March 10, 2023
Professor Eve DeRosa
Dean of Faculty
305 Day Hall
Dear Dean DeRosa:
On behalf of the Bowers CIS faculty, I am submitting the attached proposal that would authorize use of the Research Professor title.
We believe that our proposal complies with the enabling legislation. Indeed, it is modeled after the RP proposals that have already been approved by the Faculty Senate:
| 2016 | VET | Proposal Resolution 118 |
| 2016 | Human Ecology | Proposal Resolution 119 |
| 2016 | Agriculture and Life Science | Proposal Resolution 120 |
| 2016 | Engineering | Proposal Resolution 122 |
| 2019 | Arts and Sciences | Proposal Resolution 132 |
| 2021 | Industrial and Labor Relations | Proposal Resolution 175 |
Having this title will enable us to compete more effectively with schools like Stanford, Berkeley, and U Washington that have been using the research professor title for a number of years.
The proposal was approved by our faculty as follows:
| Approve | Disapprove | Abstain | DNV | |
| Tenured and Tenure Track Faculty | 90 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| RTE Faculty | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Professor Charlie Van Loan (cfv3@cornell.edu) is available to answer any questions that may arise during the review by the Committee on Academic Programs and Policy.
Sincerely,
Kavita Bala,
Dean, Cornell Ann S. Bowers College of Computing and Information Science
