Policies by Career Stage
Hiring and Recruitment
Academic Appointments and Reappointments
- AR 2:1-2- Procedures for Faculty Appointment, Reappointment, Promotion and the Granting of Tenure - Includes information on terminal reappointments
 - Provost Policy Statement- Faculty Reappointment in the Tenure-Eligible Title Series (2012)
 - Provost Policy Statement- Academic Appointment and Credentials Verification Requirement for Teaching (2025) - Requires academic appointments for staff who teach UK Courses.
 - Provost Policy Statement- Academic Appointment and Contract Period for Part-Time Faculty Teaching Credit-Bearing Courses (2011)
 - Provost Policy Statement- SOPs for Appointing Part-Time Instructors (2019)
 - Part-Time Appointment Types
 
Promotion and Tenure
Administrative and Senior Rank (Expedited) Appointments
- Offer letters for administrators are required to go through the faculty hiring workflow, located in the Office for Faculty Advancement SharePoint Site (contact Megan Lucy for access).
 - PPS Faculty Administrative Appointments (2023)
 - Draft Guidelines- Expedited Senior Appointments (2024)
 - Draft Guidelines- Faculty Administrator Appointments (2024)
 
Retirement
- AR 2:1- Procedures for Faculty Appointment, Reappointment, Promotion and the Granting of Tenure (section III.C.4, on page 3, covers emeritus titles)
 - AR 3:1- University of Kentucky Retirement Plans
 - Regulations Affecting Employment (section B.1.a.3, on page 5, covers post-retirement appointments)
 - UK Human Resources Retirement Page
 - Retiree Technology Checklist
 
Misconduct, Discipline, and Termination
- AR: Employee Code
 - AR: Due Process (Interim)
 - AR: Equal Dignity (Interim)
 - Policy- Due Process: Academic Code
 - Policy- Due Process: Employee Code (Faculty)
 - Policy- Due Process: Equal Dignity
 - Policy- Due Process: Research Misconduct
 - AR 3:11- Tenured Faculty Review and Development Policy (consequential review)
 - AR 5:5- Appeal Procedure for Graduate Medical Education Residents and Fellows
 - AR 6:4- University Alcohol Policy
 - AR 6:6- Policy on Deadly Weapons
 - Office of Equal Opportunity
 
College Faculty Affairs Contacts
College Faculty Affairs Contacts
- Agriculture, Food and Environment
 - Arts and Sciences
- Sarah Lyon - sarah.lyon@uky.edu
 
 - Business and Economics
- Scott Kelley - scott.kelley@uky.edu
 
 - Communication and Information
- Heidi Metzger - CIHumanResources@uky.edu
 - Megan Sizemore - msizemore@uky.edu
 
 - Dentistry
- Craig Miller - craig.miller@uky.edu
 - Barbara Dickson - barbara.dickson@uky.edu
 
 - Design
- Jennie Boyd - jennie.boyd@uky.edu
 
 - Education
- Susan Cantrell - susan.cantrell@uky.edu
 
 - Engineering
- Michael Renfro - michael.renfro@uky.edu
 
 - Fine Arts
- Kate Sprengnether - ksprengnether@uky.edu
 
 - Graduate School (including Martin & Patterson Schools)
- Tammy Anding- tamara.anding@uky.edu
 
 - Health Sciences
- Janice Kuperstein - janice.kuperstein@uky.edu
 
 - Honors
- Pearl James - pearl.james@uky.edu
 
 - Law
- Beau Steenken - beau.steenken@uky.edu
 
 - Libraries
- Melissa Barlow - melissa.barlow@uky.edu
 
 - Medicine
- Kelly Perry- kmci226@uky.edu
 
 - Nursing
- Lisa Galvin - lggalv@uky.edu
 
 - Pharmacy
- Angela Keene - angela.keene@uky.edu
 
 - Public Health
- Charlotte Baker - charlotte.baker@uky.edu
 
 - Social Work
- Jackie Duron - jackie.duron@uky.edu