Faculty Hiring Procedures

(Academic Positions)

Depending on the type of academic position, the hiring procedures will be different. Below you will find details on the position types and the titles they encompass.
Tenure Track Faculty
Tenure/Tenure Track (Ranked)
Benefit Eligible

▪ Professor
▪ Associate Professor
▪ Assistant Professor
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Non Tenure Track Faculty
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
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Full Time Faculty
Non-tenure Track Full-time (Unranked)**
Non-benefit Eligible

▪ Instructor
▪ Lecturer
▪ Post Doctoral Fellow
▪ Senior Lecturer
▪ Visiting Professor
▪ Visiting Associate Professor
▪ Visiting Assistant Professor
▪ Visiting Scholar
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Part Time or Temp Faculty
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
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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, Megan Fowler, roarkme@mst.edu for CASE, Evette Eickelmann, evette.eickelmann@mst.edu for Kummer College or Sarah Johnson, johsarah@mst.edu in the Provost Office for their Direct Reports or your strategic partner in Human Resources.