D.7 Eligibility to Serve as Dean for a Promotion Review

Individuals serving as dean for a candidate’s promotion review must be free from conflicts of interest as (Section D.5) and eligible to vote on the promotion case (Section A.4).

In situations in which a dean is ineligible to serve, the Faculty Affairs team in the Provost’s Office will designate a faculty member to serve as the dean designee for the candidate’s review.

The dean designee is authorized to act in the place of the dean with respect to the actions authorized by these Guidelines and should be designated before the start of the promotion review process or immediately after the confirmation of an actual or potential conflict of interest.