Faculty Appointment Types

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.

Salaried Faculty Appointments

• Administrative Appointments (PDF, 152KB) (requires ISU login)
• Tenured and Tenure-Eligible Appointments (Faculty Handbook Sections 3.3.1 and 3.5)
• Part-Time Appointments for Tenure-Eligible and Tenured Faculty (Faculty Handbook Section 3.3.1.1)
• Term Faculty Appointments (Faculty Handbook Section 3.3.2)
  • Teaching Faculty Title and Ranks: Lecturer, Assistant Teaching Professor, Associate Teaching Professor, and Teaching Professor (Faculty Handbook Section 3.3.2.2)
  • Practice Faculty Title and Ranks: Assistant Professor of Practice, Associate Professor of Practice, Professor of Practice (Faculty Handbook Section 3.3.2.2)
  • Clinical Faculty Title and Ranks: Clinical Assistant Professor, Clinical Associate Professor, Clinical Professor (Faculty Handbook Section 3.3.2.2)
  • Research Faculty Title and Ranks: Research Assistant Professor, Research Associate Professor, Research Professor (Faculty Handbook Section 3.3.2.2)
  • Adjunct Faculty Title and Ranks: Adjunct Assistant Professor, Adjunct Associate Professor, Adjunct Professor (Faculty Handbook Section 3.3.2.2)
  • Visiting Appointments: Paid or Unpaid (Faculty Handbook Section 3.3.4)

Non-salaried Faculty Appointments

• Affiliates (Faculty Handbook Section 3.3.3.1)
• Professional and Scientific (P&S) Term Faculty Appointments (Faculty Handbook Section 3.3.3.2)
• Visiting Appointments: Paid or Unpaid (Faculty Handbook Section 3.3.4)
• Joint Academic Appointments (Faculty Handbook Section 3.3.5)
• Emeritus/a Faculty Appointments and Resources (Faculty Handbook Section 6.4)
  • Emeritus/a Faculty List