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Charge
The Faculty Committee on Appointment, Promotion, and Tenure shall advise the Chancellor on promotion and tenure cases under review, and on appointments in cases where consultation is needed. The Committee coordinates discussion of appointment, promotion, and tenure procedures and expectations across academic units and with administration. The Committee shall recommend policies related to appointment, tenure and promotion to the Executive Council, which may bring them to the Faculty Assembly for a vote or may adopt them as provided in Article II Section 2 of the UW Tacoma bylaws.
Charge Letter:
Membership
The voting membership of the Faculty Committee on Appointment, Promotion, and Tenure shall consist of no less than seven (7) members. Each academic unit will be represented by a tenured faculty member. In units with no tenured faculty, there will be no representation. Each academic unit will elect a representative. Academic unit heads are not eligible to serve. The term of office shall be three years and a representative may serve a maximum of two consecutive terms, at which point, a member cannot be re-elected for one full year.
Representatives
- Bryan Goda, Chair, 2024-2025, School of Engineering and Technology, 2023-2026
- Christine Stevens, School of Nursing and Healthcare Leadership, 2021-2027
- Laura Feuerborn, School of Education, 2024-2025
- Filling in for Kathy Beaudoin, School of Education, 2025-2027
- JaeRan Kim, School of Social Work and Criminal Justice, 2023-2025
- Gim Seow, Milgard School of Business, 2023-2027
- Mary Hanneman, School of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences, 2024-2027
- Yonn Dierwechter, School of Urban Studies, 2024-2027
APT End of Year Reports
- APT 2024-2025
- APT 2023-2024
- APT 2022-2023
- APT 2021-2022
- APT 2020-2021
- APT 2019-2020
- APT 2018-2019
- APT 2017-2018
- APT 2016-2017
- APT 2014-2015
- APT 2011-2012
- APT 2010-2011
- APT 2009-2010
Resources and Policies
1. Faculty Code
2. Official Policies
A complete list of Promotion & Tenure resources, including processes, deadlines, forms, and policies can be found from two following Academic Human Resources websites:
- Office for Academic Personnel and Faculty of UW: Promotion and Tenure
- Academic Human Resources of Tacoma website
3. Unit Promotion & Tenure Guidelines
Faculty Code 24-54 B requires each unit to publish their promotion and tenure guidelines.
- School of Education P&T Guidelines (6/8/2021)
- SoE Teaching Professor Guidelines (Sent to FA 4/16/2025)
- School of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences P&T Criteria (3/12/2021)
- School of Engineering & Technology Promotion & Tenure Criteria (5/28/2021)
- SET Teaching Professor Promotion Criteria - pdf (5/27/2022)
- Milgard School of Business P&T Criteria (Links up to date per MSB)
- School of Nursing & Healthcare Leadership P&T Criteria (1/4/2022)
- School of Social Work & Criminal Justice P&T Criteria (Includes information for both Tenure Track faculty and Lecturer)
- School of Urban Studies P&T Criteria (4/15/2022)
- SUS Teaching Professor Promotion Criteria - pdf (11/19/2021)
4. APT Guidelines
- P&T General Guidelines from APT Committee, 2019 & 2021 (PDF) | (Word doc) [approved by the Faculty Assembly Executive Council on 5/6/2019, updated 6/7/2021]
- APT Committee Review of Select New Appointments - (PDF)| (Word doc) [approved by the Faculty Assembly Executive Council on 10/13/2017]
5. Information Sessions and Workshops
APT committee offers annual forums to inform the faculty about the tenure and promotion processes and expectations.
- 2022-2023 APT Workshop recordings
- May 10, 2023: Teaching Faculty
- May 17, 2023: Assistant to Associate Professor
- May 18, 2023: Associate Professor to Full Professor
- May 19, 2023: Narrative Writing Workshop
- Disclaimer: This workshop represents individual faculty's writing research on P&T narratives, but doesn't represent the view of APT committee.
- 2021-2022 APT Workshops (UWNetID Required)
- Assistant Professor to Associate Professor (April 1, 2022)
- Associate Professor to Full Professor (April 11, 2022)
- Assistant and Associate Teaching Professor (April 29, 2022)
- APT Workshop 4/23/2020- (Video)
- Promotion & Tenure Workshop - 4/9/19; (PDF of slides)
- Promotion & Tenure Information Session - 3/13/18; (video below)
