Faculty Appointment Resources
Overview
Faculty at the UMass Chan Medical School are appointed within an academic department in the T.H. Chan School of Medicine.
Employed Faculty are assigned a temporary appointment (APP, Section 3.12) at the rank and title proposed by their chair or dean until their appointment is approved through the process described below. Approval of temporary appointments should be completed within one year.
Other Faculty Appointments (Professional Staff; Affiliate, Adjunct and Visiting Faculty) are effective when the appointment is approved.
Faculty appointments are defined by Track, Rank and Employment Status. The type of appointment is determined by the Department Chair on initial appointment and is confirmed in the letter of appointment. Below are resources for the non-tenure track and the tenure-track appointments.
Non-Tenure Track Resources
Resources for Instructor and Assistant Professor on the non-tenure track
- Faculty Affairs - Eligibility & Criteria
- Appointment - Faculty Affairs - UMass Chan Medical School
- Selecting Areas of Distinction (AoD)
- Tables for Areas of Distinction
- Curriculum, Vitae Guidelines & Templates
- Letters of Evaluation Guidelines
- Letters of Evaluation List - Instructor & Assistant Professor
Criteria: Candidates for appointment as Associate Professor in the non-tenure track must demonstrate all of the following:
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Established level of achievement in an Area of Distinction
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Entry level of achievement in at least two other categories; and
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At least Entry level of achievement in Education; and

Criteria: Candidates for appointment or promotion to Professor in the Non-Tenure Track must demonstrate all of the following:
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Senior level of achievement in an Area of Distinction;
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Established level of achievement in at least one other category;
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Entry level of achievement in at least one other category; and
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At least Entry level of achievement in Education."

Resources for Associate Professor and Professor on the non-tenure track
- Faculty Affairs - Eligibility & Criteria
- Appointment - Faculty Affairs - UMass Chan Medical School
- Selecting Areas of Distinction (AoD)
- Tables for Areas of Distinction
- Curriculum, Vitae Guidelines & Templates
- Letters of Evaluation Guidelines
- Letters of Evaluation Checklist
- Letters of Evaluation List - Associate Professor & Professor
Tenure Track Resources- Associate Professor & Professor
Criteria: Criteria for Faculty in the Tenure Track and with Tenure. Candidates for appointment or promotion to Associate Professor in the Tenure Track or with Tenure must demonstrate all of the following:
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Established level of achievement in an Area of Distinction
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Established level of achievement in at least one other category;
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Entry level of achievement in at least one other category;
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At least Entry level of achievement in Education; and
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National recognition for scholarship
Criteria: Candidates for appointment or promotion to Professor in the Tenure Track or with Tenure must demonstrate all of the following:
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Senior level of achievement in an Area of Distinction;
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Senior level of achievement in at least one other category;
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Established level of achievement in at least one other category; and
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At least Entry level of achievement in Education."
Resources for tenure track
- Faculty Affairs - Eligibility & Criteria
- Appointment - Faculty Affairs - UMass Chan Medical School
- Selecting Areas of Distinction (AoD)
- Tables for Areas of Distinction
- Curriculum, Vitae Guidelines & Templates
- Letters of Evaluation Guidelines
- Letters of Evaluation Checklist
- Letters of Evaluation List - Associate Professor & Professor