Tenure and Promotion to Associate Professor
Promotion and Tenure (PTC) Files must be created and submitted through Interfolio.
Tenure Track faculty members must be evaluated for tenure (continuing appointment) no later than their 12th semester of full time service at Stony Brook.
Deadlines for Submission, Preparation, and Instructions
Deadlines for submission of files for tenure/promotion to Associate Professor to the Dean's Office:
- December 15 - Academic year appointments (start date Fall semester with 6 years of service)
- December 15 - Calendar year appointments (start date Spring semester with either 5.5 years of service or 6.5 years of service)
Preparation of the tenure files begins well before these deadlines
(See also Timeline for Junior Faculty).
Some milestones:
- Peer teaching observation: generally, semesters 5 and 9 or 10
- Solicitation of letters from external reviewers: semester 10.
PTC File Checklists, and Eligibility to Vote
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PTC Candidate Documents File Checklist
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PTC Gen Eval Checklist
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PTC Spec Eval Checklist
The members of the CAS Promotion and Tenure Committee now only read the files directly in Interfolio. The department should create and submit these files directly through Interfolio: Administrator Guidelines for Interfolio Procedures for Review, Promotion, and Tenure (RPT)
Eligibility to Vote (PTC guidelines 2.5.1):
- on promotion to Associate Professor: All department members who hold Associate or Full Professor rank.
- on tenure (for external candidates being appointed at rank of Associate Professor): All department members with tenure (continuing appointment).