Tinker Visiting Professorship
The Tinker-Nave Committee, chaired by Dean Gary Sandefur, meets in the Spring semester to consider Tinker Visiting Professor nominations for the coming academic year.
Tinker Professors are highly distinguished scholars who are citizens of Latin America, the Spanish speaking Caribbean, Spain, Portugal, or Canada. Should a candidate be a Canadian, he or she must be a Latin Americanist. (Distinguished public officials, artists, and musicians are also eligible.) The nomination is first considered by our campus Tinker-Nave Committee, which meets in February, and sent for final approval to the President of the Tinker Foundation.
Tinker Professors at the University of Wisconsin-Madison are required to teach or co-teach one course during the semester of residence and to provide one public lecture. The Tinker Professorship is an excellent means to relieve curriculum gaps, complement departmental strengths, and establish informal collaborations among faculty and students. The stipend level is $38,500 per semester.
For a department, school, or academic unit to nominate a Tinker Professor candidate submit please submit the following:
- - a nomination letter explaining the qualifications of the candidate,
- - the proposed course to be taught or co-taught,
- - the benefit of the visit to the university and its community of LACIS faculty and students,
- - a detailed curriculum vitae for the candidate,
- - a statement from the proposed professor describing his or her research,
- - and letters of support from both inside and outside of the host department.
For consideration by the Tinker-Nave Committee, send nomination materials with nine copies to the LACIS office - no later than January 25, 2008.
If LACIS can assist you in identifying or contacting a candidate, or if you need further information, please do not hesitate to call the office at 608-262-2811.
Please, visit the Tinker Visiting Professors Archive
