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Faculty Recruitment & Appointment
The following are resources for departments & programs to use when recruiting new faculty members. Please contact Jinger Hickman, Director of Faculty Personnel Services, with any faculty recruitment & appointment questions you may have.
Recruitment Resources, Overviews
University Human Resources: Faculty Search GuideRecommended Faculty Recruitment Responsibilities Overview (in and out of WorkDay) [pdf]
Updated March 2026
(link to Arts & Sciences working box folder)
(link to Arts & Sciences working box folder)
Tenured & Tenure Eligible Appointments
Teaching Faculty (TF) & Visiting Teaching Faculty (VTF) Appointments
Faculty Search Matrix for VTF 2025-26 recruitment season [pdf] January 2026
Postdoctoral Research Fellow Appointments
Affiliate Appointments
Faculty Affiliate Request Form Procedures [pdf]
[DocuSign]: used to initiate external faculty affiliate appointments for non-employees who hold credentials equivalent to W&M Faculty. Also used for internal faculty afffiliate Instructor of Record requests for current employees to teach A&S specific courses.
[DocuSign]: used to initiate external faculty affiliate appointments for non-employees who hold credentials equivalent to W&M Faculty. Also used for internal faculty afffiliate Instructor of Record requests for current employees to teach A&S specific courses.
Appointment Forms and Procedures
Faculty Appointment Form Procedures [pdf]: refer to this guide for information regarding form routing.[DocuSign]
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