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.
Associate Dean Mary Watt coordinates the college’s tenure and promotion process. Dr. Watt’s contact information is below:
2014 Turlington Hall
Phone: 352-392-2230
Fax: (352) 392-3584
Email: marywatt@ufl.edu
2023-2024 Promotion and Tenure (P&T) Information
- CLAS Tenure and Promotion Guidelines 2023-2024 (PDF)
- UF Tenure and Promotion Guidelines
- College Clarifications and University Criteria 2023-2024 (MS WORD)
- Promotion and Tenure COVID Impact Statement Guidance for Faculty
2023 Faculty Tenure and Promotion Recipients
Fifty members of the University of Florida College of Liberal Arts and Sciences faculty received promotions for 2023. Among them, fourteen 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
- Brian Child, Department of Geography
- Robert Kawashima, Department of Religion
- James Liao, Department of Biology
- Jeremy Lichstein, Department of Biology
- Stuart McDaniel, Department of Biology
- Bryon Moraski, Department of Political Science
- Andrea Pham, Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
- Heather Ray, Department of Physics
Promoted to Associate Professor with Tenure
- Celestine Akpan, Department of English
- Dana Bartosova, Department of Math
- Camille Bordas, Department of English
- Daniel Contreras, Department of Anthropology
- Luca Di Cerbo, Department of Mathematics
- Gareth Fraser, Department of Biology
- Paul Fulda, Department of Physics
- Adam Ginsburg, Department of Astronomy
- Laura Gonzales, Department of English
- Calistus Ngonghala, Department of Mathematics
- Adrienne Strong, Department of Anthropology
- Olivier Walther, Department of Geography
- Yuxuan Wang, Department of Physics
- Yong Zeng, Department of Chemistry
Promoted to Master Lecturer
- Gianfranco Balestriere, Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
- Ellen Davis, Department of Biology
- Maria Korolev, Department of Chemistry
- Jason Portmess, Department of Chemistry
- Alison Reynolds, University Writing Program
- Esther Romeyn, Center for European Studies
- Emrah Sahin, Center for European Studies
- Renata Serra, Center for African Studies
- Han Xu, Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
Promoted to Senior Lecturer
- Salah Ahmed Ali Algabli, Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
- Ron Chandler, Department of Psychology
- Jamie Garner, Department of Linguistics
- Fatma Gunay, Department of Economics
- Timothy Karis, International Studies
- Suzanne Robbins, Department of Political Science
- Corey McZeal, Department of Sociology and Criminology & Law
- Michelle Phillips, Department of Economics
- Diane Richardson, Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
- Joseph Rivera, Department of Sociology and Criminology & Law
- Ryosuke Sano, Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
- Stephanie Stine, Department of Statistics
- Jessica Stonecipher, University Writing Program
- Risa Wada, Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
- Feihong Wang, Department of Psychology
- Alexander York, Department of Mathematics
Promoted to Associate Scientist
- Thanh Nguyen, Department of Chemistry
Promoted to Associate In
- Shannon Kelly, Academic Advising Center
- Dylan King, Academic Advising Center
- Laura Lancaster, Academic Advising Center
- Fallen Lee, Academic Advising Center
Promoted to Senior Associate In
- Robert Kwong, Academic Advising Center
Awarded Tenure
- Sergey Klimenko, Department of Physics
- Benjamin Soares, Department of Religion
Received Distinguished Professor Distinction
- Jack Davis, Department of History
- Andreas Keil, Department of Psychology
- David Leavitt, Department of English