Tenure Council
The Tenure Council (TC) provides a faculty voice in decisions concerning rank, tenure, and professional development in the interest of strengthening the faculty and the college.
For questions contact Dustin Files, Tenure Council Chair for 2025-27 and a Mathematics Professor on EFSC's Palm Bay Campus at 321-433-5153 or filesd@easternflorida.edu.
TC Members for the 2025-26 academic year (term expires at the end of the semester listed):
- Donna Brown (Nursing), Melbourne, Spring 2028
- Dustin Files, Chair 2025-27 (Mathematics), Eastern Florida Online & Palm Bay, Spring 2027
- Stephen Gallagher (Computer Science), Titusville, Spring 2028
- Mevlut Guvendik (Engineering), Cocoa, Spring 2027
- Sara Hoskin (Sociology and Criminology), Palm Bay, Spring 2028
- Sasan Kermani (Mathematics), Palm Bay, Spring 2028
- Cristina Moisii (Science), Cocoa, Spring 2028
- Kelli Leslie, Chair Emeritus 2025-26 (Mathematics), Cocoa, Spring 2026
- Michelle Rezeau (Library Science), Cocoa, Spring 2025
- Amy Rieger (History), Cocoa, Spring 2028
- Asiya Satdanova, Vice Chair 2025-26 (Mathematics), Palm Bay, Spring 2025
- Joe Wakim (Mathematics), Eastern Florida Online & Melbourne, Spring 2027
- Elmira Yakutova-Lorentz (Mathematics), Palm Bay, Spring 2028
Procedures regarding tenure are outlined in our handbook.
View the TC Handbook (2018) - (Faculty hired August 2015 or later). View the appendices.
For archived versions of TC handbooks and other documents from prior years, visit the EFSC Documents Archive section of the college's website.
Minutes
Academic Year 2024-25
08-23-2024
Academic Year 2023-24
02-02-2024
10-20-2023
09-08-2023
Academic Year 2022-23
11-18-2022
09-09-2022
Academic Year 2021-22
02-25-2022
02-11-2022
Academic Year 2020-21
12-04-2020
Academic Year 2017-18
08-17-2018
03-16-2018
02-09-2018
12-01-2017
10-27-2017
Academic Year 2016-17
01-06-2017
12-02-2016
11-04-2016
10-28-2016
09-09-2016
08-19-2016
Academic Year 2015-16
05-06-2016
02-12-2016
01-08-2016
12-11-2015
11-06-2015
Academic Year 2014-15
TC Accomplishments 2014-15
01-16-2015
11-14-2014
08-22-2014
Academic Year 2013-14
04-18-2014
02-07-2014
09-13-2013
Academic Year 2012-13
04-19-2013
03-15-2013
02-08-2013 & 2-22-2013
11-09-2012
Academic Year 2011-12
02-17-2012
01-27-2012
11-18-2011
10-21-2011
09-16-2011
All TC and standing committee meetings are open unless deliberations at that meeting are to be confidential (i.e., review of rank,
tenure, etc.), then those meetings are designated as closed.
2025-26 Academic Year
Friday, September 5, 2025
9 AM to Noon
Online via MS Teams
Friday, September 12, 2025
9 AM to Noon
Online via MS Teams
Friday, October 10, 2025
9 AM to Noon
Online via MS Teams
Friday, February 6, 2026
9 AM to Noon (Closed - Tenure Portfolio Review)
Melbourne Campus, Bldg. 7, Rm. 309
Friday, February 27, 2026
9 AM to Noon (Closed - Tenure Portfolio Review)
Melbourne Campus, Bldg. 7, Rm. 309
Friday, March 13, 2026
9 AM to Noon (Closed - Tenure Portfolio Review)
Melbourne Campus, Bldg. 7, Rm. 309
Friday, April 10, 2026
9 AM to Noon (Closed - Tenure Portfolio Review)
Melbourne Campus, Bldg. 7, Rm. 309