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Key to Abbreviations in Faculty Listings

Graduate faculty are listed at the beginning of each degree program. After the faculty name, the home department will be listed (unless the department is the same as the program name), followed by the graduate faculty status in the program. Professors emeriti are identified by “(emeritus).”

Membership Categories
Senior Member (SM)—Authorization to advise students at all levels, including the doctorate; to serve as a thesis reviewer and as an examiner on student examining committees, including service as chair of doctoral committees; to teach courses for graduate credit; and to participate in governance. In fields that also offer a professional doctorate, some senior member appointments may be restricted to the supervision of students seeking the professional degree.

Affiliate Senior Member (ASM)—Authorization to assume the same responsibilities as senior member, but not to participate in governance. In fields that also offer a professional doctorate, some affiliate senior member appointments may be restricted to the supervision of students seeking the professional degree.

Member/Advising (M2)—Authorization to advise students at the master’s level; to serve as a thesis reviewer at the master’s level and as an examiner on student examining committees at the master’s and postbaccalaureate certificate levels; to teach courses for graduate credit; and to participate in governance. At the discretion of the appointing program, may also include authorization to co-advise doctoral students with a senior member or affiliate senior member of the graduate faculty, and to serve as a thesis reviewer and examining committee member for doctoral students, but not as chair.

Affiliate Member/Advising (AM2)—Authorization to assume the same responsibilities as member/advising, but not to participate in governance.

Member (M)—Authorization to serve as a thesis reviewer at the master’s level and as an examiner on student examining committees at the master’s and postbaccalaureate certificate levels; to teach courses for graduate credit; and to participate in governance. At the discretion of the appointing program, may also include authorization to serve as a thesis reviewer and examining committee member for doctoral students, but not as chair.

Affiliate Member (AM)—Authorization to assume the same responsibilities as member, but not to participate in governance.

Examining Status (E)—Authorization to serve as a thesis reviewer and as an examiner on student examining committees at all levels, but not as chair, and to teach courses for graduate credit. Examining status does not include membership on the graduate faculty and does not confer governance privileges.
     
 
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