The Academic Support Staff
Members of the Academic Support Staff include many persons who participate in the teaching and research programs of SAS, but who are not eligible for appointment to the Standing or Associated Faculty. Each appointment to the Academic Support Staff is for a term of years and is without tenure or tenure significance. The Academic Support Staff consists of three distinct types of appointment that require the following approvals. Senior Lecturers, Senior Lecturers in Foreign Languages, Lecturers in Foreign Languages appointed beyond the third consecutive year and Artists-in-Residence require review by the department, the Dean, and the Provost's Staff Conference. The second group (Lecturer, Lecturer in Foreign Languages (for appointment through the third year), Postdoctoral Fellow, Research Investigator, Research Associate, Senior Fellow, and Visiting Scholar) requires review by the department and approval by the Dean. The most junior group (Teaching Assistant, Research Fellow, and Research Assistant) requires only approval by the department. Documentation of affirmative action procedures is required for appointments as Senior Lecturer, Senior Lecturer in Foreign Languages, Lecturer in Foreign Languages, Lecturer, Artist-in-Residence, and Research Associate.