The Executive Vice President for Arts and Sciences depends on a standing committee to conduct an Arts and Sciences level evaluation whenever a department or school recommends a candidate for tenure. The purpose of this evaluation is to assess whether the department or school level review was rigorous and substantive and to ensure that all Arts and Sciences candidates meet the same high standards. In this way, a faculty of the highest quality and distinction will be maintained.
The standing committee – the Promotion and Tenure Committee (PTC) – serves in an advisory capacity to the Executive Vice President who determines whether or not the candidate should be recommended to the Provost for tenure. The Arts and Sciences standing committee is administered on behalf of the Executive Vice President by the Divisional Dean of Humanities.
The PTC consists of 12 full professors in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, representing the three divisions, who serve for three year terms. The PTC members are appointed by the Executive Vice President in consultation with the Planning and Policy Committee (PPC). The chair of the PTC is appointed by the Executive Vice President in consultation with the PTC.
2021-2022 PROMOTION AND TENURE COMMITTEE (PTC) MEMBERSHIP
Chair
Sharon Marcus | Orlando Harriman Professor of English |
ARTS
Timothy Donnelly | Professor of Writing |
Social Sciences
Yinon Cohen | Yosef Hayim Yerushalmi Professor of Israel and Jewish Studies |
| Page Fortna | Harold Brown Professor of US Foreign and Security Policy |
Stephanie McCurry | R. Gordon Hoxie Professor of American History in Honor of Dwight D. Eisenhower |
Lila Abu Lughod | Joseph L. Buttenwieser Professor of Social Science |
| Elizabeth Ladenson | Professor of French and Romance Languages |
George Lewis | Edwin H. Case Professor of Music |
Frances Negron-Muntaner (Spring 2022) | Professor of English & Comparative Literature |
| Achille Varzi | Professor of Philosophy |
Natural Sciences
Elena Aprile (Fall 2021) | Centennial Professor of Physics |
| Ivan Corwin | Professor of Mathematics |
Richard Davis | Howard Levene Professor of Statistics |
Sarah Woolley | Professor of Psychology |
Stuart Firestein (Spring 2022) | Professor of Biological Sciences |
Provost's Office Tenure Review Guidelines
The tenure review guidelines can be downloaded here.