Affiliate Faculty Process

The following are required to formally affiliate a regular member of the Graduate Faculty with a graduate program outside of their home department for the purpose of chairing dissertations:

  • Faculty member receives written permission from their Department Chair to serve as affiliate faculty with a program outside of their department
  • Program area faculty or a program committee in a specific area (e.g., higher education, LDT, urban education) vote to endorse the affiliation
  • Graduate Program Director approves
  • Department Chair(s) approve
  • Affiliate faculty are listed on the specific program website