The criteria for promotion or for granting of tenure or permanent status shall be related to the performance of the work, which the faculty member has been assigned to do, and the faculty member’s duties and responsibilities as a member of the university community. These criteria recognize three broad categories of academic service:
- Instruction, including regular classroom teaching, direction of theses and dissertations, academic advisement, extension programs, and all preparation for this work including study to keep abreast of one’s field
- research or other creative activity including scholarly, peer-reviewed publications
- professional and public service
Every year, the University of Florida prepares guidelines for the tenure and promotion process.
The college has a third-year review process with the purpose of providing structured and constructive information to assist candidates to meet college and university requirements for tenure and promotion. Each department or unit will construct a third year review process that best fits their procedures and practices and adopt them as part of their policies.
Interim Associate Dean Kevin Knudson coordinates the college’s tenure and promotion process. Dr. Knudson’s contact information is below:
2014 Turlington Hall
Phone: 352-394-1955
Fax: (352) 392-3584
Email: kknudson@ufl.edu
2024-2025 Promotion and Tenure (P&T) Information
- CLAS Tenure and Promotion Guidelines 2024-2025 (PDF)
- UF Tenure and Promotion Guidelines
- College Clarifications and University Criteria 2024-2025 (MS WORD)
- Promotion and Tenure COVID Impact Statement Guidance for Faculty
2024 Faculty Tenure and Promotion Recipients
Thirty-nine members of the University of Florida College of Liberal Arts and Sciences faculty received promotions for 2024. Among them, sixteen faculty promoted to associate professor were also awarded tenure. The new promotions and tenure awards reflect the faculty members’ distinguished work in teaching, research and service.
Promoted to Professor
- Benjamin Hebblethwaite, Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
- Peter Adams, Department of Geological Sciences
- Sadie Ryan, Department of Geography
- Lori Knackstedt, Department of Psychology
- Yong Zeng, Department of Chemistry
Promoted to Associate Professor with Tenure
- Ifigeneia Giannadaki, Department of Classics
- Nicholas Kerr, Department of Political Science
- Zhiyuan Wang, Department of Political Science
- Trevor Mowchun, Department of English
- Oscar Prieto, Department of Anthropology
- Amy Williams, Department of Geological Sciences
- Yujie Hu, Department of Geography
- Christopher Dorst, Department of Philosophy
- Andrew Rosenberg, Department of Political Science
- Zachary Hamaker, Department of Mathematics
- Roberto Abreu, Department of Psychology
- Nicole Gravina, Department of Psychology
- Hua Yan, Department of Biology
- Zachary Slepian, Department of Astronomy
- Ana Long Berrios, Department of Biology
- Cheng Yu, Department of Mathematics
Promoted to Master Lecturer
- Daryl Bish, English Language Institute
- Holly Raynard, Center for European Studies
Promoted to Senior Lecturer
- Gabriela Hamerlinck, Department of Geography
- Autumn McClellan, Department of Sociology and Criminology & Law
- Antonio Lopez Mendez, Department of Spanish and Portuguese Studies
- Anita Marshall, Department of Geological Sciences
- Carol Demas, Department of Mathematics
- Patrick Carmichael, Department of Mathematics
- Brittany Hodges, Academic Advising Center
- Kristian Estevez, Department of Economics
- Amy Martinelli, Dial Center for Speech and Communication Studies
- Lisa Athearn, Dial Center for Speech and Communication Studies
- Paul Sell, Department of Astronomy
- Alix Rexford, Department of Chemistry
- Steven Harris, Department of Chemistry
Promoted to Associate In
- Robert Bailey, Academic Resources
Received Distinguished Professor Distinction
- Thomas Bianchi, Department of Geological Sciences
- Neil Sullivan, Department of Physics