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[sagit]

Why isn't the chair involved in this?  I would have gone to my chair first about this, and let him deal with the Dean.  But I suppose some departments are run differently.

[rattusdomesticus]

For those who may have kept up with my infrequent postings, I recently helped to organize a conference for which I got no credit. Well, it now has been revealed to me why I was pulled to the event.  The conference included a course-sharing session where I shared a course I developed.  One of the two individuals who teamed up to not give me credit for my work is now happily using my syllabus.  Obviously, the whole fiasco of pulling me in to help organize the conference, making me feel like I'm part of their team was just to get a hold of my syllabus.

I'm so sorry hiddendragon. This sucks and sucks bad. I curse your enemies! (Though as you so nicely put it, they basically make their own bed anyway.)

[summers_off]

Not to hijack the thread or anything, but how can someone "steal" your syllabus?  Aren't syllabi University property (intellectual property developed by an employee on "company" time)?  At my uni we have to submit our syllabi to the dept sect'y who then posts them on the intranet for anyone in the school to see &/or use.

[oldfullprof]

Not to hijack the thread or anything, but how can someone "steal" your syllabus?  Aren't syllabi University property (intellectual property developed by an employee on "company" time)?  At my uni we have to submit our syllabi to the dept sect'y who then posts them on the intranet for anyone in the school to see &/or use.

Nope, faculty own their stuff.  Even webcourses developed on university time are faculty property.