The following list gives the names of those people who had been approved for membership in the Graduate Faculty at the time the Catalog went to press. After the biographical information of each entry, the Graduate Faculty status is listed. There are four Categories of Membership: Regular, Adjunct, and Special. In general, Regular members are professorial faculty who are tenured or tenure-track appointments. Adjunct Faculty include the many scholars on appointment at the campus as research appointees, visiting, adjunct, or affiliated professors who may appropriately serve on thesis and dissertation committees. The category of Special Member recognizes outstanding scholars, including many at government agencies in the area, who may not have any official affiliation with the campus but whom UMCP welcomes to participate on thesis and dissertation committees.

The prerogatives of each member category are listed below:

Prerogatives of Regular Members:

1. Eligible to teach courses restricted to graduate student enrollment.
2. Eligible for memberships on departmental graduate committees.
3. Eligible to direct master's theses and chair master's theses committees.
4. Eligible to direct doctoral research and chair doctoral dissertation committees.
5. Eligible to vote for and serve on the Graduate Council and its committees, if appointment or tenure is on the College Park campus.

Prerogatives of Adjunct Members:

1. Eligible to teach courses restricted to graduate student enrollment.
2. Eligible for membership on departmental graduate committees.
3. Eligible to direct master's theses and chair master's theses committees.
4. Eligible for membership on doctoral committees but not chair these committees.

Prerogatives of Special Members:

1. Eligible to co-direct master's theses.
2. Eligible for membership on departmental graduate committees.
3. Eligible for membership on doctoral committees but not as chair of these committees without special permission.

Adjunct Members and Special Members may be authorized by the Associate Provost for Research and Dean for Graduate Studies to chair a doctoral dissertation committee or a master's thesis committee on recommendation of the department chair or program director that the member possesses the requisite skills and scholarly expertise.

If you are trying to set up your thesis or dissertation committee, be sure to check with your department for additions or deletions to the list. If you have a question about the status of a faculty member not in your department and not on the list, you may call the Graduate School Office of Records, 405-0358, for information on the current Graduate Faculty status of any person in question.