Faculty Hiring Procedures
(Academic Positions)
Depending on the type of academic position, the hiring procedures will be different. Below you will find the position types and the titles they encompass.
Tenure/Tenure Track (Ranked)
Benefit Eligible
▪ Professor
▪ Associate Professor
▪ Assistant Professor
Non-tenure Track (Ranked)**
Benefit Eligible
▪ Research Professor
▪ Associate Research Professor
▪ Assistant Research Professor
▪ Teaching Professor
▪ Associate Teaching Professor
▪ Assistant Teaching Professor
▪ Librarian I/II
▪ Librarian III
▪ Librarian IV
Non-tenure Track Full-time (Unranked)**
Benefit Eligible
▪ Instructor
▪ Lecturer
▪ Post Doctoral Fellow
▪ Senior Lecturer
▪ Visiting Professor
▪ Visiting Associate Professor
▪ Visiting Assistant Professor
▪ Visiting Scholar
Non-tenure Track Part-time/Temporary**
(Unranked) Non-benefit Eligible
▪ Adjunct Professor
▪ Adjunct Associate Professor
▪ Adjunct Assistant Professor
▪ Lecturer
▪ Senior Lecturer
▪ Instructor
▪ Post Doctoral Fellow
▪ Visiting Professor
▪ Visiting Associate Professor
▪ Visiting Assistant Professor
▪ Visiting Scholar
Complete the Hiring Faculty Approval (HFA) Form
Complete the Hiring Faculty Approval Form (HFA) to start the hiring process.
Non-regular faculty groups
**Non-regular faculty are divided into three groups, full-time (ranked), full-time (unranked) and part-time/temporary. All of these types should comply with Missouri S&T Policy Memorandum No. II-12 and UM System collected rules and regulations, specifically chapter 310.035 non-tenure track faculty executive guideline no. 35.
***NTT faculty should also comply with Missouri S&T Policy Memorandum No. II-13.
Faculty Hiring Contacts
For additional information or assistance, please contact your college admin – Ashley Newton, newtona@mst.edu for CEC, Rachael Woolfork, rwy4c@mst.edu for CASE, Shayla Yoakum, syoakum@mst.edu for Kummer College or Krista Chambers, krista@mst.edu in the Provost Office for their Direct Reports or your strategic partner in Human Resources.