Interfolio Search Position Naming Conventions

When naming positions in Interfolio, please include the following in this order:

1. Role (position rank), plus
2. Descriptor (one of the following):
   1. Subfield (when possible; if so, please stop here.)
   2. Field/Department/Program (when no subfield is present), or
   3. Another defining characteristic (when applicable.)

Formatting: Please use only commas to separate the Role and Descriptor, like the examples below. Please do
not use other punctuation or phrasing.

General List of Roles:

Ladder Faculty (tenure/tenure track):

• Assistant Professor
• For open rank, use: Assistant/Associate/Full Professor
• For open tenured, use: Associate/Full Professor

Instructional (Non-Ladder) Faculty:

• Lector
• Senior Lector I
• Lecturer
• Senior Lecturer

Examples of Position Names that conform to these conventions:

• (role, subfield:) Associate/Full Professor, Theoretical Biological Physics
• (role, subfield:) Assistant/Associate/Full Professor, Modern European History
• (role, field/department:) Assistant Professor, Economics
• (role, another defining characteristic:) Postdoctoral Associate, Smith Lab 

Examples of Position Names that do not conform to these conventions:

• Associate Professor of Social Science, Yale University
  • The role should be Assistant/Associate/Full Professor (if an open ladder search), or Associate/Full Professor (if a tenure search).
  • A comma should be used instead of the word ‘of’ (to standardize position format).
  • Social Science is too broad of a field; please use a field or subfield within the social sciences.
  • Please do not include ‘Yale University’ in the position title, because the institution will be readily viewable on job posting websites.
• Tenure-track Faculty – Statistics and Data Science Department
  • The terms Tenure-track or Faculty are variably defined and should not be used; please refer to the General List of Roles above.
  • A comma should be used instead of the dash ( – ) (to standardize position format)
  • Please do not use the term ‘Department’, as it makes the title too long; only the field/subfield.
• Postdoctoral Position in the Environmental Humanities
  • The word ‘Position’ is too vague and should not be used; please use the appropriate role of Postdoctoral Associate (Yale-funded) or Postdoctoral Fellow (not Yale-funded).
  • A comma should be used instead of the phrase ‘in the’ (to standardize position format).