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
2025 Faculty Tenure and Promotion Recipients
Forty members of the University of Florida College of Liberal Arts and Sciences faculty received promotions for 2025. Among them, twenty-one 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
- James Hamlin, Department of Physics
- Terek Saab, Department of Physics
Promoted to Associate Professor with Tenure
- David Duffy, Department of Biology
- Hannah Vander Zanden, Department of Biology
- Matthew Eddy, Department of Chemistry
- Alberto Perez, Department of Chemistry
- Boone Prentice, Department of Chemistry
- Jeffrey Rudolf, Department of Chemistry
- Margaret Galvan, Department of English
- Kevin Ash, Department of Geography
- David Keellings, Department of Geography
- Max Deardoff, Department of History
- Matthieu Felt, Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
- Christopher Smith, Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
- Eleonora Rossi, Department of Linguistics
- Nan Jiang, Department of Mathematics
- Chunmei Wang, Department of Mathematics
- Tracy Wheeler, Department of Mathematics
- BingKan Xue, Department of Physics
- Rachel Gordan, Department of Religion
- Rebecca Hanson, Department of Sociology and Criminology & Law
- Joseph Antonelli, Department of Statistics
- Li Duan, Department of Statistics
Promoted to Master Lecturer
- Marina Klimenko, Department of Psychology
- Carolyn Kelley, University Writing Program
Promoted to Senior Lecturer
- Marianne Vernetson, Bob Graham Center for Public Service
- Stefanie Habenicht, Department of Chemistry
- Moulay Sounny-Slitine, Department of Geography
- Olha Moody, Department of Linguistics
- Melissa Shabazz, Department of Mathematics
- Jonathan Rick, Department of Philosophy
- Quinn Hansen, Department of Spanish and Portuguese Studies
- Elizabeth Johnson, Department of Statistics
- Emily Bald, University Writing Program
- Angela Brown, University Writing Program
Promoted to Associate Scientist
- Chao Huan, Department of Physics
Promoted to Associate In
- Robert Lopez, Academic Advising Center
- Olivia Guthrie, Academic Advising Center
Received Distinguished Professor Distinction
- Michael Hofmann, Department of English
- Jonathan Martin, Department of Geological Sciences