Requests for graduate faculty status should come from the department chair or the school’s Associate Dean responsible for graduate studies. Information on endorsement as graduate faculty is provided below. Non-tenure-track faculty or other appointees must be nominated by their department to receive Indiana University limited graduate faculty status. The nominating department must send a brief memo and the required Graduate Faculty/Limited Status Request form (to be completed by faculty and/or program) and a copy of the faculty member’s curriculum vitae (CV) to Dr. Tabitha Hardy, Assistant Dean for Student Development and Academic Affairs, Indiana University. This request should come from the Department Chair or Associate Dean of the School. In this case, graduate faculty status can only be granted for a term not to exceed the nominee’s contract period. Changes in graduate faculty status can also be requested though the Assistant Dean using the form above.
The dean of the University Graduate School may revoke graduate faculty status for egregious behavior or scholarly or scientific misconduct.
Emeritus faculty members at Indiana University retain some rights and privileges of faculty. See a list a complete list of emeritus graduate faculty.
Faculty still serving on student committees who have left IU need to apply for limited faculty status.
Faculty members at Indiana University campuses are required to have a departmental endorsement to be allowed to direct dissertations, in addition to graduate faculty status. At least half of the members of each dissertation committee must have this endorsement. These endorsements are not automatically conferred.
A departmental advisory or steering committee must vote to nominate an Indiana University graduate faculty member for an endorsement to chair doctoral dissertation committees. Departments may also select another appropriate review process, such as a majority vote of the department’s graduate faculty members who hold the endorsement.
After the vote, the department chair or Associate Dean must send a brief nomination memo and the required Graduate Faculty/Limited Status Request form (to be completed by faculty and/or program) to IU Graduate School Indianapolis Assistant Dean Tabitha Hardy indicating that the endorsement nomination is supported by a departmental vote or advisory committee. The memo must include a curriculum vitae (CV) for the nominee.
Faculty members who receive this endorsement must hold a regular faculty appointment at IU, but not necessarily in the department or program conferring the endorsement. However, faculty members outside of the department or program must participate substantially in doctoral education within that program to be eligible.
Initial academic appointments, promotions, and end of faculty services at IU Indianapolis must be finalized with the Office of Faculty Appointments and Advancements.
Contact the office at (317) 274-4627 to learn how to process the following appointments/changes:
- Initial academic appointments
- Named professorships
- Adjunct faculty
- Emeritus status
- Leaving IU
Once processed, all faculty changes should be updated in the University Graduate School Bulletin.
For more information, email Dr. Janice Blum.
