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Emeritus (/ ə ˈ m ɛr ɪ t ə s /; female version: emerita) [Note 1] is an honorary title granted to someone who retires from a position of distinction, most commonly an academic faculty position, but is allowed to continue using the previous title, as in "professor emeritus".
Distinguished (or similar) professor (other such titles of special distinction vary by institution) Professor ("full professor", i.e., the destination of the "tenure track," upon exhausting all promotions other than those of special distinction) Associate professor (a mid-level, usually tenured, faculty member, which can lead to "full" professor)
Professor emeritus or university professor emeritus, a retired professor still active in research; Fr professeur émérite Endowed chair professor (e.g. Canada Research Chair professor - Tier 1), a distinguished full professor with endowment
Distinguished professor is an academic title given to some top-tenured professors in a university, school, or department. Some distinguished professors may have endowed chairs . [ 1 ]
Adjunct and conjoint professor are honorary titles bestowed upon a person to formally recognise that person's non-employment 'special relationship' with the university. Emeritus professor is a title bestowed upon a retired person who has rendered distinguished service to the university. They have nearly always held the title of professor at the ...
The term "professors" in the United States refers to a group of educators at the college and university level.In the United States, while "Professor" as a proper noun (with a capital "P") generally implies a position title officially bestowed by a university or college to faculty members with a PhD or the highest level terminal degree in a non-academic field (e.g., MFA, MLIS), [citation needed ...
Retired faculty may retain formal or informal links with their university, such as library privileges or office space. At some institutions faculty who have retired after achieving the rank of professor are given the title "professor emeritus" (male, French: professeur émérite) or "professor emerita" (female, French: professeure émérite).
Nye is the former Dean of the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, where he currently holds the position of University Distinguished Service Professor, Emeritus. [2] In October 2014, Secretary of State John Kerry appointed Nye to the Foreign Affairs Policy Board. [3] He is also a member of the Defense Policy Board. [4]