adjunct professor
Non-tenured college instructor
An adjunct professor is a part-time or temporary college instructor, typically hired on a per-course basis without the job security or benefits of full faculty.
Adjuncts often teach introductory courses while pursuing other work or academic positions: She's an adjunct professor at three different community colleges.
The role has become increasingly common as universities rely on contingent labor.
- contingentConditional or representative group
- lecturerOne who teaches formally
- sessionalOf official gathering periods
- instructorOne who teaches skills
- job insecurityUncertainty about continued employment
underpaid · health insurance · side hustle · chair · precarious · emeritus · supplemental income · part-time · temporary · reader · educator · ivory tower · academic freedom · casual · fellow · department · PhD · flexibility
- academicscourse, math, syllabus week, class, science
- educatorseducator, teacher, teachers, instructor, tutor
- temporary rolestemp, temp worker, internship, substitute, interim
- academic titlesdean, provost, chancellor, lecturer, senior lecturer
- professorshipsendowed chair
- academic rankslecturer, senior lecturer, reader, research fellow, docent
adjunct professortenured professor
Faculty with permanent appointment
tenured faculty · endowed chair · distinguished professor · full professor · professor emeritus
adjunct professorfull professor
Highest academic rank
distinguished professor · university professor · department chair · dean · emeritus professor