Faculty Tenure and Promotion Committee (FTPC)

The Faculty Tenure & Promotion Committee (FTPC) shall consist of five (5) members who are tenured full professors, each elected for a five-year term. The terms will be staggered with one member’s term on the Committee expiring each year. The duties of the FTPC, whose operations are determined by the faculty include: The FTPC oversees the process for promotion recommendations and evaluation of faculty for tenure. The Committee reviews materials submitted by faculty members to make recommendations to the Provost about progress toward tenure, tenure decisions, progress toward promotion-in-rank, and promotion-in-rank.

AY 24-25 FTPC Roster

  • Sheila Brownlow, Professor of Psychology 
  • Coordinator - Luke Dollar, Professor/Chair of Environment & Sustainability Department
  • Michael Bitzer, Professor of Politics and History/Chair of Politics Department
  • Buster Smith, Associate Professor of Sociology/Chair of Sociology Department  
  • Valerie Rakes, Chair of Nursing Department

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