Here is a quick guide to the different faculty appointment types available at Iowa State University. For details, as well as procedures to follow for making the different appointments, please refer to the appropriate section of the Faculty Handbook (FH).

  • Administrative appointments (PDF)
  • Tenured and tenure-eligible appointments (Faculty Handbook, 3.3.1 and 3.5)
  • Part-time appointments for tenure-eligible and tenured faculty (Faculty Handbook, 3.3.1.1)
  • Term appointments (Faculty Handbook, 3.3.2)
    • Teaching faculty title and ranks: lecturer, assistant teaching professor, associate teaching professor, and teaching professor (Faculty Handbook, 3.3.2.2)
    • Practice faculty title and ranks: assistant professor of practice, associate professor of practice, professor of practice (Faculty Handbook, 3.3.2.2)
    • Clinical faculty title and ranks: clinical assistant professor, clinical associate professor, clinical professor (Faculty Handbook, 3.3.2.2)
    • Research faculty title and ranks: research assistant professor, research associate professor, research professor (Faculty Handbook, 3.3.2.2)
    • Adjunct faculty title and ranks: adjunct assistant professor, adjunct associate professor, adjunct professor (Faculty Handbook, 3.3.2.2)
    • Visiting appointments: paid or unpaid (Faculty Handbook, 3.3.4)

  • Affiliates (Faculty Handbook, 3.3.3.1)
  • Professional and Scientific (P&S) term faculty appointments (Faculty Handbook, 3.3.3.2)
  • Visiting appointments: paid or unpaid (Faculty Handbook, 3.3.4)
  • Joint academic appointments (Faculty Handbook, 3.3.5)
  • Emeritus/a appointments (Faculty Handbook, 6.4) [Emeritus/a faculty list]

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