LECTURER
SENIOR LECTURER
PRINCIPAL LECTURER
ARTIST IN RESIDENCE
SENIOR ARTIST IN RESIDENCE

Reference: Handbook, Vol. II, Chapter 24
Dean's Office contact: Sue Barnhart

• Qualifications for appointment
• Length of term and limits on reappointment
• New appointment procedures
• New appointment documentation
• Reappointment procedures
• Reappointment documentation
• Promotion procedures and documentation

Qualifications for appointment.

Lecturer and Artist in Residence are instructional titles that may be conferred on persons who have special instructional roles.
Senior Lecturer and Senior Artist in Residence are instructional titles that may be conferred on persons who have special instructional roles and who have extensive training, competence, and experience in their discipline.
Principal Lecturer is an instructional title that may be conferred on persons whose excellence in instruction is recognized by appropriate awards, distinctions, or other major contributions to their field. The title of Principal Lecturer may not be used for a new appointee: this title is achieved by promotion only.

Lecturer/Senior Lecturer appointments have several job class codes.

Length of term and limits on reappointment. Full-time appointments of Lecturers and Artists in Residence may be for terms of one to five years. Full-time appointments of Senior Lecturers, Senior Artists in Residence, and Principal Lecturers may be for terms not to exceed five years. (Note that a multi-year term is allowed only if the person is hired via a national search or a search waiver.) The normal appointment period for full-time Senior Lecturers and Principal Lecturers is a minimum of three years, with exceptions reviewed by the Provost. Part-time appointments in any of these ranks shall be for one year or less. These ranks are not eligible for tenure, and there are no limitations to the number of reappointments that can be made.

According to Academic Human Resources, the title of Lecturer Full-time is used only when the appointment is made for a full academic year at 100% time. If the appointment is at 100% time for one or two quarters (or on a quarter by quarter basis), the title is Lecturer Part-time. At less than 100% time, the title is always Lecturer Part-time.

New appointment procedures.

New appointment documentation.

Reappointment procedures. The reappointment decision must be made in the last year of appointment, six months (or in the case of an initial annual appointment, three months) before the appointment expiration date. To recommend reappointment of an annual appointee (hired after 1989) to a multi-year term, a national search must be conducted or a search waiver obtained. Part-time appointments to these ranks are for one year or less.

See Departmental actions for reappointment.

Reappointment documentation. Reappointment recommendations are due in the Dean's Office in mid-November and mid-February. See Reappointment documentation.

Promotion procedures and documentation. A recommendation for promotion (Lecturer to the rank of Senior Lecturer, Artist in Residence to the rank of Senior Artist in Residence, or Senior Lecturer to the rank of Principal Lecturer) should be handled in the same manner and with the same documentation as a reappointment (see Reappointment documentation). The promotion recommendation (with one original and ten copies) is due in the Dean's Office in mid-November. It is reviewed by the College Council and forwarded to the Provost and President. If approved, the promotion becomes effective the following academic year.

Promotion to Senior Lecturer is allowed only for Lecturers hired via a national search. A part-time Lecturer or a full-time Lecturer hired without a search can be given a new appointment as Senior Lecturer. The new appointment must be as Senior Lecturer Part-time (see chart above).

If promotion is recommended in the last year of a person's term of appointment, a separate reappointment recommendation should be submitted in addition to the promotion recommendation.