Graduate Faculty are responsible for graduate education in the MS, PhD, and Graduate College certificate programs at OUHSC. Graduate Faculty must first have a full or modified academic title at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center. Application for appointment to the Graduate Faculty is made through the on-line Graduate College Faculty Database: https://apps.ouhsc.edu/newfacappt/IntroHome.aspx. After the Chair or Director of the graduate program provides initial approval of the appointment, the Graduate Faculty Appointments Committee reviews the application and makes a recommendation to the Graduate Council. Final approval is determined by a vote of the Graduate Council.
Membership type is determined by the applicant’s academic title at OUHSC.
Full Member(Voting rights in the Graduate College, 5-year review for reappointment)
Faculty with an unmodified title (assistant professor, associate professor, or professor) at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center may apply for full membership.
Associate Member Non-voting, 3-year review for reappointment)
Faculty with modified titles (instructor, clinical, adjunct, visiting, OMRF, of research, special, emeritus, etc.) at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center may be a candidate for membership if they contribute to graduate education.
Faculty may apply for a graduate appointment through more than one graduate program. The Chair or Director of each program is responsible for determining who may apply for an appointment in that program. For the purposes of student committees, faculty are considered an “internal” member in all programs where they have a graduate faculty appointment.
Affiliation with Graduate Programs Housed Within a Department
For graduate programs housed within a Department, faculty will normally have a primary academic appointment or adjunct status in the Department before applying for a graduate faculty appointment. Note that a primary academic appointment or adjunct status does not constitute a graduate faculty appointment. Faculty must secure a graduate faculty appointment in the program before serving on graduate student committees or teaching graduate courses.
Affiliation with Interdisciplinary Programs not Housed Within a Department
Some programs, such as Neuroscience and Clinical & Translational Sciences, are not housed within a Department. Faculty may apply for a graduate appointment through these programs, without first seeking adjunct status in these programs, provided they have an academic appointment or adjunct status at OUHSC, or a primary appointment at OMRF.
Affiliation with the Graduate College
If none of the above situations apply, applicants may request Graduate Faculty membership through an affiliation with the Graduate College, provided they teach in 5000 or 6000 level courses or provide important training for graduate students.
The authority level (1-4) indicates the privileges and responsibilities of a Full or Associate Member within a given graduate program. Authority level within a graduate program is recommended by the Chair or Director of that program, based on the applicant’s qualifications, interests, and responsibilities. A Member affiliated with multiple graduate programs may have different authority levels in different programs. The highest authority level is reviewed by the Graduate Faculty Appointments Committee, and requires approval by the Graduate Council.
Level 1 Authority
Teach graduate course(s) and serve on and/or chair non-thesis Master’s committee(s).
Level 1 Requirements:
- An MS, PhD, or appropriate terminal degree with teaching or presentation experience at scientific or professional meetings.
Level 2 Authority
Level 1 Authority, plus Serve on Master’s thesis committees.
Level 2 Requirements:
- An MS, PhD, or appropriate terminal degree with teaching or presentation experience at scientific or professional meetings.
- Documented research experience in an applicable academic discipline.
Level 3 Authority
Level 2 Authority, plus Chair Master's thesis committees and serve on Doctoral dissertation committees. Emeritus faculty may chair a Master’s thesis committee only with permission from the Graduate College Dean.
Level 3 Requirements:
- An MS, PhD, or appropriate terminal degree with teaching or presentation experience
- Evidence of documented research activity in the last 5 years in applicable discipline. Examples:
-Publications in scholarly journals
-Presentations at scientific/professional meetings
-Current funding or grant submissions
-Invited academic or professional presentations
Level 4 Authority
Level 3 Authority, plus Chair Doctoral dissertation committees.
Level 4 Requirements:
Teaching doctoral students the scholarly art of research and dissemination of acquired new knowledge is largely learned from the mentor. Faculty must demonstrate an active research program within their discipline at the regional and national or international level. This is demonstrated through peer reviewed publications and presentations representing significant addition of new knowledge or unique application of existing knowledge in the solution of problem(s) pertinent to the field or discipline.
- An earned PhD or applicable terminal degree with teaching or presentation experience.
-
(A) Research scholarship or activity in the last 5 years in applicable discipline consisting of three publications (authorship) in recognized, peer reviewed journals (published or in-press), excluding reviews.
(B) If the requirement of 3 publications in the last 5 years cannot be met, the candidate may substitute one of the following examples for a publication AND provide a statement of current research activity which can provide a PhD graduate student with an adequate research training experience.
- Section or chapter of book or monograph; (must be senior or corresponding author and in relevant discipline)
- Oral presentation at national scientific/professional meeting
- Documented current funding or evidence of grant submissions to a Foundation, State, National or Federal Agency as PI, Co-PI or Co-investigator
- Evidence of participation in graduate education activities. Examples:
- Graduate student advisory committees
- Graduate education committees
- Graduate examination committees
- Doctoral dissertation committees
OU-Norman graduate faculty at appropriate level may serve as the outside member of a student committee without seeking an OUHSC graduate faculty appointment. However, before serving as a committee chair or co-chair, they would first need an OUHSC graduate faculty appointment.
Individuals with temporary appointments provide services limited to individual students and specific teaching requests. They do not have voting privileges in the Graduate Faculty. Temporary appointments are requested by the Chair or Director of the academic program, and approved by the Graduate Dean.
A temporary appointment may be granted to a person who by reason of professional expertise or special qualifications can be a contributor to a specific project, thesis, or dissertation committee or who will be teaching on a temporary basis in a graduate program. The temporary appointment will automatically terminate when: the student for whom the appointee is approved either completes the degree requirements or discontinues enrollment, or the teaching commitment in the graduate course/program is completed.