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Tenure & Promotion

Achieving tenure and promotion at The University of South Alabama is a multi-step process that begins in the Department and ends with the Board of Trustees. 

Guidelines Specific to Each College/School

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Arts and Sciences
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2025 Successfully Tenured/Promoted Faculty

Recommend Awarding Tenure: 

  • Kelly 0. Byrd - Leadership and Teacher Education Jeremiah A. Henning - Biology 
  • Christina Johnson -Theatre and Dance 
  • Tristan B. Johnson -Accounting 
  • Nancy J. Kelley- Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work Dakota Lindsey - Psychology 
  • Craig A. Parkes - Health, Kinesiology and Sport 
  • Hans-J org Schanz - Chemistry 
  • Stephen B. Scyphers - Marine Sciences 
  • Hua "Christine" Xin - Accounting 

Recommend Promotion to Senior Instructor: 

  • Mary Curtis - Radiologic Sciences 
  • R. Mark Foster - Accounting
  • Ricky E. Green, Jr. - Information Systems and Technology Alison K. Henry - Biomedical Sciences 
  • Melissa R. Walter - Communication 
  • Brent L. Wiles -Speech Pathology and Audiology

Recommend Promotion to Research Associate Professor: 

  • Candice N. Selwyn - Community Mental Health Nursing 

Recommend Promotion to Associate Professor: 

  • Jennifer Anderson - Adult Health Nursing 
  • Ashleigh F. Bowman - Maternal Child Nursing
  • Michael Black - Information Systems and Technology
  • Kelly 0. Byrd - Health, Kinesiology and Sport
  • Jeremiah A. Henning - Biology 
  • Christina L. Johnson - Theatre and Dance 
  • Tristan B. Johnson - Accounting 
  • Dakota Llndsey - Psychology 
  • Craig A. Parkes - Health, Kinesiology and Sport Hans-Jorg Schanz - Chemistry 

Recommend Promotion to Professor of Instruction: 

  • Richard A. O'Brien - Chemistry 

Recommend Promotion to Senior Librarian:

  • Rachel F. Fenske - Biomedical Library
  • Elizabeth R. Shepard - Marx Library 

Recommend Promotion to Full Professor: 

  • Ryan G. Benton - Computer Science 
  • Brian Dzwonkowsld - Marine Sciences 
  • Matthew C. Howard - Marketing, SCL and Analytics Khandokar Istiak - Economics, Finance and Real Estate Henry M. McKiven, Jr. - History 
  • Andrei Pavelescu - Mathematics and Statistics 
  • Hua "Christine" Xin - Accounting