professor emeritus
Honorary retired scholar
A professor emeritus is a retired professor who retains an honorary title from their former institution.
The designation recognizes distinguished service and typically comes with some privileges—library access, office space, continued affiliation—without regular teaching duties.
She was named professor emeritus after thirty years in the department.
The feminine form professor emerita is sometimes used.
Plural: professors emeriti.
- mentorTrusted wisdom-giving advisor
- researcherOne who studies systematically
- publicationsWorks issued to readers
- honorary degreeDiploma for distinction, not study
- scholarshipEducational funding or erudition
pension · legacy · tenure · retired · lifetime achievement · endowed chair · collaborator · advisor · office hours · sabbatical · faculty lounge · ivory tower · old guard · distinguished service · dean · fellowships · provost · chancellor
- academicscourse, math, syllabus week, class, science
- school staffteacher, teachers, principal, librarian, counselor
- titlesMr., Mrs., Ms., Dr., Miss
- honorary positionshonorary president, honorary consul, honorary member, honorary citizen, honorary captain
- academic rankslecturer, senior lecturer, reader, research fellow, docent
- honorific rolesvaledictorian, salutatorian, honor guard, maid of honor, best man
professor emeritusassistant professor
Pre-tenure faculty rank
graduate student · lecturer · doctoral candidate · instructor · postdoctoral fellow
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