Defining, encouraging, and evaluating "expanded scholarship" as productivity in academic institutions

"Expanded scholarship" includes produced items whose contributions are related to or inspired by broad scholarly knowledge and research, including expressing and problem-solving research questions. Expanded scholarship expresses ideas beyond current hegemonies of form and substance within a discipline and the academy. It is essential to discuss how these products are reported, evaluated, and valued within institutional frameworks. Expansion of conceptualizations of "what counts" requires a multilevel critical examination of traditional understandings of productivity and engagement with intersectional approaches to valuation. Evaluation and review processes currently entrenched within institutional structures and norms differentially impact indigenous peoples, women, gender diverse and LGBTQ people, and people of color. This article offers the authors' perspective to encourage transformational change at the individual, unit, and institutional levels, and provides an opportunity to discuss and enact a more systemic intersectional approach to faculty evaluations and holistic conceptualizations of research and scholarship. We conclude with suggested discussion prompts leading to an action plan for institutions to recognize and reward the value of expanded scholarship. Keywords: evaluations, productivity, promotion, tenure, Review, creativity