2017 College Report

TENURE AND PROMOTION Te formal awarding of tenure was codifed in 1940 by the American Association of University Professors. In recent years, the scholarly/creative expectations for earning tenure and/or promotion have steadily increased, mirroring Texas State University’s rise in national recognition. In 2016, the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching reclassifed Texas State University as a “Doctoral University: Higher Research Activity,” the second-highest designation for research institutions in the country. Te faculty who earned tenure and/or promotion refect those high standards. PROMOTED TO PROFESSOR PROMOTED TO PROFESSOR TENURE & PROMOTED TO ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR RAUL RODRIGUEZ SANDRA MAYO TODD OXFORD Music Music Theatre and Dance HIRED WITH TENURE HIRED WITH TENURE HIRED WITH TENURE C. ERIK TIMMERMAN LINDSAY TIMMERMAN MICHEL HAIGH Professor Associate Professor Professor Communication Studies Communication Studies Journalism and Mass Communication 20 | COLLEGE OF FINE ARTS AND COMMUNICATION