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Overview
Duke University underwent a faculty nomenclature review in the late 1980’s and formal recommendations were implemented in the early 1990’s. As a result of these recommendations, the University implemented the use of Regular Rank faculty and Non-Regular Rank faculty. In addition to the tenured and tenure track, regular rank included additional faculty titles in which faculty must meet four criteria to be so designated. Regular rank faculty status indexes eligibility to vote in Academic Council elections. The responsibilities and privileges of regular rank, tenure track faculty are described in the Faculty Handbook.
All faculty job codes start with "15" and fall within job family 40. Reference your school's specific guidelines regarding which job codes should be used.
Lists of current faculty members by department or school are avaialble in Group Manager.
Tenured Faculty (Regular Rank)
granted Principle Investigator status
Title | Short Title | Job Code | Personnel Subarea | Notes |
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PROFESSOR (TENURE) | PROFESSOR-TN | 1541 | 09 | |
ASSOC PROFESSOR (TENURE) | ASSC PROF-TN | 1542 | 09 | |
no longer in use |
A list of current tenured faculty members is available in Group Manager.
Tenure Track Faculty (Regular Rank)
granted Principle Investigator status
Title | Short Title | Job Code | Personnel Subarea | Notes |
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PROFESSOR | PROFESSOR | 1545 | 09 | |
ASSOC PROFESSOR | ASSC PROF | 1546 | 09 | |
ASSIST PROFESSOR | ASST PROF | 1547 | 09 |
A list of current enure-track faculty members is available in Group Manager.
Duke Kunshan University Faculty (Regular Rank)
Title | Short Title | Job Code | Personnel Subarea | Notes |
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PROFESSOR, DKU | 1534 | 33 | Always use PSA 33. This code was previously used for "clinical associate emeritus" | |
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, DKU | 1540 | 33 | Always use PSA 33. This code was previously used for "lecturer, pre-tenure track" | |
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, DKU | 1553 | 33 | Always use PSA 33 |
A list of current DKU faculty members is available in Group Manager.
Other Regular Rank Faculty
Privileges
The responsibilities and privileges of regular rank, non-tenure track faculty are the same as for tenure track faculty in many respects. By virtue of their title, regular rank, non-tenure track faculty hold Principal Investigator status. There are some differences, however, including but not limited to the following:
- Regular rank, non-tenure track faculty are not eligible for tenure.
- Regular rank, nontenure track faculty are not eligible for research leaves for junior faculty nor for sabbatical leaves.
- The voting privileges of regular rank, non-tenure track faculty within their department/program are defined by the by-laws of that unit.
Lecturers (Regular Rank)
Title | Short Title | Job Code | Personnel Subarea | Notes |
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LECTURER-UNIV | LECTURER UN | 1521 | 10 | Use PSA 33 for unpaid |
LECTURER, PRE-TENURE TRACK | LECTURER PTT | 1540 | 10 | |
LECTURER, SENIOR | 1528 | 10 | Use PSA 33 for unpaid |
Professors of the Practice (Regular Rank)
Minimum expectations for faculty holding the rank of [full] Professor of the Practice:
Professors of the Practice are faculty members "engaged principally in teaching in a degree granting unit of the University. This 'obvious instructional component' will be written as a term of appointment in their contract with the University, and verified and evaluated in the review process for renewal of contract." [from the Nomenclature Committee's Report, December 15, 1988] In addition, these faculty will be widely known for the outstanding quality of their performance, as opposed to the quality of their research. An example could be a journalist who is widely recognized for the exceptional quality of her contributions as a practitioner and for her influence in world culture or political affairs, in contrast to Duke's tenured Full Professors who are recognized for their continual innovative research accomplishments and influence in their disciplines.
Title | Short Title | Job Code | Personnel Subarea | Notes |
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PROFESSOR OF PRACTICE | POP | 1525 | 10 | Use PSA 33 for unpaid |
ASSOC PROF OF THE PRAC | ASSOC POP | 1526 | 10 | Use PSA 33 for unpaid |
ASSIST PROF OF THE PRAC | ASST POP | 1527 | 10 | Use PSA 33 for unpaid |
Research Professors (Regular Rank)
Minimum expectations for faculty holding the rank of [full] Research Professor:
Research Professors are faculty members "engaged principally in research, but whose professional activities also include an 'obvious instructional component' that is written as a term of appointment in their contract with the University, and verified and evaluated in the review process for renewal of contract." [from the Nomenclature Committee's Report, December 15, 1988] In addition, these faculty conduct original research at a level and quality equivalent to that of Duke's tenured Full Professors.
Title | Short Title | Job Code | Personnel Subarea | Notes |
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RESEARCH PROFESSOR | ASC RES PROF | 1535 | 10 | Use PSA 33 for unpaid |
ASSOC RESEARCH PROFESSOR | RES PROF | 1536 | 10 | Use PSA 33 for unpaid |
ASSIST RESEARCH PROFESSOR | AST RES PROF | 1537 | 10 | Use PSA 33 for unpaid |
School of Medicine & School of Nursing Professors (Regular Rank)
Title | Short Title | Job Code | Personnel Subarea | Notes |
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MEDICAL INSTRUCTOR (ASSOCIATE) | ASSOCIATE | 1548 | 20 | Use PSA 33 for unpaid. Note-this codee was previously used for "Associate"1 |
CLINICAL PROFESSOR | CLIN PROF | 1575 | 20 | Use PSA 33 for unpaid |
ASSOC CLINICAL PROF | ASC CLN PROF | 1576 | 20 | Use PSA 33 for unpaid |
ASSIST CLINICAL PROF | AST CLN PROF | 1577 | 20 | Use PSA 33 for unpaid |
PROFESSOR - TRACK 4 | PROFESSORT-T4 | 1581 | 20 | Academic Clinician details. Use PSA 33 for unpaid |
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR - TRACK 4 | ASSC PROFESSOR-T4 | 1582 | 20 | Academic Clinician details. Use PSA 33 for unpaid |
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR - TRACK 4 | ASST PROFESSOR-T4 | 1583 | 20 | Academic Clinician details. Use PSA 33 for unpaid |
PROFESSOR - TRACK 5 | PROFESSOR-T5 | 1584 | 20 | Research Clinician details. Use PSA 33 for unpaid |
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR - TRACK 5 | ASSC PROFESSOR-T5 | 1585 | 20 | Research Clinician details. Use PSA 33 for unpaid |
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR - TRACK 5 | ASST PROFESSOR-T5 | 1586 | 20 | Research Clinician details. Use PSA 33 for unpaid |
ASSIST PROFESSOR - UNDIFFERENTIATED | 1579 | 20 | Use PSA 10 for ___ | |
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR - CAREER TRACK | 1587 | 20 | ||
PROFESSOR - CAREER TRACK | 1588 | 20 |
A list of current other regular rank faculty members is available in Group Manager.
Emeritus Faculty
Deans and Directors (Emeritus)
Title | Short Title | Job Code | Personnel Subarea | Notes |
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DEAN EMERITUS | DN ENERUTYS | 1552 | 22 | |
ASSOCIATE DEAN EMERITUS | ASSC DN EMER | 1551 | 22 | |
DIR EMERITUS, NASHER MUSEUM | DIR EMRT, NM | 1570 | 22 |
Professors (Emeritus)
Title | Short Title | Job Code | Personnel Subarea | Notes |
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PROFESSOR EMERITUS | PROFESSOR EM | 1531 | 22 | |
ASSOC PROFESSOR EMERITUS | ASSC PROFESSOR EM | 1532 | 22 | |
ASSIST PROFESSOR EMERITUS | ASST PROFESSOR EM | 1533 | 22 |
Research Professors (Emeritus)
Title | Short Title | Job Code | Personnel Subarea | Notes |
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RESEARCH PROFESSOR EMERITUS | RES PROF EM | 1517 | 22 | |
ASSOC RESEARCH PROF EMERITUS | ASC RES PRF E | 1544 | 22 | |
ASSIST RESEARCH PROF EMERITUS | AST RES PRF E | 1539 | 22 |
Lecturers (Emeritus)
Title | Short Title | Job Code | Personnel Subarea | Notes |
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LECTURER EMERITUS | LECT EMER | 1550 | 22 | |
LECTURER, SENIOR EMERITUS | LECTURER SENIOR EMERITUS | 1595 | 22. This code was previously used for "lecturer, mc" |
Professors of the Practice (Emeritus)
Title | Short Title | Job Code | Personnel Subarea | Notes |
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PROFESSOR OF PRACTICE EMERITUS | POP EM | 1510 | 22 | |
ASSOC PROF OF THE PRAC EMERITUS | ASSOC POP E | 1507 | 22 | |
ASSIST PROF OF THE PRAC EMERITUS | ASST POP EM | 1520 | 22 |
Clinical Sciences Professors (Emeritus)
Title | Short Title | Job Code | Personnel Subarea | Notes |
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PROFESSOR EMERITUS | PROFESSOR EM | 1531 | 22 | |
ASSOC CLINICAL PROF EMERITUS | ASC CLN PRF E | 1597 | 22 | |
ASSIST CLINICAL PROF EMERITUS | AST CLN PRF E | 1511 | 22 | |
CLINICAL PROFESSOR EMERITUS | CLIN PROF EM | 1538 | 22 | |
PROFESSOR EMERITUS-TRACK 4 | PROF EM-T4 | 1561 | 22 | |
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR EMERITUS-TRACK 4 | ASC PROF E-T4 | 1562 | 22 | |
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR EMERITUS-TRACK 4 | AST PROF E-T4 | 1563 | 22 | |
PROFESSOR EMERITUS-TRACK 5 | PROF EM-T5 | 1591 | 22 | |
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR EMERITUS-TRACK 5 | ASC PROF E-T5 | 1592 | 22 | |
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR EMERITUS-TRACK 5 | AST PROF E-T5 | 1593 | 22 |
Non-Regular Rank Faculty, Bargaining Unit
View Agreement
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Title | Short Title | Job Code | Personnel Subarea | Notes |
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INSTRUCTOR* | 1554 | 31 | ||
INSTRUCTOR B* | 1560 | 31 | ||
LECTURING FELLOW* | 1564 | 31 |
Non-Regular Rank Faculty
Departments/Schools maintain criteria for all nonregular rank titles they use. These criteria should be readily available either in the unit’s bylaws or elsewhere. The responsibilities and privileges of non-regular rank faculty are defined by the unit in which the appointments are housed.
Non-regular rank appointments should never exceed three years for any one appointment.
Duke requires all new part-time and non-regular rank faculty to participate in an orientation session conducted by the department Chair or his/her designee. (SACS confirms this requirement.) This session will guide new faculty on a walking tour of the department and its facilities, describe conventions or safety requirements for these facilities, introduce new faculty to office staff and departmental officers, and distribute written guidelines and policies for faculty. See the template for this in Appendix B 7.
Most non-regular rank instructional appointments fall in two categories: adjunct appointments (intended for individuals holding primary non-academic appointments at Duke or primary appointments at other institutions) and short-term appointments (intended to last one semester or one year).
Adjunct Titles (Non-Regular Rank)
Title | Short Title | Job Code | Personnel Subarea | Notes |
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ADJUNCT PROFESSOR | ADJ PROF | 1565 | 11 | |
ADJUNCT ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR | ADJ ASSC PROF | 1566 | 11 | |
ADJUNCT ASSISTANT PROFESSOR | ADJ ASST PROF | 1567 | 11 | |
ADJUNCT ASSOCIATE | ADJ ASSOC | 1568 | 11 | |
ADJUNCT INSTRUCTOR-UNIV | ADJ INST UNV | 1569 | 11 |
Consulting Titles (Non-Regular Rank)
Title | Short Title | Job Code | Personnel Subarea | Notes |
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CONSULTING PROFESSOR | CONS PROF | 1571 | 11 | |
CONSULTING ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR | ASC CONS PROF | 1572 | 11 | |
CONSULTING ASSISTNAT PROFESSOR | AST CONS PROF | 1573 | 11 | |
CONSULTING ASSOCIATE | CONS ASSOC | 1574 | 11 |
Instructor Titles (Non-Regular Rank)
Title | Short Title | Job Code | Personnel Subarea | Notes |
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INSTRUCTOR-MC | INST MC | 1596 | 11 | |
INSTRUCTOR-TEMPORARY | INST TEMP | 1518 | 11 | |
INSTRUCTOR, (P-T)/UNIV | INST UNV P-T | 1519 | 11 | |
INSTRUCTOR-SPECIAL PROGRAMS | INST SPC PGM | 1599 | 11 | |
INSTRUCTOR, NON TENURE TRACK | INST NTT | 1501 | 11 | |
INSTRUCTIONAL STAFF | INSTR STAFF | 1505 | 11 |
Lecturer Titles (Non-Regular Rank)
Title | Short Title | Job Code | Personnel Subarea | Notes |
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LECTURING FELLOW, SENIOR | LECT FELL SR | 1515 | 11 | |
LECTURER (P-T)/UNIV | LECT UNV P-T | 1522 | 11 | |
LECTURING FELLOW | LECT FELLOW | 1514 | 11 |
Visiting Titles (Non-Regular Rank)
Title | Short Title | Job Code | Personnel Subarea | Notes |
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VISITING PROFESSOR | VIS PROF | 1555 | 11 | Use PSA 21 for clinical |
VISITING ASSOCIATE PROF | VIS ASC PROF | 1556 | 11 | Use PSA 21 for clinical |
VISITING ASSISTANT PROFESSOR | VIS AST PROF | 1557 | 11 | Use PSA 21 for clinical |
VISITING PROFESSOR OF THE PRAC | VIS POP | 1508 | 11 | Use PSA 21 for clinical |
VISITING ASSC PROFESSOR OF THE PRAC | VIS ASC POP | 1529 | 11 | Use PSA 21 for clinical |
VISITING ASST PROFESSOR OF THE PRAC | VIS AST POP | 1530 | 11 | Use PSA 21 for clinical |
VISITING ASSOCIATE | VIS ASSOC | 1558 | 11 | Use PSA 21 for clinical |
VISITING INSTRUCTOR | VIS INSTR | 1559 | 11 | Use PSA 21 for clinical |
VISITING LECTURER | VIS LECTURER | 1524 | 11 | Use PSA 21 for clinical |
VISITING RESEARCH SCHOLARS | VIS RES SCHL | 1516 | 11 | Use PSA 21 for clinical |
VISITING SCHOLAR | VIS SCHOLAR | 1523 | 11 | Use PSA 21 for clinical |
Additional Non-Regular Rank Faculty Titles
Title | Short Title | Job Code | Personnel Subarea | Notes |
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CLINICAL ASSOCIATE | CLIN ASSOC | 1578 | 11 | |
SCHOLAR IN RESIDENCE | SCHLR N RES | 1589 | 11 | |
STAFF ASSOCIATE | STAFF ASSC | 1512 | 11 | |
ARTIST IN RESIDENCE | ARTIST N RES | 1506 | ||
A list of current non-regular rank faculty members is available in Group Manager.
Other Personnel SubAreas (PSAs)
In addition to the faculty rank and titles (PSAs) treated in the three preceding sections [4) b) i-iii)], there are seven other PSAs pertinent to this manual. Five are restricted to DUSOM; two are used universitywide. They are:
PSA 0020 | Other Regular Rank Faculty with PDC Benefits. These titles are the same as PSA 0010, but use is restricted to clinical faculty who practice medicine in the Private Diagnostic Clinics |
PSA 0021 | Non-Regular Rank Faculty with PDC Benefits. These titles are the same as PSA 0011, but use is restricted to clinical faculty who practice medicine in the Private Diagnostic Clinics |
PSA 0023 | Unpaid Affiliated Non-Regular Rank Faculty. This PSA is distinguished from PSA 0011, described above, in that faculty in these ranks are not employees of Duke University and receive no payment from Duke sources or from financial sources routed through Duke. This PSA prevents payment in SAP. It allows affiliated appointments to be represented in dFac and such faculty to be represented in Scholars@Duke. |
PSA 0024 | Faculty Exempt. This PSA permits individuals with primary staff positions that are exempt from wage and salary regulations and who also hold a non-regular rank faculty appointment to be entered into dFac |
PSA 0033 | Unpaid Affiliated Regular Rank Faculty. This PSA is distinguished from PSA 0009 and 0010, described above, in that faculty in these ranks are not employees of Duke University and receive no payment from Duke sources or from financial sources routed through Duke. This PSA prevents payment in SAP. It allows affiliated appointments, such as faculty at Duke Kunshan University, to be represented in dFac and such faculty to be represented in Scholars@Duke. |
PSA 0040 | Hospitalist, Non-Regular Rank, and PSA 0041 – Hospitalist, Regular Rank. These PSAs are assigned to practicing physicians whose position, pay, and benefits are based with and paid entirely by the hospital and who hold a faculty appointment within DUSOM. |
Medical Center equivalencies to Campus Titles
Faculty appointments in the clinical departments of the DUSOM may be modified with a track designation, e.g., Professor of Medicine, Track III. Track designations are used only in the clinical departments of the DUSOM. They are not used in the Basic Science departments nor in the School of Nursing. Tracks I through III are used variously for the tenured and tenure-track titles of Professor with tenure, Associate Professor with tenure, Associate Professor without tenure, and Assistant Professor.
Titles modified by Track IV and Track V are restricted to the non-tenure track, regular rank titles. Medical Instructor is also used in the DUSOM as a non-tenure track, regular rank title but does not carry a modifier.
The Faculty and Academic Affairs Procedure Manual of DUSOM identifies individuals in Track IV as full-time practicing physicians. It identifies individuals in Track V as full-time faculty engaged largely in research, not in patient care. Therefore, appropriate secondary titles for clinical faculty when affiliated with a non-clinical department will follow these guidelines:
Table 2.2 Medical Center Title Equivalencies
Primary Title in DUSOM | Secondary options in a non-clinical unit |
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Tracks I-III | Assistant/ Associate/Full Professor |
Track IV | Assistant/Associate/Full Professor of the Practice |
Track V | Assistant/Associate/Full Research Professor |
Medical Instructor | Lecturer, Instructor |