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Resources for TT & NTL Promotion/Tenure

If you are an early career faculty member seeking to gain promotion and/or tenure, we have many resources at your disposal. Do not hesitate to reach out to the Promotion & Tenure Coordinator, KateLynn Luzier, with any questions.

Links to Guidance & Policies

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Be sure to review the HHD Guidelines webpage for all policies and guidelines across the college's central units.

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To access the Department-Level Guidelines, you must be signed into your Penn State Office 365 account. 

Link is updated with updated folder of unit/department-level guidelines at the end of each summer.

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Activity Insight (AI) 

Activity Insight is an online software tool designed to help faculty members collect, organize, and display their data for the purposes of annual reviews, promotion and tenure, and more.

Promotion & Tenure Online Reviewing Platform (PTORP) 

PTORP is an online software tool designed for the compilation of the dossier for review during a promotion and/or tenure review.

Committees

HHD 24-25 College P&T Committee icon-olus-circle
HHD 24-25 College NTL Promotion Committee icon-olus-circle
  • CHAIR: Mary Dean Coleman, Teaching Professor of Nutritional Sciences 

  • Kari Kugler, Associate Teaching Professor of Biobehavioral Health 

  • Jennifer Crissman-Ishler, Teaching Professor of Human Development & Family Studies 

  • John Vairo, Teaching Professor of Kinesiology 

  • George Ruth, Associate Teaching Professor of Hospitality Management 

  • Sommar Chilton, Associate Teaching Professor of Communication Sciences & Disorders 

  • Patty Kleban, Teaching Professor of Recreation, Park, & Tourism Management 

  • Emily Hohman, Associate Research Professor of Center for Childhood Obesity Research 

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Promotion & Tenure Committee

  • Stephanie Lanza
  • Orfeu Buxton
  • Sonia Cavigelli
  • Anne-Marie Chang
  • Jennifer Graham-Engeland

Non-Tenure Line Promotion Committee

  • Sheree Logue
  • Beth Edwards
  • Liz Lasher
  • Marc Dingman
  • JoAnn Foley-DeFiore
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Promotion & Tenure Committee

  • Michael Robb
  • Jimin Lee
  • Chaleece Sandberg

Non-Tenure Line Promotion Committee

  • Connie Kossan
  • Leslie Purchell
  • Eileen Kowalski
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Promotion & Tenure Committee

  • Sy-Miin Chow
  • Rob Roeser
  • Max Crowley
  • Tim Brick
  • Alexis Santos

Non-Tenure Line Promotion Committee

  • Sy-Miin Chow
  • Rob Roeser
  • Max Crowley
  • Molly Countermine
  • Shannon Corkery
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Promotion & Tenure Committee

  • Dave Vanness
  • Jess Williams
  • Joel Segel

Non-Tenure Line Promotion Committee

  • Chris Calkins
  • Diane Spokus
  • Mark Sciegaj
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Promotion & Tenure Committee

  • Steve Piazza
  • Bob Sainburg
  • Danielle Downs
  • Mary Jane De Souza
  • Jonas Rubenson

Non-Tenure Line Promotion Committee

  • John Vairo
  • Alison Weimer
  • Michele Duffey
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Promotion & Tenure Committee

  • Alison Gernand
  • Kathleen Keller
  • Kristina Petersen
  • Jennifer Savage Williams
  • Greg Shearer

Non-Tenure Line Promotion Committee

  • Gina Pazzaglia
  • Shawnee Kelly
  • Xiangming Ji
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Promotion & Tenure Committee

  • Derrick Taff
  • Alan Graefe
  • John Dattilo
  • Carter Hunt
  • Jen Agans
  • Jill Selfe

Non-Tenure Line Promotion Committee

  • Did not convene an NTL Committee this year, no NTL faculty going up for promotion.
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  • The centers of HHD did not convene an NTL Committee this year, no NTL faculty going up for promotion.