Promotion, Tenure, and Evaluation
If you plan to stand for promotion, or tenure, or pre-tenure review prior to your mandatory year in the upcoming academic year, you must notify your dean and/or director in writing of your intent to do so no later than May 9, 2026. If you are scheduled to stand for mandatory tenure and promotion review in AY26-27, or you are unsure if you are scheduled for review, please make sure to check with your dean's/director's office.
AY26-27 Provost's Workshop for Pre-Tenure, Promotion/Tenure, and Post-Tenure File Reviews Dates:
- AY26-27 Provost Pre-Tenure, Promotion/Tenure, Post-Tenure Workshop (Fall Session)
- File Organization Workshop
- August 25, 2026 (Tuesday)
- 1:00 - 2:00 p.m.
- Zoom Link can be accessed .
- Agenda link can be accessed .
- Workshop Folder Guidelines Reference Folders:
- File Organization Workshop
FILE TEMPLATES RESOURCES, AND GUIDANCE ACCESS VIA GOOGLE DRIVE FOLDER
If you have questions or need further assistance, please consult with your dean/director or contact Jennifer Hoppough at 907-474-7096 or jahoppough@alaska.edu.
Each tab below will provide specific resources for each review.
ÃÛèÖÊÓƵ's tenure and promotion recipients!
- 2024 Tenure and/or Promotion Recipients
- 2023 Tenure and/or Promotion Recipients
- 2022 Tenure and/or Promotion Recipients
- 2021 Tenure and/or Promotion Recipients
Previous years tenure and promotion recipients!
- 2020 Tenure and/or Promotion Recipients
- 2019 Tenure and/or Promotion Recipients
- 2018 Tenure and/or Promotion Recipients
- 2017 Tenure and/or Promotion Recipients
- 2016 Tenure and/or Promotion Recipients
- 2015 Tenure and/or Promotion Recipients
- 2014 Tenure and/or Promotion Recipients
- 2013 Tenure and/or Promotion Recipients
Faculty going up for review do not need to complete their annual evaluation, however, we highly recommend completing the Annual Activity Report in the Faculty Portal AAR Interface to prevent gaps in data.
Instructions to build a Comprehensive Activities Report are below:
Pre-Tenure (4th Year) Committees:
Srijan Aggarwal, CEM, Professor, Tenured
Quentin Fong, ASG, Professor, Tenured
Leslie McCartney, Library, Professor, Tenured
*Veronica Plumb, CIS, Associate Professor, Tenured
Anshul Pandya, Associate Professor, CTC, Tenured
Promotion and/or Tenure, Post-Tenure UWC Members:
Amy May, Professor, CLA
*Russ Hopcroft, Professor, CFOS, Tenured
Denise Kind, Term Associate Professor, CNSM
Sarah Lewis, Professor, IANRE
Jak Maier, Professor, CTC, Tenured
Jungho Baek, Professor, CBSM, Tenured
*Committee Chair
Faculty Rank Promotion Review for Administrators
Administrators who are not members of a bargaining unit due to an administrative assignment are able to stand for promotion. This promotion process is not intended to apply to executives, even though they may have a faculty title and may carry out some faculty duties. You will not be subject to post-tenure review during this administrative assignment, nor will your administrative performance be considered in any future post-tenure review. Please contact the Office of the Provost regarding the promotion process for administrators who opt to stand for promotion.
4th Year Comprehensive and Diagnostic Review
All faculty undergoing pre-tenure review must submit their electronic file. The deadline for submitting materials for 4th Year Comprehensive Pre-Tenure Review is September 12 (If a date in this article or related MOA falls on a Saturday or Sunday it shall be treated as falling on the following Monday. 9.2.6m).
All faculty in the United ÃÛèÖÊÓƵ bargaining unit, in a tenure-track position will undergo retention review in their 4th appointment year. Your file should include material that covers the period since your initial hire into your current tenure-track position. You are especially encouraged to address in your self-evaluation any aspects of your position or your record, which you feel deserve special consideration, or which you feel might not be readily apparent to those evaluating your file. See the resources tab at the bottom of the Promotion, Tenure, and Evaluation page for supporting documents (i.e. Best Practices).
4th Year Pre-Tenure Review specific resources - access to :
| Hired as Assistant Professor | Comprehensive 4th Year Review |
|---|---|
| 2021-22 | 2024-25 |
| 2022-23 | 2025-26 |
| 2023-24 | 2026-27 |
| 2024-25 | 2027-28 |
| 2025-26 | 2028-29 |
| 2026-27 | 2029-30 |
| 2027-28 | 2030-31 |
Promotion and/or Tenure Review for UNAC Faculty
All faculty undergoing promotion and or tenure review must submit their electronic file. The deadline for submitting materials for Comprehensive Promotion and/or Tenure Review is September 12 (If a date in this article or related MOA falls on a Saturday or Sunday it shall be treated as falling on the following Monday. 9.2.6m). See the resources tab at the bottom of the Promotion, Tenure, and Evaluation page for supporting documents (i.e. Best Practices).
Promotion and/or Tenure Review specific resources:
- Promotion and/or Tenure Comprehensive Review CBA
- Summary of Recommendations- Promotion (SOR - Promotion)
- Summary of Recommendations- Tenure (SOR - Tenure)
- Summary of Recommendations- Promotion and Tenure (SOR - Promotion/Tenure)
- Comprehensive Activities Report (Updated 2026)
| Hired as Assistant Professor | Mandatory Promotion & Tenure | Effective Date for Promotion & Tenure |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | 2028-29 | July 1, 2029 |
| 2023-24 | 2029-30 | July 1, 2030 |
| 2024-25 | 2030-31 | July 1, 2031 |
| 2025-26 | 2031-32 | July 1, 2032 |
| 2026-27 | 2032-33 | July 1, 2033 |
| 2027-28 | 2033-34 | July 1, 2034 |
| 2028-29 | 2034-35 | July 1, 2035 |
| 2029-30 | 2035-36 | July 1, 2036 |
| 2030-31 | 2036-37 | July 1, 2037 |
| 2031-32 | 2037-38 | July 1, 2038 |
| 2032-33 | 2038-39 | July 1, 2039 |
| Hired as Associate Professor | Mandatory Tenure Review Year | Effective Date for Tenure (Promotion if applicable) |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 (Year 1) | 2025-26 (Year 4) | July 1, 2026 |
| 2023-24 | 2026-27 | July 1, 2027 |
| 2024-25 | 2027-28 | July 1, 2028 |
| 2025-26 | 2028-29 | July 1, 2029 |
| 2026-27 | 2029-30 | July 1, 2030 |
| 2027-28 | 2030-31 | July 1, 2031 |
| 2028-29 | 2031-32 | July 1, 2032 |
| 2029-30 | 2032-33 | July 1, 2033 |
| 2030-31 | 2033-34 | July 1, 2034 |
| 2031-32 | 2034-35 | July 1, 2035 |
| 2032-33 | 2035-36 | July 1, 2036 |
| Hired as Professor | Mandatory Tenure Review Year | Effective Date for Tenure |
|---|---|---|
| 2017-18 | 2019-20 | July 1, 2020 |
| 2018-19 | 2020-21 | July 1, 2021 |
| 2019-20 | 2021-22 | July 1, 2022 |
| 2020-21 | 2022-23 | July 1, 2023 |
| 2021-22 | 2023-24 | July 1, 2024 |
| 2022-23 | 2024-25 | July 1, 2025 |
| 2023-24 | 2025-26 | July 1, 2026 |
| 2024-25 | 2026-27 | July 1, 2027 |
| 2025-26 | 2027-28 | July 1, 2028 |
| 2026-27 | 2028-29 | July 1, 2029 |
| 2027-28 | 2029-30 | July 1, 2030 |
Post-Tenure Review for UNAC Faculty
All faculty undergoing post-tenure review must submit their electronic file. The deadline for submitting materials for Comprehensive Post-Tenure Review is September 12 (If a date in this article or related MOA falls on a Saturday or Sunday it shall be treated as falling on the following Monday. 9.2.6m). See the resources tab at the bottom of the Promotion, Tenure, and Evaluation page for supporting documents (i.e. Best Practices).
Post-Tenure Review specific resources:
- Post- Tenure Comprehensive Review CBA
- Summary of Recommendations- Post-Tenure (SOR Post-Tenure)
- Comprehensive Activities Report (Updated 2026)
| Date of Last Tenure or Post-Tenure Review | Next Comprehensive Post-Tenure Review |
|---|---|
| 2021-22 | 2027-28 |
| 2022-23 | 2028-29 |
| 2023-24 | 2029-30 |
| 2024-25 | 2030-31 |
| 2025-26 | 2031-32 |
| 2026-27 | 2032-33 |
| 2027-28 | 2033-34 |
| 2028-29 | 2034-35 |
| 2029-30 | 2035-36 |
| 2030-31 | 2036-37 |
Units and/or departments may compose special criteria (referred to hereafter as "unit criteria") that must be used in evaluation of their faculty during the promotion and tenure process. Unit criteria are additional to the criteria outlined in the ÃÛèÖÊÓƵ "Blue Book" polices and regulations. Each unit criteria must be evaluated and approved by faculty senate every 5 years.
Unit Criteria supplements, but does not replace, ÃÛèÖÊÓƵ Blue Book criteria. All faculty are subject to the University Policies and Procedures: The Faculty Blue Book.
For more information on how to create unit criteria or the unit criteria approval process, please contact Molly Anslinger, Governance office coordinator, at 907-474-7964 or ÃÛèÖÊÓƵ-Faculty-Senate-Office@alaska.edu.
UNIT CRITERIAAll documents are PDF downloads. |
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| UNIT | Approval Date | Meeting No. | Year for Renewal |
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| 05/03/2021 | 256 | AY2026-27 | |
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ÃÛèÖÊÓƵ Sea Grant |
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| 05/04/2020 | 248 | AY2025-26 | |
| 04/04/2022 | 263 | AY2027-28 | |
| 03/7/2024 | 278-7 | AY2029-30 | |
| 04/14/2025 | 288-4 | AY2030-31 | |
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College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences |
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| 4/13/2026 | 297-7 | AY2031-32 | |
| 04/14/2025 | 288-2 | AY2030-31 | |
| 4/13/2026 | 297-6 | AY2031-32 | |
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College of Indigenous Studies |
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ÃÛèÖÊÓƵ Native Language Center/ ÃÛèÖÊÓƵ Native Language Program |
04/04/2022 | 263 | AY2027-28 |
| 3/1/2021 | 254 | AY2026-27 | |
| 04/5/2024 | 279-1 | AY2029-30 | |
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College of Liberal Arts |
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| 04/14/2025 | 288-1 | AY2030-31 | |
| 05/3/2021 | 256 | AY2026-27 | |
| 05/03/2021 | 256 | AY2026-27 | |
| 04/04/2022 | 263 | AY2027-28 | |
| 04/04/2022 | 263 | AY2027-28 | |
| 12/05/2023 | 268 | AY2028-29 | |
| 4/14/2026 | 297-5 | AY2031-32 | |
| 02/03/2025 | 286-3 | AY2030-31 | |
| 04/02/2018 | 231 | AY2023-24 (Overdue) | |
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Theatre and Film |
05/01/2017 | 224 | AY2024-25 |
| 3/1/2021 | 254 | AY2026-27 | |
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College of Natural Science & Mathematics |
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| 04/05/2024 | 279-2 | AY2029-30 | |
| 02/05/2024 | 277 | AY2029-30 | |
| 3/1/2021 | 254 | AY2026-27 | |
| 2/5/2024 | 277 | AY2029-30 | |
| 04/14/2025 | 288-3 | AY2030-31 | |
| 02/05/2024 | 277-5 | AY2029-30 | |
| 02/05/2025 | 286-3 | AY2030-31 | |
|
IANRE |
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02/05/2024 05/12/2025 |
277-1 289-8 |
AY2029-30 AY2030-31
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| 05/03/2021 | 256 | AY2026-27 | |
| 02/05/2024 | 277-5 | AY2029-30 | |
Unit Peer Criteria Timeline
| Date of Last UPC Approval | Next Review Year |
|---|---|
| 2022-23 | 2027-28 |
| 2023-24 | 2028-29 |
| 2024-25 | 2029-30 |
| 2025-26 | 2030-31 |
| 2026-27 | 2031-32 |
| 2027-28 | 2032-33 |
| 2028-29 | 2033-34 |
| 2029-30 | 2034-35 |
| 2030-31 | 2035-36 |
| 2031-32 | 2036-37 |
| 2032-33 | 2037-38 |
- Best Practices: Documenting Teaching, Research and Service (Updated 2025)
- Best Practices: UNAC Represented Faculty (Promotion and/or Tenure, 4th Year Pre-Tenure, Post-Tenure - Updated 2025)
- Best Practices: Participating on a Review Committee (Pending editorial review)
- Policies & Procedures (Blue Book- February 2020)
- Comprehensive Review CBA
- Comprehensive Activities Report - Updated (2026)
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