Tenure-Track Faculty (Tenure & Promotion)

Research, teaching, and service encompass the primary activities of the faculty of Emory College of Arts and Sciences. Since each of these is essential to the College, each is weighed carefully in all considerations involving appointment, reappointment, promotion, and the granting of tenure.

The Office of the Provost is keenly aware that COVID-19 has had significant and differential impacts on faculty success and professional progress. The Emory University Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees has approved a blanket one-year tenure clock extension to all pre-tenure faculty on the tenure track. 

This extension recognizes the ongoing impacts of COVID-19 on faculty research and teaching and applies to all pre-tenure faculty in Emory College of Arts and Sciences who joined Emory before or in January 2021. It is an opt-out approach whereby we will work with those faculty who would prefer not to receive the extension. This extension will in no way limit faculty from being granted further extensions for other reasons consistent with our current policies. If you have any further questions about this extension or its implications for your particular trajectory, please contact Dean of Faculty Deboleena Roy, dean_of_faculty@emory.edu. 

Fillable and customizable templates are provided to assist department chairs in the writing of promotion letters. These templates helps to ensure that the appropriate information included, and is layed out in a consistent format.

Please note that the templates are only intended to provide a starting point for the preparation of a promotion letter.