Tenure Guidelines in Applied Anthropology

Sure wish the AAG would support something similar for geography!

From Inside Higher Ed: “The American Anthropological Association has released guidelines for evaluating faculty members who work in applied anthropology, including public interest and community work. The guidelines suggest that faculty members can be evaluated on grounds beyond traditional research publications, while still applying rigor to reviews. Similar discussions in the fields of history and sociology have encouraged broader definitions within tenure reviews of contributions to a discipline.”

Evaluating Scholarship on Practicing, Applied, Public Interest and Engaged Anthropology Through Tenure and Promotion

The American Anthropological Association (AAA) recognizes the growing number of anthropologists who identify as practicing, applied, public interest, or engaged anthropologists. Departments of anthropology and their home colleges are thus challenged with documenting and evaluating the scholarly nature of this type of work in faculty promotion and tenure decisions. Accordingly, the AAA offers the following guidelines developed for departmental and college T&P committees for the evaluation of scholarship in the realm of practicing, applied, public interest, and engaged anthropology for consideration in tenure cases and promotion to associate and full professor.