visiting professor
Guest academic appointment
A visiting professor is an academic who temporarily holds a position at an institution other than their regular one.
The appointment typically lasts a semester or academic year, allowing scholars to teach, conduct research, or collaborate at a host university: She's a visiting professor at Stanford this fall.
The title signals prestige—the visitor brings expertise the institution lacks or wishes to supplement.
Inherent power or ability
- departmentDistinct unit within organization
- universityHigher education institution
- collegeHigher education institution
- campusInstitutional grounds and buildings
tenure · sabbatical · fellowship · postdoctoral · research · seminar · colloquium · lecture
Concerning relations among countries
- cross-culturalInvolving multiple societies
- collaborationJoint intellectual work
- partnershipShared business arrangement
- mobilityCapacity for movement
Fulbright · foreign · bilateral · reciprocal · global · transnational
Expert in one field
- authorityPower to enforce obedience
- scholarLearned, studious person
- researcherOne who studies systematically
- distinguishedNotable and respected
eminent · renowned · expert · mentor · keynote · invited · presenter · consultant
Scheduled time for something
- short-termOf limited duration
- semesterHalf academic year
- adjunctSubordinate addition to something
- interimProvisional in-between phase
guest · non-permanent · contract · term-limited · fill-in · substitute · locum · residency
faculty
Inherent power or ability
- departmentDistinct unit within organization
- universityHigher education institution
- collegeHigher education institution
campus · tenure · sabbatical · fellowship · postdoctoral · research · seminar · colloquium · lecture · curriculum
international
Concerning relations among countries
- cross-culturalInvolving multiple societies
- collaborationJoint intellectual work
- partnershipShared business arrangement
mobility · Fulbright · foreign · bilateral · reciprocal · global · transnational
specialist
Expert in one field
- authorityPower to enforce obedience
- scholarLearned, studious person
- researcherOne who studies systematically
distinguished · eminent · renowned · expert · mentor · keynote · invited · presenter · consultant · thought-leader
appointment
Scheduled time for something
- short-termOf limited duration
- semesterHalf academic year
- adjunctSubordinate addition to something
interim · guest · non-permanent · contract · term-limited · fill-in · substitute · locum · residency · secondment
- academicscourse, math, syllabus week, class, science
- educatorseducator, teacher, teachers, instructor, tutor
- school staffteacher, teachers, principal, librarian, counselor
- campus fictionschool stories, campus romance, campus politics, campus protest, college comedy
- Facultyadjunct, lecturer, instructor, faculty member, tenured faculty
- Faculty Rolesdean, associate dean, lecturer, adjunct faculty, tenure track
visiting professortenured professor
Faculty with permanent appointment
tenured faculty · full professor · professor emeritus · endowed chair · permanent staff
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