Promotion And Tenure Committee

Promotion And Tenure Committee

The committee shall review departmental and school or college recommendations on candidates for promotion and tenure and make recommendations to the President.

Membership

The Promotion and Tenure Committee shall be composed of 16 members:

  • Faculty:

    • Thirteen faculty members, at least one from each college or school and at least ten of which will be tenured faculty.

  • Continuing/Ex-officio:

    • Provost as Chair 

  • Non-voting:

    • Vice President for Research

    • Vice President for University Outreach and Assoc. Provost

  • Restrictions:

    • In cases in which the President is unable to complete the staffing of the committee from the list of nominees provided by the Rules Committee, the President may require the Rules Committee to nominate additional faculty members.

    • Faculty members cannot serve in any regular administrative position including that of department head/chair at the time of their service on the committee.

    • Tenure-track faculty members must be tenured and should hold the rank of professor.

    • The vice president for Research and the assistant vice president for University Outreach shall serve as non-voting members.

Members

Name Department Term Exp.

Vini Nathan, Chair

Provost and SVP for Academic Affairs Continuing

Steven Taylor

SVP for Research and Economic Development Continuing, Non-voting

Royrickers Cook

VP for Outreach and Associate Provost Continuing, Non-voting

Veena Chattaraman

College of Human Sciences 2025

Barbara Wilder

College of Nursing 2025

Jayachandra Ramapuram

Harrison College of Pharmacy 2025

Jaena Alabi

Libraries 2025

Valentina Hartarska

College of Agriculture 2025

Chris Anderson

College of Forestry, Wildlife, and the Environment 2026

Saad Biaz

Samuel Ginn College of Engineering 2026

Danielle Wadsworth

College of Education 2026

Shea Tillman

College of Architecture, Design, and Construction 2026

Margaret (Mitchell) Brown

College of Liberal Arts 2026

Mahmoud Mansour

College of Veterinary Medicine 2026

Greg Jenkins

College of Business 2027

Yu Lin

College of Sciences and Mathematics 2027