- Secondary appointments at voting faculty rank (Assistant Professor and above) should be used to recognize a significant commitment to a second Faculty. Occasional contributions to teaching should be noted by an annual appointment, such as Lecturer, proposed by the involved school. Infrequent contributions (e.g., one or two lectures) need not be recognized with an appointment.
- At the outset, a clear decision involving the Deans of both schools should be made regarding which school bears the primary responsibility for the individual faculty member’s salary, benefits, space, teaching obligations, career advancement, and promotions.
- When the search for a Professor has been conducted entirely by one Faculty, ordinarily the title in a second Faculty should be Lecturer or Member of the Faculty. In those instances, when the nature of a faculty member’s academic work has changed so that the purpose of the work is benefited by a joint appointment at the Professorial level, the two Deans should carry on the same negotiations as those described above.
- If a secondary appointment for a candidate at the rank of Professor is between two Faculties (e.g., HMS/HSDM and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health), the Dean will make a recommendation to the University and the University reviews the proposed appointment. A final decision will be communicated to the Dean’s office and the Office for Faculty Affairs.
Last updated June 2023