I’m currently in the year-long process of promoting from Assistant Adjunct to Associate Adjunct.  Like my tenure-track colleagues, the process of going up for promotion has several steps.  One, is requesting external letters from faculty colleagues across the country that assess the quality of my contributions to the University’s mission.  I merely wanted to thank anyone who wrote me a letter.  It’s heartening to read frank assessments of my contributions and to see interesting anecdotes of my interactions with folks across the years.  So, thanks for taking the time to write on my behalf.