David Laurence
Director of English Programs and ADE
Modern Language Association
David Nicholls
Director of Book Publications
Modern Language Association
The Modern Language Association (MLA) Task Force on Evaluating Scholarship for Tenure and Promotion is charged with examining the procedures used to evaluate scholarly publications for tenure and promotion. The Task Force will consider changes in scholarly publishing (and the multiple forms that scholarly publishing now takes) as these are affecting scholarly communication and the criteria used to assess scholarly work in tenure reviews.
Two MLA staff members will report briefly on the work of this MLA committee, highlighting the Task Force’s discussions of scholarly activities in digital media and findings about the evaluation of digital scholarship from a survey that the MLA conducted for the Task Force. Most of the session will be devoted to questions and discussion among participants.
