Texas Tech University.

Tenure Advisory Committee

Charge:

The Tenure Advisory Committee may consider matters pertaining to tenure or academic freedom referred to it by members of the
university community.

Appointment:

Faculty members will be elected at large by the voting faculty for staggered terms of five years with one membership position terminating August 31 of each year. No more than two faculty members elected from one college or school shall serve on the committee at the same time.

Operating Procedures:

The committee shall determine its own rules of procedure. The committee reports to the president.

Chairperson:

The committee will elect its chairperson annually from the committee members.

Membership:

The committee shall consist of five full-time tenured faculty, none of whom has served in any administrative post at or above the level of chair of a department during the preceding five years, and two ex-officio, non-voting members who are the PSVP (or a designate appointed by the PSVP), and a dean selected by the Provost's Council.

Name College/Department Term Began Term Ends
Klinker, JoAnn College of Education 2009 2014
Hoover, Sheila College of Human Sciences 2010 2015
Nathan, Daniel College of Arts and Sciences 2010 2015
Perez, Alberto Julian College of Arts and Sciences 2007 2012
Smith, Christopher J. College of Visual and Performing Arts 2008 2013
Stewart, Rob Office of the Provost Ex-officio