Faculty Series Definition

Active Symposium Working Groups

• Tenure Line Professorial Series

  The tenure track is a professor’s pathway to promotion, academic job security, and academic freedom through tenure. A professor who is on the tenure track is expected to go up for a tenure review 6 years after starting the position. The tenure review evaluates a professor’s contributions in three areas: research, teaching, and service to the university. Ranks include assistant (untenured); associate and full professor. 

• Professorial Series in University Libraries

  The University library faculty are faculty whose primary responsibility are to serve and work in the University Library.  Ranks include instructor, assistant, associate and full professor. 

• Teaching Professorial Series

  The Teaching Professorial Series is appropriate for appointments where special factors, such as experience or stature, may qualify the appointee as an excellent teacher in a particular field. At least 90% of the position is dedicated to teaching, participation in shared governance, and service to the University, profession, and public, and between 0% and 10% shall be devoted to scholarship and creative activity. Ranks include Teaching Professor, Teaching Associate Professor, Teaching Assistant Professor, and Teaching Instructor. 

• Clinical Professorial Series

  The Clinical Professorial Series is appropriate where appointments involve primary responsibilities in specialized professional practice including teaching, supervising student internships, training, and participating in other practice components of degree programs. Responsibilities of clinical faculty members may encompass any area of professional practice and/or technical expertise and may include professional development. Ranks include Clinical Professor, Clinical Associate Professor, Clinical Assistant Professor, and Clinical Instructor. 

• Professor of the Practice Series

  Faculty members in the Professor of the Practice Series have expertise, achievements, and reputations developed over a sustained period of time that qualify them to be distinguished professionals in an area of practice, although they might not have academic credentials or experience. A primary function of faculty members in the Professors of the Practice Series is to provide students with connections to the professional fields the students will be entering. This series includes the ranks of Professor of the Practice, Associate Professor of the Practice, and Assistant Professor of the Practice. 

• Research Professorial Series

  The Research Professorial Series is appropriate for research positions in an academic unit. This series includes the ranks of Research Professor, Research Associate Professor, and Research Assistant Professor. 

• Adjunct Professorial Series

  Adjunct faculty members fall into two categories. The first category consists of faculty members whose major assignment is in another academic unit of the University or outside the University. These faculty appointments are renewable and do not necessarily imply a remunerative relationship with the University. The second category is comprised of term-limited faculty members who are hired and paid in a non-benefitted capacity to teach on a per course basis. This series includes the ranks of Adjunct Professor, Adjunct Associate Professor, and Adjunct Assistant Professor. 

• Visiting Professorial Series

  Appointments in the Visiting Professorial Series are term-limited appointments. The Visiting Professorial Series includes the ranks of Visiting Professor, Visiting Associate Professor, and Visiting Assistant Professor. In addition, “Visiting” may be added to the title of faculty members in other Faculty Series where appropriate. For example, faculty members may have the title of Visiting Research Professor, Visiting Teaching Professor, Visiting Clinical Professor, Visiting Professor of the Practice, and so on. However, the designation “Visiting” is not used as a designation for an adjunct appointment. 

• In-Residence Series

  Appointments in the In-Residence Series are term-limited appointments. The In-Residence Series is appropriate to designate special contractual arrangements such as Poet-in-Residence, Artist-in-Residence, Scholar-in-Residence, or Executive-In-Residence. The length of appointment for faculty members in the In-Residence Series is usually less than two years. 

• Emeritus Professorial Series

  The Emeritus Professorial Series includes the ranks of Emeritus Professor, Emeritus Associate Professor, Emeritus Teaching Professor, Emeritus Teaching Associate Professor, Emeritus Clinical Professor, Emeritus Clinical Associate Professor, Emeritus Professor of the Practice, Emeritus Associate Professor of the Practice, Emeritus Research Professor, and Emeritus Research Associate Professor, and is used to designate distinguished faculty members in retirement.