation to home

institution, e.g.

▪ Imagine RIT

▪ Frameless Labs

Associations with local academic

institutions in related fields

Board member of local professional

organization

RIT groups/organizations

Local

School of Photographic Arts and Sciences | Evaluation of Scholarship

Discovery

Teaching/Pedagogy

Integration

Application

Engagement

Examples of

documentation

in this discipline

Finalized work (photo;

video; artist book;

multimedia, including

digital, electronic and

broadcast)

This discipline

may also include

project-based work and

collaborative endeavors

with client, business

and industry.

Published work

of pedagogy and

instructional import

Development of

new techniques;

processes; materials;

application

Curriculum workshops

(initiator)

Publication; essay; article

Directorial, curatorial or

manager of field-related

professional project

Textbook: write

or contribute

Chair or Presenter:

presentation;

programming or panel

at professional refereed

conference

Editor and/or writer

of textbook or publication

in the field

New professional

work in field

Development via

proposal or grant

Development of new

initiatives to the

betterment of Program,

School and College

Invited Evaluator of

programs; policies;

application for

educational, business,

industry related to

professional field

Honors, grants

and awards

Development

of new civic, community-

based initiatives via

MOA, white paper, grant,

proposal, residency, etc.

external community

partner’s newsletter,

proposal, grant,

MOA, etc.

Finalized work

with community

consequence.

Examples of

dissemination

in this discipline

Publication: magazines;

periodicals; billboards,

multimedia; newspapers

Exhibition: One Person;

Museum; Group; Public

Art: Festival; Gallery

Exhibition Catalogue;

monograph; survey

Broadcast: TV; Video;

Web

Publications:

Monographs; articles

and/pr essays in

publications and

periodicals of critical note

Refereed professional

conference: presentation;

panel; workshop

Invitational lecture;

presentation;

demonstration

Consultation with

institution; industry;

business

Publications: books;

monographs; articles;

essay; exhibition

catalogue

Curated exhibitions

and programs

Refereed chair, panel

or presentation at

professional business;

industry; art conference

Invitation presentation,

curatorial, written project

Leadership position in

professional organization

Publications: books;

monographs; articles;

reviews; essay; exhibition

catalogue

Curated/consultant

exhibitions and/or related

programs; workshop, etc.

New initiatives for

Program, School and

College enhancement

Refereed chair, panel

or presentation at

professional conference

Invitation presentation,

curatorial, written project

Consultant

Publications: books;

monographs; articles;

reviews; essay; exhibition

catalogue; website

New civic initiatives for

Program, School and

College with external

consequences

Refereed chair, panel

or presentation at

professional conference

Discovery

Teaching/Pedagogy

Integration

Application

Engagement

Examples of

peer review

in this discipline

Client-based,

commissioned work

Representation by related

company; business;

industry in professional

field

Peer Juried: Museum and

Gallery of regarded and

critical note

Acquisition by institutions

and individuals

Peer Review: press

review; press article;

critique in publications

of the field

Professional Conference

Committee

Refereed Editorial or

Publisher’s Board of

Review (books and

periodicals)

Honors, awards; grants

Fellowships and

residencies

Invitation to Participation

Chair’s evaluation

Refereed Professional

Conference Committee

Editorial or Publisher’s

Board of Review (books

and periodicals)

Honors, awards; grant

Fellowships and

residencies

Invitation to Participation

Election to organization’s

leadership via

membership

Chair’s evaluation

Evaluation by project

chair; editor; supervisor

and/or art director (may

be internal or external to

RIT chair and faculty)

If client- or institutional-

based, work may be

evaluated by critically

regarded peers and/or

authority internal or

external to RIT and

College.

Finalized work published

or exhibited by critically

regarded peers and/or

authority internal or

external to RIT and

College.

Press review; press

article; critique in

publications of the field.

Grants, honors,

awards, etc.

School of Photographic Arts and Sciences | Tiers of Dissemination for Research and Scholarship

Tier

Display/Dissemination

Scholarly Publications

Awards and Grants

Presentations/

Consultancies/Other

Major cultural institutions in field (i.e.,

MET, MOMA, SFMOMA, Eastman

Museum, ICP, Whitney, National

Gallery, etc.)

Major academic museums and

institutions in field

Representation by major galleries

and/or picture agencies

International Juried Imaging

Competitions (Nikon Small World,

Images from Science, ADDY

Awards)

Acquisition of work by major cultural

institutions

Screenings at major festivals,

museums, cultural institutions,

theaters

Multimedia or image displays online

in association with major media

outlets in field

International and national

residencies of repute

National agency representation for

commercial/editorial work

Publishers in field (i.e., Aperture,

MACK, Wiley, Taylor and Francis,

Twin Palms, Radius, TBW Books,

Nazraeli Press, Steidl, Zatara Press,

etc.)

National/International academic

publishers

Major Media outlets, print or online

Major magazines in professional

field, in print or online (i.e., PDN,

Petapixel, Rangefinder, etc.)

Articles published in major arts or

sciences journals, academic

publications

Guggenheim

Magnum

Pulitzer

MacArthur

Lifetime achievement awards from

professional association

Awards associated with major

national cultural institutions

Patents, both individual and group

Major awards aligned with

professional field in arts or sciences

NSF, NEH, NYS, federal government

or state grants

CAA

SPE

BioCommunications Association

(BCA)

The Optical Society (OSA)

SPIE

Society for Imaging Science and

Technology (IS&T)

Major associations in professional

fields in arts and sciences

Major museum-aligned presentation

or workshop

Consultant to international and

national agencies, companies,

organizations, etc.

National board member of

professional associations

National / International

For Photographic Sciences

Major academic museums and

institutions in field

Representation by major galleries

and/or picture agencies

International Juried Imaging

Competitions (Nikon Small World,

Images from Science, Royal

Photographic Society)

Acquisition of work by major cultural

and industry institutions

Multimedia or image displays online

in association with major media

outlets in field

For Photographic Sciences

Articles published in major arts

or sciences journals, academic

publications, e.g.

▪ SPIE Imaging Journal

▪ IEEE Imaging Journal

▪ Journal of Biocommunications

▪ Journal of Ophthalmic

Photography

▪ Journal of Imaging Science and

Technology

▪ Journal of Electronic Imaging

▪ Microscopy Today/Microscopy

and Microanalysis

Book publications with

national/international publishers

infield, e.g.

▪ Routledge/Focal Press

▪ Wiley

▪ Cambridge University Press

Major media outlets in professional

field, print or online, e.g.

▪ Petapixel

▪ Scientific American

▪ Wired

▪ Make

Contributions to federal and

international standards in the

imaging industry, i.e. FDA, ICC,

Library of Congress

For Photographic Sciences

Major awards aligned with

professional field, e.g.

▪ Ophthalmic Photographer’s

Society (OPS)

▪ BCA (Biocommunications

Association)

▪ Royal Photographic Society

▪ Lucie Foundation

Lifetime achievement awards

from professional associations

Federal government or state

grants, e.g.

▪ NSF, NIH

▪ DOD, DOE

Private grants associated with major

industry companies/organizations

Awards aligned with regional

professional organizations in

field, e.g. Lucie Foundation: Lucie

Tech Awards

For Photographic Sciences

Presentation/Workshop at major

imaging field international

conferences, e.g.

▪ OPS

▪ BCA

▪ IEEE

▪ SPIE

▪ Optical Society of America

▪ IS&T (Imaging.org)

▪ Microscopy Society of America

Associations with major academic

institutions in related fields

Consultant to international

and national companies and/or

organizations, e.g.

▪ Tesla

▪ Facebook

▪ Canon

▪ Nikon

▪ Apple

▪ Google

▪ Zeiss

▪ NASA

Board member of national/

international professional

organization

Editorship of national/international

professional organization publication

Invitations to technical review for

international and national standards

bodies, companies and organizations

National / International

Regional/local traveling displays

to other cultural or academic

national venues

Regional art and science cultural

institutions with larger community

outreach than local

National academic and cultural

institutions with less outreach

than Tier 1 institutions

Regional residencies from

national pools

National publisher with less outreach

than Tier 1

Regional media outlet, publishers

with larger than local outreach

Articles, essays, etc. published in

regional magazines and/or journals,

print or online

RIT Press

National grants and awards

with less outreach than Tier 1

Regional grants

Regional awards aligned with

regional cultural institutions of

art and science

National or regional cultural

institution-aligned presentation or

workshop with less outreach than

Tier 1 institution

Regional association or regional

chapter of national organization

in professional field

Consultant for regional agencies,

companies, etc.

Regional board member of

professional association

For Photographic Sciences

Regional art and science cultural

institutions with larger community

outreach than local

National academic and cultural

institutions with less outreach

than Tier 1 institutions

For Photographic Sciences

National publisher with less

outreach than Tier 1

Regional media outlet, publishers

with larger than local outreach

Articles, essays, etc. published in

regional magazines and/or journals,

print or online

For Photographic Sciences

National grants and awards with

less outreach than Tier 1

Regional grants

Regional awards aligned with

regional cultural institutions in

imaging/science

For Photographic Sciences

National or regional cultural

institution-aligned presentation or

workshop with less outreach than

Tier 1 institution

Regional association or regional

chapter of national organization

in professional field

Consultant for regional agencies,

companies, etc.

Regional board member of

professional association

Regional

Local museums and cultural

institutions with little reach beyond

local community

Local galleries with little outreach

beyond local community

RIT galleries and displays

Local residencies

Local publisher with little outreach

beyond local community

Local media outlets with little reach

beyond local community

Local county, city or agency

grants or local art grants provided

by associations, groups, etc.

RIT awards and grants

Local museum and gallery

Internal presentation to home

institution

Local groups, clubs, associations

Local board member of local

association, organization,

company, etc.

For Photographic Sciences

Project or image-based work for

museums, cultural institutions

and/or companies

Online distribution in association with

local media outlets/studios

For Photographic Sciences

Local publisher with little reach

beyond local community

Local media outlets with little

reach beyond local community

RIT Press publications

For Photographic Sciences

Local county, city or agency grants

Private grants associated with

small/local industry

companies/organizations

RIT awards and grants

For Photographic Sciences

Internal presentation to home

institution, e.g.

▪ Imagine RIT

▪ Frameless Labs

Associations with local academic

institutions in related fields

Board member of local

professional organization

RIT groups/organizations

Local