Appointments are for one to five years. Visiting Faculty Temporary appointees who are faculty members or professionals from another institution for purposes of teaching, collaboration or research. They are normally expected to return to their own institutions at the expiration of the appointment and are appointed as visiting instructors, visiting assistant professors, visiting associate professors, or visiting professors. Adjunct Faculty Adjunct faculty are non-WSU employees who are appointed to WSU faculties . If qualified, ranks of assistant, associate, or full professor may be assigned to adjunct faculty.
Appointments are for up to three years.
Ranks of assistant, associate, or full professor may be assigned to research faculty. Affiliate faculty are appointed on an unpaid, usually part-time basis to a department other than their home department at WSU for limited, renewable terms. Emeritus Faculty WSU tenured faculty who have retired from the institution. These emeriti faculty are entitled to certain privileges, as defined within their College and by Benefit Services. Graduate Faculty Faculty of the various WSU programs, departments and colleges who, based on their accomplishments as scholars, researchers and teachers, are elected by their colleagues to assume primary responsibility for conducting graduate education.