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Graduate Faculty Application Form  

Minimum Criteria for Approval of Graduate Faculty Status

The following minimum criteria must be met for approval as graduate faculty member:

  • Possession of appropriate terminal degree in his/her field;
  • Evidence of current scholarly productivity (within the last six years) as appropriate for his/her field; and
  • Evidence of successful teaching at the graduate level within the last six years; if this is the only criterion missing, the individual may be approved as graduate instructor and be "rolled over" to graduate faculty with a memo from the department after the teaching semester criterion is met.

Minimum Criteria for Approval of Graduate Instructor Status

The following minimum criteria must be met for approval as graduate instructor member:

  • Possession of appropriate master's degree in his/her field, preferably working toward appropriate terminal degree; if this is the only criterion missing, the individual may be approved as graduate instructor and be "rolled over" to graduate faculty with a memo from the department when the criterion is met;
  • Evidence of current scholarly productivity (within the last six years) as appropriate for his/her field; and
  • Evidence of successful teaching at the undergraduate level within the last six years.

The above minimum criteria for graduate instructor must be met for any faculty member who is to teach graduate courses at the 600-level or above.

The Graduate Council established the above criteria as minimum acceptable standards for all members of the Graduate Faculty at James Madison University. Individual colleges are encouraged to require additional criteria as appropriate for the particular field of expertise.

Applications for graduate faculty, graduate instructor and graduate adjunct faculty are available here .