Academic Titles

Who are the members of the Academic Senate?

Within the university, the Regents have given the Academic Senate faculty responsibility for Admissions, Degree Requirements, and Curriculum. The Academic Senate faculty members are those who hold a position in one of the following title series: 

  • Professorial (Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, and Professor); sometimes called the 'ladder rank' or 'regular' faculty 
  • Professor of Teaching (formerly Lecturer or Senior Lecturer With Security of Employment, LPSOE, LSOE) 
  • In Residence (Assistant, Associate and full Professor) 
  • Clinical (Assistant, Associate, and full Professor) 
  • Acting Professor (Associate, and full Professor). 

Who are the members of the Academic Federation?

Note: Organized alphabetically

  • Academic Administrator 
  • Academic Coordinator 
  • Adjunct Professor, (Adjunct Instructor, Assistant Adjunct Professor, Associate Adjunct Professor) 
  • Agronomist (AES), (Assistant Agronomist, Associate Agronomist) 
  • Continuing Education Specialist 
  • Demonstration Teacher 
  • Lecturer, Senior Lecturer 
  • Professor in Cooperative Extension (formerly Specialist in Cooperative Extension), Assistant professor in Cooperative Extension, Associate professor in Cooperative Extension
  • Program Coordinator
  • Professional Researcher (Assistant professional researcher, Associate professional researcher)
  • Project Scientist (Assistant project scientist, Associate project scientist)
  • Specialist (Assistant specialist, Associate specialist)