Krebs

He mentioned that the article was rejected on several occasions by more highly ranked journals. In my response to him, I reminded him of the story of the Kreb Cycle.

“…Also manuscripts being rejected is not that unusual. We all try to get our pubs to Science and/or Nature or the premiere journal of our discipline. I am reminded of the story of the Kreb Cycle. According to many sources, there was not anything wrong with Krebs’ paper, but Nature simply did not look at it, so they rejected it. The paper, “The role of citric acid in intermediate metabolism in animal tissues” was published in the journal Enzymologia – a virtual unknown journal outside of the Netherlands. Then Krebs won the Nobel Prize in Medicine. So, who knows where this more

obscure journal may lead. Dr. Oyesanya’s manuscript is her own work.
Thank you for your time. I am glad to know that this is not a ‘gift’ authorship situation.”

From: "Okpodu, Camellia M." (-- removed HTML --)
Date: Friday, March 2, 2018 at 8:42 AM
To: "Paul B. Fisher" (-- removed HTML --)
Subject: RE: [EXTERNAL] re: Regina Oyesanya's paper (CONFIDENTIAL)

In summary, we would like to say that we are not in agreement with the Dean recommendation.

We fully understand and accept his personal judgement. However, in his response he also questioned the credibility of the Tenure and Promotion Committee. Collectively we have more than 105 years of experience in higher education. All three of the members of the committee have served as Chair of the Department of Biology. Dr. Bowman is recognized by the Department of Education and NASA for his experience in identifying excellence in teaching. Dr. Duncan has been our Teach of the Year in our Department. He also is recognized as a health educator expert. He teaches as an adjunct at UVa. I am the director of the Intelligence Community Center and a DHS fellow. I have reviewed for the Department of Education, National Science Foundation and the EPA. We take the concept of tenure as an important step. We believe that Dr. Regina Oyesanya is an excellent teacher and a tremendous access to our department. She has participated in first view and all the other programs that have been set forth by the Dean and the Department. She teaches in the nursing program and has helped the nursing student in their retention and understanding of microbiological

concepts.
We still support her application. We hope that the Provost will take in consideration the things we have outlined in this letter of endorsement as you make your final evaluation of this applicant.
In closing, all faculty members are required to achieve excellence in education/teaching. Dr. Oyensya has always been an outstanding teacher. She teachers a tremendous number of different preparations in the department. To be considered for tenure and promotion to Associate Professors. As the point has been made by several journals in higher education “national recognition is not required in all areas of scholarship, but in at least one area of scholarship (research, education...and/or program building) in any of these areas, national recognition is required.” As a best practice, Dr. Oyesanya has showed meritorious excellence in teaching and service areas aforementioned and should be awarded the rank of Associate Professor of Biology.