Role Statements
Role statements establish general employment parameters and performance expectations for USU faculty. Faculty members are expected to carry out the major university functions of teaching, research or creative endeavors, Extension, librarianship, and service. Individual role statements designate percentages for each area of professional service, and percentages guide the relative evaluation weight given to performance in each area. Emphasis in professional service areas varies within and among academic departments and individual faculty role statements.
Department and Academic Units
For use across departments and academic units, the Provost's Office has created the following templates:
- Assistant Professor - as of November 13, 2018
- Associate Professor - as of November 13, 2018
- Professor - as of November 13, 2018
- Lecturer - as of November 13, 2018
- Research Assistant Professor - as of November 13, 2018
- Professional Practice Assistant Professor - as of November 13, 2018
- Department Head at Professor Rank - as of November 13, 2018
- Department Head at Associate Professor Rank - as of November 13, 2018
- Statewide Campuses Assistant Professor - as of July 9, 2019
- Statewide Campuses Lecturer - as of May 1, 2020
- Statewide Campuses Professional Practice Assistant Professor - as of May 1, 2020
The sample role statements below were tailored for each academic unit to serve as examples. Each faculty member should work with his or her department head and dean to construct an individual role statement.
College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences
Caine College of the Arts
Tenure Track
- Assistant Professor - as of December 5, 2018
- Associate Professor - as of December 5, 2018
- Professor - as of December 5, 2018
Term Appointment
- Lecturer - as of December 5, 2018
- Senior Lecturer - as of December 5, 2018
- Principal Lecturer - as of December 5, 2018
- Professional Practice Assistant Professor - as of December 5, 2018
- Professional Practice Associate Professor - as of December 5, 2018
- Professional Practice Professor - as of July 20, 2020
Jon M. Huntsman School of Business
Tenure Track
Term Appointment
Emma Eccles Jones College of Education and Human Services
Tenure Track
- Professor, Research Emphasis - as of September 27, 2019
- Professor, Teaching Emphasis - as of September 27, 2019
- Associate Professor, Research Emphasis - as of September 27, 2019
- Associate Professor, Teaching Emphasis - as of September 27, 2019
- Assistant Professor, Research Emphasis - as of December 5, 2018
- Assistant Professor, Teaching Emphasis - as of December 5, 2018
Term Appointment
- Nursing and Health Professions, Professional Practice Assistant Professor - as of February 19, 2019
- Communicative Disorders and Deaf Education, Clinical Assistant Professor - as of December 5, 2018
College of Engineering
Tenure Track
Term Appointment
College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Tenure Track
Term Appointment
S.J. & Jessie E. Quinney College of Natural Resources
Tenure Track
Term Appointment
- Coming soon
College of Science
Tenure Track
Term Appointment
University Libraries
Tenure Track
- Assistant Librarian - as of September 24, 2020
- Associate Librarian - as of September 24, 2020
- Librarian - as of September 24, 2020
Term Appointment
- Coming soon
University Extension
Tenure Track
- Extension Assistant Professor - as of January 22, 2020
- Extension Associate Professor - as of January 22, 2020
- Extension Professor - as of January 22, 2020
- County Director as Extension Assistant Professor - as of January 22, 2020
- County Director as Extension Associate Professor - as of January 22, 2020
- County Director as Extension Professor - as of January 22, 2020