Faculty Bios / Images

Note: To add or delete images only, skip to Gallery Images.

Self-Managing Your Faculty Bio

CCA encourages all its faculty members to upload biographical information. This allows current and future students to see the wealth of talent and experience the faculty represents.

If you are a newly appointed faculty member, please read the faculty bio introduction (below) prior to creating your bio. Consider bookmarking this page, too, for easy reference in the future. See Graphic Design faculty member Jennifer Morla's bio for an example of a crisp and clean, engaging bio. She provides a wide array of images of her work in addition to a robust overview of her professional trajectory and accomplishments.

To Edit or Create a Bio
If you're familiar with the faculty bio update process, see LOG IN. If you only need to add, edit, or delete gallery images, skip to Gallery Images.

Need Assistance?
No one is required to self-manage his or her faculty bio. If you prefer, send your bio and headshot to the program manager in your department, who will contact CCA's web editor to upload the materials. See submission guidelines to review the process. (Note: Bio materials can be updated year-round.)

Faculty Bio: An Introduction

Recommended for all new faculty

Having a faculty bio on the CCA website means you have a searchable presence directly tied to the college. This helps us market the college to prospective students who, along with their parents, often want to know more about the faculty to help then in their decision to apply.

An effective bio contains the following elements (though not necessarily all):

• accomplishments
• awards & honors
• business affiliations
• community involvement
• exhibitions
• publications
• research & teaching interests

Faculty members can log in to the CCA website to create or edit a faculty bio, upload a headshot, add personal contact information (this will appear in the CCA faculty directory), and manage which images of work display at any given time. (Note: Routinely replacing images of work ensures your bio stays fresh.)

Faculty Bio Components

An effective faculty bio contains the following:

• a short biography (300 words or fewer recommended)
• headshot (strongly encouraged)
• up to 8 images of displayed work (images may include book and CD/DVD covers, including other covers of publications that contain your work)
• website URLs (If you wish to list more than one website, place the primary one in the appropriate text field, and any subsequent ones at the bottom of you bio text.)
• contact info: preferred email address and phone number (this info is displayed in the CCA faculty directory)

What About my Curriculum Vitae / Résumé Credits?

CCA's Academic Affairs Office fills in all academic credentials, faculty titles (and changes), and program affiliation(s) for each faculty member. You cannot edit this information.

For edits to your CCA credentials such as degree affiliations and teaching title, please contact Academic Affairs. (Note: Only completed formal degree credits—MA, PhD, MBA—are listed in the credit field, although you are welcome to include any additional in-progress degree endeavors in the body of your bio.)

General Outline

The following are suggestions for structuring your faculty bio. Most bios adhere to an identifiable order in which information is conveyed, which allows visitors to read the faculty bios with a certain familiarity. You are, however, encouraged to bring your own personality and wealth of enthusiasm to your bio. It's you, after all.

• general overview of your history with CCA—how long teaching, philosophical tie-in to the college, involvement in other programs of study
• accomplishments either at the college or outside (publications, commissions, exhibitions, work experience, awards and accolades, partnerships, collaborations)
• personal details (where you live, family members, hobbies, other involvements, artist statement)
• uncompleted degrees should be listed last, including titles you hold at other academic institutions

Writing & Style Guidelines

Remember, artwork, exhibitions, periodicals, book titles, and almost all complete standalone works (e.g., short films, plays, journals) are italicized. This style guideline and many others are listed in the CCA style guide, which ensures all college-representative content is consistent and follows specific conventions for best readability.

If you cannot locate the answer to a particular editorial question, use the current editions of the following publications:

• Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th edition
• The Chicago Manual of Style, 16th edition

See also: Editorial support

LOG IN

To Create or Edit Your CCA Faculty Bio

• Log in to your User Account at http://www.cca.edu/user.

• Enter your CCA username and password (the same ones you use to manage your CCA webmail account).

• Hit Enter to access the User Profile page. This page displays your current faculty bio information: first name, last name, faculty bio content. (Note: If submitting bio content for the first time, the bio field will be empty.)

Note: If you cannot log in, it may be because your FIRST-NAME INITIAL + LAST NAME, which comprises your full user name, is nonstandard due to an apostrophe (Scarlett O'Hara) or a non-English-language construction (José de la Cruz). If you cannot log in to the system, contact the web team for assistance.

Editing an Existing Bio

• Log in to the system as described above. Navigate to your profile via your program, or simply add your user name to the end of this URL: http://www.cca.edu/academics/faculty/ PLUS USERNAME (e.g., "jdoe").

• Choose Edit Profile at the bottom of the page. (The EDIT tab at the top of the page is for administrative purposes only.)

• Edit the text, or if adding a bio for the first time, append your faculty bio text in the text box.

Be sure to review the Email and Phone fields located toward the bottom of the User Profile. Enter your preferred email and phone contact information in these fields, which will be publicly accessible in your profile as well as in the faculty directory.

Be aware changes made to the email and phone fields do not affect your personnel record or carry over to other CCA systems such as Datatel. Always contact Academic Affairs directly to make any administrative changes such as a change of address or new phone number or email address.

Styling & Formatting

Most bios require little formatting beyond the use of italics (used mostly for titles of works: artwork, books, journals, magazines, newspapers), etc.) and adding a hyperlink.

To italicize text, place a single asterisk (*) on each side of the designated text (no spaces):

*college* = college

To create a hypertext link that directs your audience outside the CCA domain, use an absolute URL (this means the entire URL, including the preceding http://www.cca.edu) by placing the desired linking text within brackets [ ], followed by the complete URL, like this:

[SFMOMA](http://www.sfmoma.org)

If you are linking to another page within the CCA domain, use a relative URL (one that omits the http://www.cca.edu portion of the URL, like this:

[Undergraduate Admissions](/admissions/undergraduate)

Tip: Don't forget the initial slash (/) when using relative links, as the link won't work without it.

Faculty Headshots

Headshots are encouraged for all faculty. Headshots make it easier for others to recognize you (students, staff, faculty). If you do not have a headshot, or want a new one, contact the web editor, who can assist you.

Use the Profile Image tool to Browse your computer for the desired image. Select the image. (Don’t worry about sizing your image; the image is automatically sized upon uploading.)

Select Upload. You’ll now see a thumbnail of the image you selected. (Note: You must Browse, then Upload.)

If you select the incorrect image, Removeand repeat steps above.

Add a Website

Use an absolute URL for your professional website. Offering your audience a glimpse into how you promote yourself is a great way to share more about yourself and complement your faculty bio.

Save & Review

Save your faculty bio and review the body content for accuracy.

(View Changes allows you to return to the top of the page where you can continue making edits, but it’s always best to save your work before reviewing, as it’s easier to fix a saved typo than retype an unsaved page!)

To edit further, select User Profile (located in the left-hand column) and follow the instructions above.

GALLERY IMAGES

Gallery images are those images of your work that best represent you and the program in which you teach. Try to select images that focus on a single work. These are more effective than those that depict a work among others in an exhibition space.

Up to 8 standalone or related images (from a series) can be displayed in your gallery at any given time. They appear as thumbnails beneath the bio text. (Currently, square images will appear distorted in the thumbnail, but will open as desired.). Only eight of the most recently added images appear in your faculty bio. Use the directional arrow icon to the left of an image thumbnail to drag it up or down in the order placement until it appears in the desired order.

Once logged in, select Gallery Images at the top of the page. (Note: This allows you to manage just your images or work, but you can always return to the User Profile to edit your faculty bio.)

Adding Images

To add images of work to your faculty gallery, do the following:

• Log in as described above.
• Choose Edit from the bottom of the page (not the top).
• Select Gallery Images at the top of the page.
• Use the "Add Gallery Image" feature to browse, select, and upload a desired image.
• Enter the image's title
• Type a brief description (see Edit Image, below)
• Add the year the work was completed
• Save to return to the Gallery Images page to add more images, or Log out to exit the system.

Editing Images

*Note: You can change the order the images appear by moving them up or down. Use the drag tool located to the left of each thumbnail. Move images upward to have them appear on the upper rows of the display grid on the live page, or conversely, move them downward to appear in the lower rows.

From the Gallery Images page, use the edit feature to modify an existing image's title, description, or year.

Example of a description: acrylic, oil, pencil on canvas; 63 x 48 in. (Tip: Be sure to review the CCA style guide for how to properly treat descriptions. Also, any text styling done here must use HTML tags—not markdown—to work properly. Use opening (i) and closing (/i) code within angle brackets (<>), as opposed to double asterisks (), on either side of the title, like this: **Gone With the Wind.

In edit mode, you can Remove an image and replace it. (Note: The Remove feature retains the title, description, and year, so it's intended to replace the existing image with a newer version of the same work.)

Avoid deleting images. Instead, rotate your images of work to lend a current feel to your faculty bio. Or, alternatively, you can Unpublish an image. In Edit mode, select unpublish beneath any image you wish to remove from public view. (Note: All uploaded images remain stored in your profile gallery. To return an older image to public view, unpublish more recent images until the older image appears, and then publish it.)

Save to return to the Gallery Images page where you'll see a confirmation message in green at the top of the page indicating your gallery image edit was successful. Select Add Gallery Image to add more images, or select "faculty bio page" to review your live bio.

Log out to exit the system.