Why Be a DTP?
A Distinguished Teaching Professorship enables profound research on teaching, while providing opportunities to think innovatively and integrate new ideas. The award enables faculty to intensify and deepen connections between teaching to research, to share their knowledge with colleagues, and to promote interdisciplinary dialogue. Reflection of this sort can reinvigorate one’s career, as previous chair holders note: • For some, the award rejuvenated a taste for teaching. • Each chair holder can pursue unique interests. • The chair helps scholars explore individual concerns, while inherently enriching the U.Va. community. There are significant financial benefits. During the chair term, each DTP receives the following: • two additional months’ salary and a salary enhancement • an annual $2,000 research fund from the President’s Office • during the first two years, a reduction of one course each year • up to $2,000 annually to hire a graduate student assistant encouraged to work with the T
