cassie.castillo Posted October 6, 2012 Share Posted October 6, 2012 Hi! A few of the schools I'm applying to have a rather large faculty with a combination of tenured professors, associate professors, assistant professors, etc. Should I limit myself to tenured professors? Or are other professors involved in the advisory process as well? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eigen Posted October 6, 2012 Share Posted October 6, 2012 In the US, any tenure track faculty member is usually involved in advising, from my experience. In fact, students graduated is one of the things usually required for a tenure package. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cassie.castillo Posted October 7, 2012 Author Share Posted October 7, 2012 I suppose that makes sense. How would you identify if the faculty member is tenure track, though? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaister Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 Typically they list that on faculty websites, or sometimes there will be "list of faculty advisors" on department websites. If it's completely unclear and they're just listed as "assistant, associate professor or professor of..." then I would assume they advise students. You can always ask to make sure they accept students, but that's my general guideline, that and usually they have a place listing their research interests or a research page, and those tend to be those who advise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eigen Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 To add on, generally "professor" positions are tenured or tenure track, the exceptions being "Professor of Practice" and "Visiting Assistant Professor". What you want to look for are Assistant, Associate and full Professors, as a general rule. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyberwulf Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 "Research Assistant/Associate Professor" or "Teaching Assistant/Associate Professor" can sometimes denote non-tenure track positions. However, these faculty members are often eligible to advise (or at least co-advise) students. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cassie.castillo Posted October 10, 2012 Author Share Posted October 10, 2012 Thanks, everyone! Clears that up about as much as possible, I guess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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