IV.F   Appointments to the Graduate School Faculty

Principal advisors of doctoral candidates must have appointments to the Graduate School faculty. An appointment to the ladder ranks (lecturer convertible, assistant professor, associate professor on term or with tenure, and professor) in one of the departments in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences or in certain of the departments or sections of the School of Medicine [5] simultaneously confers an appointment to the Graduate School faculty. Appointment to the Graduate School faculty is also simultaneously conferred when a member of the ladder faculty in a professional school is given a joint appointment, either fully joint or secondary, by one of the specified departments or sections. A joint appointment is an indication by the appointing department or section that a faculty member is fully qualified to teach and advise doctoral candidates in that department.

In professional schools that have graduate programs leading to the Ph.D. degree (Architecture, Forestry & Environmental Studies, Management, Nursing, and Public Health), the school's Standing Advisory and Appointments Committee (SAAC) will evaluate the credentials of their ladder faculty for appointment to the Graduate School faculty. The Dean of the Graduate School will make the final appointment.

On rare occasions, a ladder faculty member of a professional school that does not have a Ph.D. graduate program and whose scholarly interests do not align with any Graduate School department or section may be proposed to teach or advise doctoral students. The process for appointing him or her to the Graduate School depends upon the school or section to which the faculty member belongs and is at the discretion of the Dean of the Graduate School.

Principal advisors of doctoral candidates must have appointments to the Graduate School faculty. An appointment to the ladder ranks (lecturer convertible, assistant professor, associate professor on term or with tenure, and professor) in one of the departments in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences or in certain of the departments or sections of the School of Medicine [5] simultaneously confers an appointment to the Graduate School faculty. Appointment to the Graduate School faculty is also simultaneously conferred when a member of the ladder faculty in a professional school is given a joint appointment, either fully joint or secondary, by one of the specified departments or sections. A joint appointment is an indication by the appointing department or section that a faculty member is fully qualified to teach and advise doctoral candidates in that department.

In professional schools that have graduate programs leading to the Ph.D. degree (Architecture, Forestry & Environmental Studies, Management, Nursing, and Public Health), the school's Standing Advisory and Appointments Committee (SAAC) will evaluate the credentials of their ladder faculty for appointment to the Graduate School faculty. The Dean of the Graduate School will make the final appointment.

On rare occasions, a ladder faculty member of a professional school that does not have a Ph.D. graduate program and whose scholarly interests do not align with any Graduate School department or section may be proposed to teach or advise doctoral students. The process for appointing him or her to the Graduate School depends upon the school or section to which the faculty member belongs and is at the discretion of the Dean of the Graduate School.

^[5] Relevant departments and sections within the School of Medicine include: Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Cell Biology, History of Medicine, Immunobiology, Microbial Pathogenesis, Neurobiology and Pharmacology. In addition, the School of Medicine bridge departments, Epidemiology and Public Health, Genetics, and Pathology, have significant numbers of faculty who hold appointments in the Traditional Track, and thereby simultaneously have Graduate School appointments.