UNT's success and progress depends on the exceptional work of faculty members who set high academic and research standards. Promotion/Tenure is the product of hard work and dedication of UNT’s faculty. The following is a complete listing of individuals who have earned promotion/tenure for the 2017-2018 academic year.
| Title | First Name | Last Name | Rank | New Rank | Department | College | Type |
| TENURE ONLY | |||||||
| Dr. | Rodney | Nielsen | Associate Professor | n/a | Computer Science and Engineering | College of Engineering | Tenure |
| PROMOTION AND TENURE - Assistant to Associate / Associate to Full Professor | |||||||
| Dr. | Rajeev | Azad | Assistant Professor | Associate Professor | Biological Sciences and Mathematics | College of Arts and Sciences | Promotion & Tenure |
| Dr. | Lior | Fishman | Assistant Professor | Associate Professor | Mathematics | College of Arts and Sciences | Promotion & Tenure |
| Dr. | Jordan | Frith | Assistant Professor | Associate Professor | Technical Communication | College of Arts and Sciences | Promotion & Tenure |
| Dr. | Christopher | Lam | Assistant Professor | Associate Professor | Technical Communication | College of Arts and Sciences | Promotion & Tenure |
| Dr. | Alexandra | Ponette-González | Assistant Professor | Associate Professor | Geography and the Environment | College of Arts and Sciences | Promotion & Tenure |
| Dr. | Hakan | Tarakci | Assistant Professor | Associate Professor | Information Technology and Decision Sciences | College of Business | Promotion & Tenure |
| Dr. | Miriam | Boesch | Assistant Professor | Associate Professor | Educational Psychology | College of Education | Promotion & Tenure |
| Dr. | Mei | Chang | Assistant Professor | Associate Professor | Educational Psychology | College of Education | Promotion & Tenure |
| Dr. | Elizabeth | Prosek | Assistant Professor | Associate Professor | Counseling and Higher Education | College of Education | Promotion & Tenure |
| Dr. | Barrett | Taylor | Assistant Professor | Associate Professor | Counseling and Higher Education | College of Education | Promotion & Tenure |
| Dr. | Jamaal | Young | Assistant Professor | Associate Professor | Teacher Education and Administration | College of Education | Promotion & Tenure |
| Mr. | Clinton | Carlson | Assistant Professor | Associate Professor | Design | College of Visual Arts and Design | Promotion & Tenure |
| Mr. | Jude | Landry | Assistant Professor | Associate Professor | Design | College of Visual Arts and Design | Promotion & Tenure |
| PROMOTION - Associate to Full Professor | |||||||
| Dr. | Brian | Ayre | Associate Professor | Professor | Biological Sciences | College of Arts and Sciences | Promotion |
| Dr. | Mary Lynn | Babcock | Associate Professor | Professor | Dance and Theatre | College of Arts and Sciences | Promotion |
| Dr. | Edward | Dzialowski | Associate Professor | Professor | Biological Sciences | College of Arts and Sciences | Promotion |
| Dr. | Janice | Hauge | Associate Professor | Professor | Economics | College of Arts and Sciences | Promotion |
| Dr. | Elizabeth | Oldmixon | Associate Professor | Professor | Political Science | College of Arts and Sciences | Promotion |
| Dr. | Pamela | Padilla | Associate Professor | Professor | Biological Sciences | College of Arts and Sciences | Promotion |
| Dr. | Thomas | Parsons | Associate Professor | Professor | Psychology | College of Arts and Sciences | Promotion |
| Dr. | Shelley | Riggs | Associate Professor | Professor | Psychology | College of Arts and Sciences | Promotion |
| Dr. | Dorian | Roehrs | Associate Professor | Professor | World Languages, Literatures and Cultures | College of Arts and Sciences | Promotion |
| Dr. | Steven | Wolverton | Associate Professor | Professor | Geography and the Environment | College of Arts and Sciences | Promotion |
| Dr. | Daniel | Peak | Associate Professor | Professor | Information Technology and Decision Sciences | College of Business | Promotion |
| Dr. | Wesley | Randall | Associate Professor | Professor | Marketing and Logistics | College of Business | Promotion |
| Dr. | Jincheng | Du | Associate Professor | Professor | Materials Science and Engineering | College of Engineering | Promotion |
| Dr. | Shengli | Fu | Associate Professor | Professor | Electrical Engineering | College of Engineering | Promotion |
| Dr. | Kameswara | Namuduri | Associate Professor | Professor | Electrical Engineering | College of Engineering | Promotion |
| Dr. | Sheldon | Shi | Associate Professor | Professor | Mechanical and Energy Engineering | College of Engineering | Promotion |
| Dr. | Jiangping | Chen | Associate Professor | Professor | Information Science | College of Information | Promotion |
| Dr. | Yunfei | Du | Associate Professor | Professor | Information Science | College of Information | Promotion |
| Dr. | Lin | Lin | Associate Professor | Professor | Learning Technologies | College of Information | Promotion |
| Dr. | Benjamin | Brand | Associate Professor | Professor | Music History, Theory, and Ethnomusicology | College of Music | Promotion |
| Mr. | Christopher | Deane | Associate Professor | Professor | Instrumental Studies | College of Music | Promotion |
| Dr. | David | Schwarz | Associate Professor | Professor | Music History, Theory, and Ethnomusicology | College of Music | Promotion |
| Dr. | Erin | Schafer | Associate Professor | Professor | Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology | College of Public of Public Affairs and Community Service | Promotion |
| Ms. | Amie | Adelman | Associate Professor | Professor | Studio Arts | College of Visual Arts and Design | Promotion |
| PROMOTION - Lecturer to Senior Lecturer / Senior to Principal Lecturer | |||||||
| Dr. | Özlem | Altiok | Lecturer | Senior Lecturer | Women's and Gender Studies and International Studies | College of Arts and Sciences | Promotion |
| Dr. | Karen | Anderson-Lain | Senior Lecturer | Principal Lecturer | Communication Studies | College of Arts and Sciences | Promotion |
| Dr. | Marshall | Armintor | Senior Lecturer | Principal Lecturer | English | College of Arts and Sciences | Promotion |
| Dr. | Graham | Cox | Lecturer | Senior Lecturer | History | College of Arts and Sciences | Promotion |
| Dr. | Silvio | De Santis | Lecturer | Senior Lecturer | World Languages, Literatures and Cultures | College of Arts and Sciences | Promotion |
| Dr. | Tatiana | Filosofova | Lecturer | Senior Lecturer | World Languages, Literatures and Cultures | College of Arts and Sciences | Promotion |
| Ms. | Xiaoxing "Lucia" | Liu | Senior Lecturer | Principal Lecturer | Mathematics | College of Arts and Sciences | Promotion |
| Dr. | Nirmala | Naresh | Lecturer | Senior Lecturer | Mathematics | College of Arts and Sciences | Promotion |
| Dr. | Andrea | Polegato | Lecturer | Senior Lecturer | World Languages, Literatures and Cultures | College of Arts and Sciences | Promotion |
| Dr. | Walter | Roberts | Senior Lecturer | Principal Lecturer | History | College of Arts and Sciences | Promotion |
| Ms. | Anne | Schoolfield | Lecturer | Senior Lecturer | English | College of Arts and Sciences | Promotion |
| Dr. | Holley | Vaughn | Lecturer | Senior Lecturer | Communication Studies | College of Arts and Sciences | Promotion |
| Dr. | Cindy | Watson | Lecturer | Senior Lecturer | Teach North Texas | College of Arts and Sciences | Promotion |
| Dr. | Rachel | Yeatts | Senior Lecturer | Principal Lecturer | English | College of Arts and Sciences | Promotion |
| Ms. | Joy | Houser | Lecturer | Senior Lecturer | Marketing and Logistics | College of Business | Promotion |
| Dr. | Leticia | Anaya | Senior Lecturer | Principal Lecturer | Engineering Technology | College of Engineering | Promotion |
| Dr. | Jodi | Philbrick | Lecturer | Senior Lecturer | Information Science | College of Information | Promotion |
| Dr. | Xin | Wang | Lecturer | Senior Lecturer | Information Science | College of Information | Promotion |
| Ms. | Ann Marie | Afflerbach | Lecturer | Senior Lecturer | Hospitality and Tourism | College of Merchandising, Hospitality and Tourism | Promotion |
| Dr. | Elliot | Dubin | Lecturer | Senior Lecturer | Hospitality and Tourism | College of Merchandising, Hospitality and Tourism | Promotion |
| Dr. | Joseph | O'Donnell | Lecturer | Senior Lecturer | Hospitality and Tourism | College of Merchandising, Hospitality and Tourism | Promotion |
| Dr. | Leslie | Roberts | Senior Lecturer | Principal Lecturer | Community and Professional Programs | College of Public Affairs and Community Service | Promotion |
| Dr. | Ronald | Timmons | Lecturer | Senior Lecturer | Emergency Management and Disaster Science | College of Public Affairs and Community Service | Promotion |
| Mr. | William | Ford | Senior Lecturer | Principal Lecturer | Journalism | Mayborn School of Journalism | Promotion |