UD ADVANCE offers interactive sessions for faculty at different stages in the promotion cycle to hear tips from faculty colleagues appropriate to their career stage. Dates and sign-up links will be posted later this summer.

October 2025: Strategic Approaches to Promotion and Tenure

Geared toward faculty ~2-3 years before the promotion to associate professor. Topics will include developing professional networks, starting to think about potential letter writers, and making use of peer review feedback to strengthen your tenure/promotion case.

November 2025: Navigating Faculty Evaluation: Annual Appraisal

Geared toward new(ish) T/TT and CT faculty, this session aims to demystify the annual appraisal process. Facilitators will address common questions, such as: What is the purpose of appraisal? How should I prepare for it? What should I expect when I meet with my chair? Please join us for this relaxed session, meet some new colleagues, and ask all your questions.

March 2026: P&T Panel on Promotion to Associate Professor

This session is intended for tenure-track assistant professors coming up soon for promotion. We will start with a brief presentation of the most important points collected from past years’ panels, followed by Q&A with recently promoted colleagues from across the university. Please come with all of your questions about timeline, assembling dossiers, external reviewers, etc.

March 2026: Planning for Promotion to Full Professor

Aimed at tenured associate professors, this session will focus on tips and strategies specific to the promotion process to tenured full professor. Experienced professors from a range of disciplines will be there to answer your questions.

• Strategic Approaches to Promotion & Tenure: For Assistant Professors Mid-Way Through Their Promotion Cycle
• Promotion & Tenure (P&T) Panel for Tenured Faculty Seeking Promotion to Full Professor
• Strategic Approaches to Promotion & Tenure for TT Associate Professors
• Writing and Evaluating COVID-19 Impact Statements for P&T
• Panel on COVID-19 Impact Statements
• What's Next? Navigating Promotion from Associate to Full Professor: Experiences of UD Faculty
• Navigating Faculty Evaluation: Annual Appraisal
• Faculty Search Committee Chair's "Quick Start" Guide
• Onboarding Resource for New International Faculty Members
• Promotion & Tenure Guidelines for Faculty