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 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.
MEMBERS
2026-2027 PROMOTION AND TENURE COMMITTEE (PTC) MEMBERSHIP
[Chair] Robert Shapiro, Wallace S. Sayre Professor of Government and Professor of International and Public Affairs
[Co-Chair] Giuseppe Gerbino, Professor of Music
Mark Dean, Professor of Economics
Elizabeth Saunders, Professor of Political Science
David Scott, Ruth and William Lubic Professor of Anthropology
Rhiannon Stephens, Professor of History
Avinoam Shalem, Riggio Professor of Art History
Wei Shang, Du Family Professor of Chinese Culture
Joanna Stalnaker, Professor of French
Gauri Viswanathan, Class of 1933 Professor of English and Comparative Literature
Luis Campos, Professor of Chemistry
Cory Dean, Professor of Physics
Göran Ekström, Newberry Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Sidney Hemming, Arthur D. Storke Memorial Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences
[FALL ONLY] Liam Paninski, Professor of Statistics and of Neuroscience
Daniel Rabinowitz, Professor of Statistics
A&S TENURE REVIEW GUIDELINES
PROVOST'S OFFICE TENURE REVIEW GUIDELINES
Provost's Office Tenure Review Guidelines
The tenure review guidelines can be downloaded here.