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Faculty Searches

Given the substantial changes to the faculty search processes implemented in Fall 2023 (and reflected in OP 32.16), the Office of Faculty Success strongly recommends that anyone who has not attended since the Fall 2023 semester participate in a Faculty Search Committee Workshop. Dates and times are listed below under Faculty Hiring Information Sessions.

Operating Policy 32.16: Faculty Recruitment

Frequently Asked Questions

Faculty Search Resources

Faculty Search Notification Form

Position Description Templates

For FY 26 Start Date

For FY 27 Start Date

Critical Infrastructure Department Chair, School Director, or Area Coordinator 12-month

Critical Infrastructure Professor of Practice All Ranks 12-month

Critical Infrastructure Research Professor All Ranks 12-month

Critical Infrastructure Tenured Tenure-Track All Ranks 12-month

Department Chair, School Director, or Area Coordinator 12-month

Lecturer Senior Lecturer 12-month

Professor of Practice All Ranks 8-week

Professor of Practice All Ranks 12-month

Research Professor All Ranks 12-month

Tenured Tenure-Track All Ranks 12-month

Visiting Professor 12-month

Critical Infrastructure Department Chair, School Director, or Area Coordinator 9-month

Critical Infrastructure Professor of Practice All Ranks 9-month

Critical Infrastructure Research Professor All Ranks 9-month

Critical Infrastructure Tenured Tenure-Track All Ranks 9-month

Department Chair, School Director, or Area Coordinator 9-month

Lecturer Senior Lecturer 8-week

Lecturer Senior Lecturer 9-month

Professor of Practice All Ranks 9-month

Research Professor All Ranks 9-month

Tenured Tenure-Track All Ranks 9-month

Visiting Professor 9-month

Faculty Hiring Information Sessions

Search committee members must have completed the Faculty Search Committee Workshop within the past five years of serving, and those acting as search committee chairs must have completed the Search Committee Chair Briefing within the past two years of serving.

Spring 2026 Faculty Hiring Search Committee Workshops will be held in person on the following dates:

  • Friday, February 27, 9 a.m. to Noon - Register no later than February 20 at FSCW FEB 27
  • Tuesday, March 24, 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. - Register no later than March 17 at FSCW MAR 24
  • Thursday, April 16, 9 a.m. to Noon - Register no later than April 9 at FSCW APR 16

All workshops will be held in Room 151 of the TLPDC. We kindly request that you arrive 15 minutes prior to the start time to sign in. For questions, please contact Taryn Meixner.

Spring 2026 Search Committee Chair Briefings will be held from 2 to 3:30 p.m. via Zoom on the following Wednesdays:

  • January 7
  • January14
  • January 28
  • February 11
  • February 25
  • March 11
  • March 25
  • April 8
  • April 22
  • May 6
  • May 20

For questions, please contact Luciana Cavazos.

Spring 2026 Business Manager Trainings will be held from 2 to 2:30 p.m. via Zoom on the following days:

  • Tuesday, January 27
  • Wednesday, February 18
  • Wednesday, March 25
  • Wednesday, April 22 

For questions, please contact Tyra Bradford.

Faculty Success

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