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Faculty Affairs

Faculty Ranks and Tracks

Track/Series

Faculty Title

Tenure Track

Faculty are engaged in teaching, research and service. The most “academic” of the tracks.

Instructor

Assistant Professor

Associate Professor

Professor

Clinical Suffix Track

Faculty are engaged in teaching, research and service, but there is less emphasis on research.

Instructor of Clinical [Department]

Assistant Professor of Clinical [Department]

Associate Professor of Clinical [Department]

Professor of Clinical [Department]

Research Track

Faculty engaged primarily in research. May have some teaching duties, mentor students and junior faculty in labs.

Research Instructor

Research Assistant Professor

Research Associate Professor

Research Professor

Clinical Prefix Track

Volunteer clinical faculty. If salaried, duties are heavily weighted toward clinical service.

Clinical Instructor

Clinical Assistant Professor

Clinical Associate Professor

Clinical Professor

Lecturer Series

Volunteer faculty who make variable contributions to COM educational programs, but whose time com-mitment or type of contribution does not warrant a title in the prefix title series. May also be used for faculty hired to teach specific classes or lectures.

Clinical Lecturer

Research Lecturer

Lecturer