faculty member

University teaching staff

A faculty member is a person employed by a college or university in an academic capacity—typically a professor, instructor, or researcher.

The term distinguishes teaching and research staff from administrative personnel or students: Faculty members voted to change the grading policy.

Often shortened to simply faculty when used collectively.

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institutional role

faculty memberstudent

One formally enrolled somewhere

undergraduate · pupil · freshman · undergrad · undergraduate student

employment status

faculty membernon-academic

Outside formal learning

outsider · layperson · visitor · guest lecturer · adjunct

administrative hierarchy

faculty memberadministrator

Person who manages operations

support staff · clerical worker · custodian · bureaucrat · administrative assistant

Family

member, membership, faculty, memberships, faculties, faculty members

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