D. Correct Inaccuracies or Identify Differential Treatment

A rebuttal provides you with an opportunity to correct misconceptions or misinterpretations or to present factual evidence to dispute incorrect claims. Whenever possible, present data, facts, or pieces of evidence which substantiate your claim. If appropriate, identify specific examples of bias or oversight in your review that may have precluded a fair, complete, or competent evaluation of your work. Where criteria used for promotion are inappropriate to your field of specialty, point this out. It is also important to point out instances in which criteria are used more stringently than normal or are differentially applied.

Whenever possible, provide comparability data from the reviews of other faculty in your department, particularly cases involving White men or those who have been promoted previously in your department. An especially convincing method for presenting such data is to calculate your own rank, length of employment, and number of publications as compared with other faculty in your department. The number of citations to your and others' work noted in the Social Sciences Citation Index is one objective measure that can be used. This data is available for you to calculate and present in tabular form. Finally, make note of any persistent bias, where it is evident, and continuing failures to remediate bias.