1.  After 10 years and a transition from non-tenure track to tenure track to tenure….  “Wow, I can’t believe that you think that hard about your teaching”.  “Wow, I can’t believe that you can be so scientific about your teaching.”  “Wow, I can’t believe how enthusiastic you are about teaching.”  “Wow, I can’t believe that you run the STF program, work with K-8 teachers, teach in the college of ed, designed a new cancer class.” WHAT ASSUMPTIONS DO YOUR COLLEAGUES HAVE ABOUT WHAT YOU DO?

2.  What about my scholarship?  “Wow, I can’t believe that you run the STF program, work with K-8 teachers, teach in the college of ed, designed a new cancer class”  These are all grant-funded activities  Many of which have been published  Its not that they don’t care  They forget  They just think of me as the teacher person  And honestly, I love to teach… ENOUGH ABOUT MY DAMN TEACHING!

3.  1. STEALTH education  Every single annual report I write  Every time I ask a stats expert in my dept for advice  Every time I am asked about a teaching idea  Every time I try something new in my class (I invite the entire faculty to observe to give me feedback)  2. Get grants  Not always easy or guaranteed  3. Publish papers  4. Collaborate WHAT OPPORTUNITIES DO YOU HAVE TO SHOW THEM WHAT YOU ACTUALLY DO?

4. Just b/c I do SoTL, I am not “special”  I don’t get a pass on productivity  Do the work, earn the respect WHAT ARE THE RULES OF THE GAME?

5.  Former and current Dean  Alix Darden  Dept Heads  NMSU-HHMI Program director  The entire junior faculty (petitioned the dept head to convert me to tenure track)  Former and current provost  Regents professor in the College of Ag  Director of the Teaching Academy WHO IS YOUR ADVOCATE?

6.  NMSU-HHMI Program Director and Dept’l colleague  co-author, co-conspirator, co-director  Ecologist with a stats and math interest  stats help, Co-PI on a NSF Math-Bio grant to help with assessment  Technology and pedagogy/PBL colleague in Ed  co-PI on two grants, two in revision, three conference presentations, two papers in prep, brainstormer-in-chief  NCI U54 grant- FHCRC colleagues  Cancer grant partners, case study, 2 papers, CTFs  Laura Regassa and Ann Cheeptham  Former BSP and bioinformatics scholars  Bioinformatics-based case study submitted to Buffalo WHO ARE YOUR COLLABORATORS? WHO ARE YOUR COLLABORATORS?