Graduate faculty status is required to teach graduate courses, direct master’s theses, chair graduate committees, serve as a second member of a graduate committee, or serve as a field supervisor.
Faculty must obtain graduate faculty status prior to engaging in the aforementioned activities. There are six types of graduate faculty appointments: Primary, Secondary, Affiliate, Exempt-Primary, Exempt-Secondary and Graduate Affairs Council Representatives. You should become familiar with Policy 303-26 - Graduate Faculty. Work with you department chair to ensure that you keep your faculty's graduate status current.
The nomination form may be found here. Instructions include:
Submit:
- the completed form to the director for Graduate Studies or designee at gradprograms@ewu.edu.
- the applicant’s current CV highlighting the evidence being used in support of the current request:
- a) record of professional experience appropriate to the faculty member’s field and an earned doctorate or other advanced degree considered appropriate by the academic department for mentoring graduate students (satisfies GACR and Affiliate);
- b) record of professional experience appropriate to the faculty member’s field or demonstrated effective teaching as per department standards, and an earned doctorate or other advanced degree considered appropriate by the academic department for mentoring graduate students (satisfies Secondary);
- c) requirements from ”b” AND two demonstrated scholarly activities in the last five years (satisfies Primary).
It is important to consider whether the faculty member has current graduate faculty status before assigning him or her to a graduate-level course. Nominations are made by the Department Chair.
