Guidelines for Appointments

  • The Dean of the College appoints faculty members to Core or Affiliate roles. Such appointments shall be made in consultation with the faculty member, the program chair, and the faculty member's department chair, as well as with the Williams or Law School dean, when the faculty member is in either of those academic units.
  • "Core" member of an interdisciplinary program replaces the old "Program Advisory" committees.
  • Each program will define what exactly constitutes Core membership, but in every case it should include a regular teaching commitment to the program, scholarly work within the program area, advising within the program, and a service/citizenship commitment to the program. The Core appointments should be regularly reviewed by the Core faculty in a program.
  • "Affiliate" member of an interdisciplinary program designates a faculty member who has an interest in the program and contributes occasionally to its teaching, service, or scholarly work, but who does not make the level of commitment designated for Core faculty in the program.
  • A pre-tenure faculty member may not be appointed as a Core faculty member of more than 1 IP. A tenured faculty member may not be appointed as a Core faculty member of more than 2 IPs.
Appointment and Review/Evaluation Grid
AppointmentReviewIP Role"Primary" DFDD"Secondary" DFDD
AppointmentAssistant prof, appointed to CORE IP ReviewAnnual written input from IP chair to department review IP RoleCandidate may request IP member on tenure committee "Primary" DFDDDepartment DFDD governs reviews "Secondary" DFDDProgram DFDD guides input from IP chair/faculty
AppointmentAssistant prof, hired with annual/specified CORE IP teaching commitment ReviewAnnual written input from IP chair to department review IP RoleIP chair or is a full voting member of 1PT, 2PT and tenure committees "Primary" DFDDDepartment DFDD governs reviews "Secondary" DFDDProgram DFDD guides input from IP chair/faculty
AppointmentAssistant prof, jointly appointed into 2 departments/programs ReviewJoint committee for all 1 PT, 2 PT, and tenure reviews; dean determines balance and composition of committee throughout the processes IP RoleMore or less equally involved with primary department "Primary" DFDD1 department or program designated “primary” at time of appointment; that DFDD governs reviews "Secondary" DFDDOther department or program designated “secondary,” its DFDD guides input from chair/faculty member
AppointmentAssociate prof, core member of IP ReviewAnnual written input from IP chair to department review IP RoleCandidate may request IP member on tenure committee "Primary" DFDDDepartment DFDD governs reviews "Secondary" DFDDProgram DFDD guides input from IP chair/faculty
AppointmentAssociate prof, with annual/specified core IP teaching commitment ReviewAnnual written input from IP chair or designee to department review IP RoleIP chair or designee is a full voting member of promotion committee "Primary" DFDDDepartment DFDD governs reviews "Secondary" DFDDProgram DFDD guides input from IP chair/faculty
AppointmentAssociate prof, jointly appointed into 2 departments/programs ReviewJoint committee for promotion review; dean determines balance and composition of committee throughout the processes IP RoleMore or less equally involved with primary department "Primary" DFDD1 department or program designated “primary” at time of appointment; that DFDD governs reviews "Secondary" DFDDOther department or program designated “secondary,” its DFDD guides input from chair/faculty member