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Board approves tenure for four faculty candidates
Summary
The trustees approved tenure for four faculty: Mark Danziger, Fahmida Hamid, Jeffrey Hansen and William (Will) Huswit, following provost summaries and committee recommendation.
The New College of Florida Board of Trustees voted May 12 to grant tenure to four faculty members recommended by the Academic, Student and External Affairs Committee.
Trustee Mark Bauerlein, committee chair, said the committee reviewed dossiers and recommended the candidates. Provost David Rohrabacher presented brief summaries for each nominee.
Provost Rohrabacher described Professor Mark Danziger’s record in music theory and composition and said divisions and provost advisory committees endorsed his case for tenure. The board approved the motion by voice vote.
Dr. Fahmida Hamid, an assistant professor of computer science since 2020, was praised for collaborative research with undergraduates and teaching in data structures, software engineering and natural language processing; the board voted to grant tenure.
Professor Jeffrey Hansen, who joined the college recently and previously held appointments at Harvard and other institutions, was noted for courses in ethics and religious existentialism and a robust publishing record; trustees approved his tenure.
Professor William (Will) Huswit, a scholar of twentieth-century southern history who shifted part of his work to Florida history after arriving in Sarasota, was also approved for tenure; trustees noted his teaching contributions and institutional service.
Each tenure motion passed by voice vote; trustees offered congratulations and the provost confirmed the recommendations originated from the committee and campus review processes.
