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 GuideA&S Recommended Faculty Recruitment Responsibilities Overview (in and out of WorkDay) [pdf]
Updated January 2026
Tenured & Tenure Eligible Appointments
Teaching Faculty (TF) & Visiting Teaching Faculty (VTF) Appointments
A&S Faculty Search Matrix for VTF 2025-26 recruitment season [pdf] January 2026
Postdoctoral Research Fellow Appointments
Affiliate Appointments
A&S Faculty Affiliate Request Form Procedures [pdf]
A&S Faculty Affiliate Request Form [DocuSign]: used to initiate external faculty affiliate appointments for non-employees who hold credentials equivalent to W&M Faculty. Also used for A&S internal Instructor of Record affiliation requests for current employees.
A&S Faculty Affiliate Request Form [DocuSign]: used to initiate external faculty affiliate appointments for non-employees who hold credentials equivalent to W&M Faculty. Also used for A&S internal Instructor of Record affiliation requests for current employees.
Appointment Forms and Procedures
Faculty Appointment Form Procedures [pdf]: refer to this guide for information regarding form routing.Full-time Faculty Appointment Form (FAF) [DocuSign]
Adjunct/Summer Faculty Appointment Form (FAF) [DocuSign]