Temporary faculty and special appointments

Modifier
Example
Explanation
Adjunct
Adjunct Professor
Professorial Lecturer
Adjunct Associate Professor
Adjunct Instructor
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Indicates a part-time or temporary appointment; also may denote a
faculty member from another academic department whose research
or teaching interests overlap substantially with those of the
appointing department; may also denote basis of instructorship from
professional experience rather than academic study, e.g. a retired
engineer whose second career is teaching may be an adjunct
professor of engineering. With adjuncts, other faculty titles (e.g.
adjunct lecturer/instructor) may in practice be very similar as well.
Visiting
Visiting Professor
Visiting Associate Professor
Visiting Assistant Professor
Visiting Instructor
Almost always indicates a temporary appointment, often to fill a
vacancy that has arisen due to the sabbatical or temporary absence
of a regular faculty member. Sometimes a visiting position is
ongoing, replacing the occupant every one to two years, as a way
to bring different people to the institution or provide entry-level
academics with an opportunity to demonstrate their potential (for
their next employer).
Research
Research Professor (Senior
Research Associate or Senior
Research Scientist)
Research Associate Professor
(Research Associate or
Research Scientist)
Research Assistant Professor
(Associate Research Scientist
or Assistant Researcher)
Instructor
Indicates a full-time research position (and sometimes part-time)
with few or no teaching responsibilities. Research professorships
are almost always funded by grants or fellowships apart from the
regular university budget; teaching faculty may be funded by either
grants or the university, with the latter typically being ultimately
responsible to ensure at least a minimum curricula are offered.
Clinical
Clinical Professor
Clinical Associate Professor
Clinical Assistant Professor
Indicates a full- or part-time non-tenured teaching position with
limited or no research responsibilities, especially in the health
sciences but also in other "professional" fields like law, business,
and engineering.
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At a law school, "clinical" professors may have
highly variable teaching and research responsibilities, but generally
supervise student pro bono law practice. In most professional fields,
this is largely similar to "Professor of Practice" or "Professor of
Professional Practice" titles/positions. At some medical schools,
"Clinical Professor of (specialty)" indicates full-time clinical faculty
without research responsibilities, while "Professor of Clinical
(specialty)" indicates voluntary faculty in private practice outside the
institution who also have teaching responsibilities associated with
their hospital privileges.
of
Practice
Professors of Practice
Professor of the Practice
Professors of Professional
Practice
Appointed because of skills and expertise acquired in nonacademic
careers. Are principally engaged in teaching and are not expected
to be significantly involved in research activities.
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Emeritus
Professor Emeritus
Associate Professor Emeritus
Assistant Professor Emeritus
Indicates a retired faculty member, who is usually not paid a regular
salary but often retains office space and access to the university's
facilities. Often "emeritus" carries with it an honorific recognition by
the institution; retired faculty members may or may not be
designated "emeritus."
The ranks of Lecturer and Senior Lecturer are used at some American universities to denote
permanent teaching positions (full or part-time) with few or no research responsibilities.
Fellowships and Research scientist positions are most often limited-term appointments for
postdoctoral researchers. They are not usually regarded as faculty positions, but rather staff,

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