Physical Science & Engineering Area Committee and Tenure Appointments Committee 2014-2015
The Tenure, Appointments and Promotions Committees (TACs) include a group of Full Professors from the relevant area (Humanities; Social Sciences; Biological Sciences; Physical Sciences, Engineering and Applied Sciences) who serve as members of the area committee, along with a representative from a department or program outside the area (the “outside member”). In cases involving faculty from one of the School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS) departments, the Dean of the SEAS also sits on the committee as a voting member. Each Area Committee is chaired by the Divisional Dean or Director of its corresponding academic division, and the Dean of the FAS oversees the four TACs. TACs review all appointments and promotions to the ranks of Associate Professor on term (Nontenured associate, AOPN); Associate Professor without term (Tenured associate, AOPT); and Professor (PROF).
Committee Membership
Jonathan Ellman | Committee Chair; Eugene Higgins Professor of Chemistry and Professor of Pharmacology
Charles Ahn | William K. Lanman, Jr. Professor of Applied Physics and Professor of Mechanical Engineering and of Physics
Sean Barrett | Professor of Physics
Sarbani Basu | Professor of Astronomy
David DeMille (spring only) | Professor of Physics
David Evans | Professor of Geology and Geophysics
Debra Fischer (fall only) | Professor of Astronomy and of Geology and Geophysics
Jay Humphrey | John C. Malone Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Mark Johnson | Arthur T. Kemp Professor of Chemistry
Brian Scassellati | Professor of Computer Science and of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Van Vu | Percey F. Smith Professor of Mathematics and Professor of Statistics
Tenure Appointments Committee Members Only
Tamar Szabó Gendler | Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences; Vincent J. Scully Professor of Philosophy and Professor of Psychology and Cognitive Sciences
Jonathan Howard | Eugene Higgins Professor of Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry and Professor of Physics
TAC Member for Cases in Engineering and Applied Science
T. Kyle Vanderlick | Dean, School of Engineering and Applied Science; Thomas E. Golden, Jr. Professor of Chemical and Environmental Engineering