emeritus professor
Honorary retired faculty
An emeritus professor is a retired faculty member who retains their academic title as an honor.
The designation recognizes distinguished service and typically allows continued affiliation with the university—access to facilities, attendance at functions, sometimes ongoing research.
The Latin *emeritus* means "having served one's time." Professor Emeritus of Chemistry, She was named professor emerita upon retirement.
The title follows the noun: professor emeritus, not emeritus professor, though the latter appears in casual use.
- retiredNo longer in workforce
- academicRelating to education or theory
- tenureProtected employment status
- tenure trackProbationary academic employment path
- distinguishedNotable and respected
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- academicscourse, math, syllabus week, class, science
- educatorseducator, teacher, teachers, instructor, tutor
- Former Rolesex-president, ex-wife, ex-husband, ex-boyfriend, ex-girlfriend
- academic titlesdean, provost, chancellor, lecturer, senior lecturer
- campus fictionschool stories, campus romance, campus politics, campus protest, college comedy
- Faculty Rolesdean, associate dean, lecturer, adjunct faculty, tenure track
emeritus professorassistant professor
Pre-tenure faculty rank
graduate student · associate professor · doctoral candidate · postdoctoral fellow
emeritus professordepartment chair
Academic unit's elected leader
committee chair · program director · dean · teaching faculty · adjunct professor
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