The other day, Jesse Stommel tweeted about public work not being counted for tenure, and that the qualifications for awarding tenure should be changed.

I was told recently, "your public work doesn't count for tenure." I find myself more compelled to change tenure than my work.

— Jesse Stommel (@Jessifer) January 30, 2015

The conversation of tweets that followed included an elaboration, stating that we need to “think more broadly about the locations of scholarship. Public, open-access should be seen as rigorous.” Continue reading →