Acknowledgments.

About the Authors.

About the Contributors.

1. The Academic Portfolio Concept.

2. Choosing Items for the Academic Portfolio.

3. Preparing the Portfolio.

4. Suggestions for Improving the Portfolio.

5. Evaluating the Portfolio for Personnel Decisions.

6. Answers to Common Questions .

7. Sample Portfolios from Across Disciplines.

Biomedical Engineering (Timothy M. Wick).

Bioscience and Biotechnology (Shivanthi Anandan).

Child and Family Studies (Lynda Henley Walters).

Education (Robert M. Maninger and Clement A. Seldin).

English (John Zubizarreta).

Environmental Engineering (Charles N. Haas).

Foreign Languages and Literature (Sheri Spaine Long).

Geology and Environmental Science (Ranjan S. Muttiah).

Jazz and Contemporary Music (Reginald Workman).

Mathematical Sciences (Lisa A. Oberbroeckling).

Nutritional Sciences (Gina Jarman Hill).

Pastoral Counseling (Kelly Murray).

Pediatric Emergency Medicine (Annalise Sorrentino).

Political Science (Carrie Liu Currier and Marlene K. Sokolon).

Product Design (Robert Kirkbride).

Psychology (Pamela A. Geller).

References.

Index.