SOE : Security Of Employment

Outside of the University of California system, the term SOE doesn't have much meaning. Essentially, it's the designation used for Lecturers (i.e., teaching faculty) who are members of the Academic Senate and have achieved "Lecturer tenure", which is called SOE, or "Security Of Employment".

There is a roughly parallel track between teaching faculty and research faculty: lecturers PSOE are at the same level as assistant (research) faculty, in that they're both pre-tenure. Lecturers SOE are at the same level as associate (research) faculty, in that they're both post-tenure.