Faculty and Non-Faculty Position Descriptions & Appointment Processing

• Regular Faculty
  • Distinguished Professor/Presidential Professor
  • Professor
  • Associate Professor
  • Assistant Professor
  • Instructor: should be used alone only when the faculty member is in a tenure-track appointment.
• Auxiliary Faculty
  • Adjunct Professor, Adjunct Associate Professor, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Adjunct Instructor
    • Instructional, advisory or research faculty whose professional activities do not span the full range of responsibilities of regular faculty members in the appointing department or college because of their primary professional efforts in another department or college or outside the University. Accordingly, adjunct faculty ordinarily should not serve on a full-time basis.
  • Professor (Clinical), Associate Professor (Clinical), Assistant Professor (Clinical), Instructor (Clinical)
    • Paid instructional faculty whose primary professional expertise is in the practice context or whose primary professional responsibility is conducted in a clinical, professional or practicum setting
  • Clinical Professor, Clinical Associate Professor, Clinical Assistant Professor, Clinical Instructor
    • Unpaid instructional faculty whose primary professional expertise is in the practice context or whose primary professional responsibility is conducted in a clinical, professional or practicum setting
  • Professor (Lecturer), Associate Professor (Lecturer), Assistant Professor (Lecturer), Instructor (Lecturer)
    • Instructional faculty whose primary professional efforts are devoted to teaching.
  • Research Professor, Research Associate Professor, Research Assistant Professor, Research Instructor
    • Faculty who participate in the University’s academic program, but whose primary professional efforts are devoted to one or more research projects, or non-academic training projects.
  • Visiting Professor, Visiting Associate Professor, Visiting Assistant Professor, Visiting Instructor
    • Participate in the University’s academic program on an interim basis and make a substantial contribution to the appointing department or college during that period in either the instructional and/or research realm. Individuals in such positions may be reappointed up to a cumulative total of three years in residence, but should not hold long-term appointments and are not entitled to notice of non-reappointment
• Non-Faculty Personnel
  • Each individual appointed to one of the positions below should be given a clearly written statement of the terms of his/her appointment, including the beginning and ending dates of the appointment, brief description of the duties to be performed, amount of salary or stipend to be paid, and designation of the immediate supervisor. Any reference to benefits in the statement of terms must be in accord with current University policies and procedures. Each such appointment ends automatically on June 30 of each year, unless some other ending date is specified when the appointment is initiated. (See PPM 9-5.6)
  • Academic Staff: non-faculty instructional or research positions.
    • Associate Instructor
    • Associate Instructor (AOCE)
    • Research Associate
  • Educational Trainees: non-faculty positions reserved for graduate students.
    • Teaching Fellow
    • Teaching Assistant
    • Research Assistant
  • Postdoctoral Fellows: non-faculty position to engage in advanced study and research in collaboration with members of the faculty.
• Appointment Processing
  • Send to Academic Affairs
    • All new regular and auxiliary, paid and unpaid faculty appointments
    • Changes in appointment information (i.e., auxiliary category/rank change)
    • Any appointments being terminated, include pan form
  • Send directly to Payroll
    • Non-faculty personnel PANs
    • PAN related corrections or updates (i.e., changes in pay, distribution, FTE, demographic info, etc.)