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Vita Format

The TCU Vita Format is intended to provide some flexibility in the activities listed and categories. Consult your Chair or Director for individual advice.

1. Name

2. Contact information

3. Academic Background

  • Education (include degrees, dates, and institutions)
  • Professional certifications (where applicable)
  • Present rank
  • Year of appointment to TCU and rank
  • Year of last promotion
  • Previous teaching and/or research appointments other than TCU (date, place, rank or title, full or part-time)
  • Previous professional positions (other than those listed above)
  • Formal continuing education associated with professional development
  • Honors and Awards

4. Teaching

  • Courses taught
  • Courses developed at TCU
  • Honors projects directed, or committee service
  • Graduate theses, recitals and dissertations directed, or committee service
  • External support received or pending for academic work (i.e., pedagogical grants, curriculum or program development. Include source and amount requested and/or received)
  • Internal support for academic work received (e.g., Instructional Development)
  • Academic Advising (list here or under Service, but list only once)

5. Research and Creative Activity (This section may be specific to your college or school and not limited to the examples below.)

  • Refereed publications, invitational or juried exhibitions, performances, commissioned or contracted work in design, choreography, composition
  • Non-refereed publications, including publications arising from presentations, exhibits, performances, textbooks, etc.
  • Materials or activities accepted or scheduled but not yet printed, released or presented
  • Papers presented, participation on panels, etc., Include date, place, organization, invited or refereed.
  • Editorships, consulting, adjudications (List here or under Service)
  • External support received or pending. Include source and amount requested and/or received.
  • Internal grants received (e.g., TCU/RCAF, Junior Faculty)
  • Other research or creative activities not included in any of above

6. Service

  • Departmental service
  • College service
  • University service
  • Community activities directly related to professional skills
  • Professional service; i.e., memberships in professional organizations, offices held, adjudications, chairing panels. List editorships and consulting here if not under Research and Creative Activity.
  • Academic Advising (List here or under Teaching.)
  • Other service activity not include in any of the above.