Faculty Profiles: Content Guidelines

Guidelines for the headshots and biographies that appear on faculty profiles on metrostate.edu.

Headshot

• You may submit only one file at a time. It cannot be more than 25 megabytes.
• No selfies. Headshots must be clear, professional images of you, face forward, from the shoulders up, against a neutral background. Headshots cannot include other people (even if faces are cropped out), animals, any item that contains intellectual property (i.e., logos), or excessive glare or back lighting.
• Your headshot must be in JPEG, PNG or GIF format. JPEG is preferred. File names must have the correct extension: .jpg or .jpeg for JPEGs, .png for PNGs, and .GIF for GIFs.
• The image dimensions of your headshot must be at least 650 pixels vertically and 650 pixels horizontally at 72 dpi resolution.
• Captions or photography credits cannot be included with your headshot.
• You are responsible for securing any usage rights for a copyrighted image and may be asked for documentation of the copyright holder’s ascent.
• Headshots are subject to review by Marketing and Communications and may be cropped or edited.
• The university provides opportunities to have professional photos taken at various events throughout the year.

Narrative Bio

• Your narrative biography should be between 200–300 words long. It cannot be more than 500 words long.
• Write short, snappy paragraphs made of short, snappy sentences.
• Text may be italicized but additional formatting is not available. Links (including plain-text URLs), images and document files cannot be inserted.
• Write in the third person. After the first instance of your full name, use your last name without any honorifics or professional titles: Arthur, not President Arthur.
• Discipline or subject names are in lower case unless they are proper nouns: sociology, biology, English.
• Titles of long works are italicized. Titles of shorter works appear within quotes.
• Do not promote commercial activity or sales.
• All information must be current, accurate and verifiable.
• See Metropolitan State’s style guide for more details.

List Bio

• The list biography is intended to be a space for you to list your academic and professional works, research interests and other categorized or chronological information. Your list biography may be up to 1,000 words long.
• Use a format standard within your discipline for citations. We encourage the use of headings and bulleted or numbered lists to make your list biography easier to read.
• Headings can be added by selecting the dropdown that says "Paragraph" and switching it to "Heading 3". Please restrict your headings to the bulleted list below the text box.
• Text may be italicized but additional formatting is not available. Links (including plain-text URLs), images and document files cannot be inserted.
• Do not promote commercial activity or sales.
• All information must be current, accurate and verifiable.
• See Metropolitan State’s style guide for more details.

Pronouns

• Pronouns can be selected from a pre-defined list of pronouns or by entering custom pronouns.
• Custom pronouns should be formatted Pronoun1/Pronoun2.
• When no pronouns are select, pronouns are hidden on your public profile page.

ORCID

• Please ensure that your ORCID URL is your persistent identifier (PID) from https://orcid.org.
• Only URLs from https://orcid.org are permitted.
• If no URL is provided, your ORCID information will be hidden on your public profile page.
• For more information about ORCID, see: https://info.orcid.org/researchers/