Travel Funds Policy of the Department of History

The Department of History recognizes the importance of faculty professional development and encourages its full-time members to participate in relevant professional meetings and conferences. To encourage such participation, each full-time faculty member will be awarded $100 per academic year to attend a professional meeting. The chair of the department will allocate additional funds from the departmental operating budget with priority given to:

• Scholarly presentations at professional meeting-delivering a paper
• Scholarly presentations at professional meetings-serving as a commentator
• Scholarly participation at professional meetings-chairing a session
• Service to the profession-serving as an elected officer or as a member of a committee

Faculty members should recognize that the department cannot be expected to underwrite all travel requests. The chair will endeavor to support at least one national conference per academic year (depending on the health of the department's budget). Faculty members attending international conferences are encouraged to seek additional support from the office of International Programs and the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences.