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Research faculty engage in scholarly activity appropriate to their field of specialization and to the mission(s) of their particular unit. They are expected to investigate new ideas, to reinterpret established ideas, and to disseminate results of their research and scholarly activity through media appropriate to their discipline. These individuals have potential to establish a research program and obtain independent research grants and contracts as principal investigators. They may also be involved with instructional, service, and administrative roles related to research and may apply for Graduate Faculty status to allow them to serve on graduate committees and direct graduate students and postdoctoral scholars. (Note that research faculty who will be instructor of record for an academic course must obtain prior approval through the Office of Academic Affairs.) Research faculty are expected to have obtained the terminal degree, or equivalent, of the discipline and most often have postdoctoral research experience prior to appointment. These guidelines apply equally to limited term, part-time, and full-time research faculty.
The following research faculty ranks are recognized at KSU: Research Assistant Professor, Research Associate Professor, and Research Professor. Research faculty maintain a balance that is different from that of tenure track faculty regarding their workload model and expectations. Unless otherwise set forth in the Faculty Performance Agreement (FPA), research faculty generally spend the large majority of their time engaged in research and scholarly activities.
Research faculty are non-tenure track and not eligible for consideration for the award of tenure or probationary credit toward tenure. There will be no administrative transfers between tenure track and non-tenure track research faculty positions. However, faculty holding one type of position may apply for a declared, open position of the other type and be considered through the normal search and screening process.
A department must receive approval from the dean and Provost to become a research faculty hiring department. Departments and colleges with approval for Research faculty must incorporate into their guidelines the criteria for the promotion review of research faculty. Departments and colleges may also establish an optional third-year review for non-tenure track research faculty to provide feedback for an optional promotion review. As indicated in the KSU Faculty Handbook Section 3.1 (Introduction), establishment and revision to guidelines must be approved by the full-time permanent faculty in the department or college, as appropriate, the department chair (for department guidelines), the College P&T Committee, the dean, and Provost.
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