Collateral faculty members are professionals who meet the School's needs on a short-term basis, said Terry Oggel, associate director of the school, while discussing the importance of hiring professionals and others to fill faculty vacancies. This year, Oggel said, four collateral faculty help teach different aspects of the curriculum. Further describing the use of collateral teachers, Oggel said, they serve yearlong terms that can be renewed for a specific period of time, while tenured faculty members make a career of teaching and researching.
Adjuncts teach only part-time.
It's important to use collateral teachers whenever possible, he said, because they can do the same job as those on a tenured track even though they do not have the same commitments or benefits. Nancy Lampert Lampert, formerly an adjunct instructor, began teaching media graphics at VCU in 1994 and became full time in fall 1999. In all, she has taught graphics classes in the School for six years. Paula Otto Otto, former director of public affairs at the Virginia Lottery Department who first taught at VCU in 1997, also teaches in J. Sargent Reynolds' Corporate and Professional Development department. Jeff South Arriving in Richmond from Texas in 1997,South not only directs the news center but he teaches such basic core courses as news writing and concentrates on computer-assisted reporting.