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Postdocs are full-time faculty members. They just aren't permanent.

• gammarator 16y ago
  No, postdocs are not faculty. They may be classified as staff, as fellows, or even as students [1-2], but they aren't members of faculty senates. [1] http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/career_magazine/previous_issues/articles/2000_11_10/noDOI.10424127276070392774 http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/career_magazine/previou... [2] http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/career_magazine/previous_issues/articles/2000_11_17/noDOI.10424127276085878637 http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/career_magazine/previou...
  • TheEzEzz 16y ago
    At my current university all postdocs in my department carry the official title of Visiting Assistant Professor. They are listed under the tab 'Visiting Faculty' on the departmental website. At least in name they are faculty, and they are professors.
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    • bbgm 16y ago
      That's unique. Having many friends who were, or are still, postdocs, they were almost always staff, but not faculty in any sense (in the US at least)