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- Professional-Track: Professor Title Series
- Professional-Track: Clinical Professor Title Series
- 2025-26 Academic Year: Promotion and Tenure Resources
- Resource Library for Faculty
- Faculty Policies
- Faculty Review & Evaluations
- Faculty Annual Evaluations
- Mid-Probationary Review for Tenure-Track Faculty
- Comprehensive Periodic Review
- Faculty Engagement & Development
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Departmental Faculty Academic Affairs Contacts
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Professional-Track: Professor Title Series
Professional-Track faculty appointed to this title series are expected to play an active and sustained key role in a program of scholarship in an area of expertise, which includes traditional outputs of scholarship (e.g., peer-reviewed publications) in the designated Area of Excellence and garners a reputation beyond the University.
Promotion Resources
Office of Faculty Academic Affairs: Biweekly Office Hours
2025-26 Professional-Track Faculty Promotion Policy
2025-26 Guidelines for Promotion for Professional-Track Faculty
Examples of Evidence of Achievement - Professional-Track Faculty - Professor title series
Recorded Promotion Info Sessions & Slide Decks: linked at the Resource Library for Faculty
Commonly Used Templates and Forms:
Dell Medical School CV Template
Guidelines for Geographic Scope of Faculty Activities
Summary of Reviewers and Arm's Length Checklist
Dossier Checklist and Samples - Professional-Track Faculty
Samples - Candidate Statements & Summaries of Activities
Five Significant Works Template
New for the 2025-26 Academic Year:
Triannual Review - Promotion review for Professional-Track faculty of the Dell Medical School follows a triannual review process wherein there are three separate “review cycles” in which the faculty may be reviewed.
- 2025-26 Promotion Timeline - CYCLE 1 - Professional-Track Faculty
- 2025-26 Promotion Timeline - CYCLE 2 - Professional-Track Faculty - Cycle 2 Pertains to Clinical Professor Title Series Only
- 2025-26 Promotion Timeline - CYCLE 3 - Professional-Track Faculty
Policies and General Resources:
Regular Faculty Appointment Policy
Professional-Track Comparison Table
Archived - 2024-25 Academic Year - Promotion and Tenure Resources