Primary Criteria for Graduate Faculty

• Evidence of regular and consistent creative or scholarly contributions that are widely disseminated in peer reviewed contexts in professionally recognized venues. Departments must define the expected level of scholarly contribution
• Supplemental appropriate professional activities including presentation at professional conferences, symposia and meetings, adjudication of scholarly and/or creative work for professional presentation, consulting, holding office in a professional society or organization germane to the discipline. Supplemental activities in lieu of documented record of scholarly and/or creative research will not qualify a faculty member for Full Graduate Faculty status.
• Actively involved in graduate education since last review. Department criteria must specify the minimum level of teaching activity necessary to maintain a regular appointment to Graduate Faculty, including demonstrated potential to direct masters or doctoral candidates successfully, number of students directed since the last review and their time-to-degrees, effective teaching of graduate courses appraised using class or peer evaluations, self-assessment by the faculty member, planning and directing of programs of graduate students and the direction of theses and dissertations, as well as serving on graduate student committees, and effectiveness and quality of mentoring. Initial appointments to the graduate faculty will not require this evidence of teaching performance, but evidence from previous institutions may be used in support of initial appointments if available.

Membership of the Graduate Faculty shall be divided into three categories: Full, Associate, and Affiliate Membership.