In academia, a visiting scholar, visiting researcher, visiting fellow, visiting lecturer, or visiting professor is a scholar from an institution who visits a host university to teach, lecture, or perform research on a topic for which the visitor is valued.

What is a visiting teaching professor?

A visiting assistant professor is a professional lecturer invited to join a college or university faculty for a limited time, for instance, half-year or an academic year.

Are visiting professors paid?

Visiting professors are typically paid less than their tenured or tenure-track peers, but the salary is higher than adjunct wages, making it attractive to the PhDs that have flooded the labor market, especially in the last few years.