Introduction

  • This election is for Tenure and Promotion Committee College of Business and Public Management Representative. The rules for this election are listed below.
  • The nominees for the Tenure and Promotion Committee College of Business and Public Management Representative election are listed to the right. The list to the right is not a ballot.
  • This list in not official until nominations have been closed and the list of nominees has been reviewed and verified by the APSCUF Nominations and Elections Committee.
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The nominees for Tenure and Promotion Committee College of Business and Public Management Representative are:

Kristen Crossney

Nominations close Mar 27, 2026.
Tenured Faculty in the College of Business and Public Management may be nominated.

Rules for the Election

    • Faculty from the School of Business may not be nominated for this seat since those faculty have continuing representation on the committee.
    • Each Department and each School within a College can have at most one representative on the university wide Tenure and Promotion Committee.
    • Membership on the committee is restricted to the following structure: 2 faculty representatives from each of the five academic Colleges and 1 faculty representative from the non-classroom faculty.
    • The election is decided by a majority of those casting votes unless such results violate the previous rules or the number of candidates does not exceed the number of positions to fill. In the later case, each candidate will be voted on by an approve/disapprove ballot.
    • Each candidate selected counts as a cast vote.

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Kristen Crossney


Department: Public Policy and Administration

I have had the honor of serving as TEP Chair, and tremendously appreciate – and am humbled by – the opportunity to serve our campus community. I welcome the opportunity to continue my service as a representative for the College of Business and Public Management on the Tenure and Promotion Committee. I have experience successfully working with individuals from diverse backgrounds, and understand the variety of approaches in teaching, research and service in fulfillment of WCU’s teacher-scholar model. I am committed to serving in a fair, reasonable and supportive fashion.

I am grateful for the opportunities provided to me to advocate on behalf of faculty, and to contribute to our institution. I have experience in undergraduate and graduate education, both in traditional as well as online courses. I currently serve as the Director for the Doctor of Public Administration program. Previously I served as the Vice President for our local WCU APSCUF Chapter and the former TeP appointee on the Promotion and Tenure Workshop Committee (PTW), both from 2016-2020. I served on TeP from 2014-2016 and again from 2020-2026. I have served as an evaluation committee chair and member for over five different departments during my time here at WCU.

Thank you for your consideration and support.


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