The faculty are the brains of the University. All of the faculty can teach classes, but some work solely in research or with the Cooperative Extension. Faculty also includes those instructors without tenure, but they are treated much differently than tenured and tenure-track faculty, who also do research as part of their job. Untenured tenure-track faculty have a rank of Assistant Professor, while tenured faculty have a rank of Associate Professor or Professor. However, the title "Professor" is usually used by most students to refer to those faculty who teach. Some people believe that grad students are considered "Junior Faculty". This may just be apocryphal, but it describes the purpose of graduate school, which is to produce more professors, depending on the field. Some professors are far more focused on their research than on teaching, which leads to UC Undergrad Neglect. In general though, professors are approachable people who are very interesting to talk to — so interesting that they have produced the vast majority of quips on the Memorable Quotes page.

New faculty should head over to the UCD New Faculty Network to find ways to meet up with other new faculty (e.g., monthly happy hours).

Associations:

  • The Academic Senate is the association of tenured and untenured tenure-track professors

  • The Academic Federation is the union for non-tenure-track faculty (lecturers), as well as other academic personnel

    From the terminology used, tenure-track professors clearly prefer Star Wars to Star Trek.

  • The Davis Faculty Association (DFA) strives to protect faculty interests by monitoring and influencing decisions of the University Administration and the legislature in matters of salaries, benefits, and working conditions of the faculty.

Also see Professors and Teaching Assistants.

UC Davis Teaching Faculty by Gender, Fall 2006

Rank
Female
Male
Total
Full Professors *
257
887
1,144
Associate Professors *
148
262
410
Assistant Professors *
236
290
526
Lecturers
182
168
350
Other Teaching Faculty
2
27
29
Total Teaching Faculty
825
1,634
2,459

* Denotes tenure-track positions

UC Davis Teaching Faculty by Ethnicity, Fall 2006

Ethnicity
Full Professors*
Associate Professors*
Assistant Professors*
Lecturers
Other Teaching Faculty
Total
African-American/Black
11
8
11
6
1
37
American Indian/Native American
5
1
8
0
0
14
Chinese/Chinese-American 1
56
33
74
13
1
177
East Indian/Pakistani 1
36
19
26
3
0
84
Filipino/Filipino-American 1
3
3
8
2
0
16
Japanese/Japanese-American 1
17
10
15
8
1
51
Other Asian 1
16
8
24
3
0
51
Mexican/Mexican-Amer./Chicano 2
15
10
10
7
0
42
Latin-American/Latino 2
21
11
13
6
0
51
Other Hispanic 2
3
2
4
4
0
13
White/Caucasian
949
299
303
282
26
1,859
Ethnicity Unknown
12
6
30
16
0
64
Total
1,144
410
526
350
29
2,459

* Denotes tenure-track positions 1 In graphic below, included in "Asian" category. 2 In graphic below, included in "Hispanic" category.

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2007-05-07 11:09:13   I think that the stats and such should go on a subpage. It's enough to just state overall demographic trends and let the reader look at the actual numbers only if they want to. This would reduce clutter and improve readability. Maybe I'll get around to it if I decide to procrastinate on studying some more. —WilliamLewis

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