WSU-posted 25 days ago
$80,000 - $95,000/Yr
Full-time • Mid Level
Pullman, WA
5,001-10,000 employees
Educational Services

The School of Design and Construction (SDC) at Washington State University (WSU) invites applications for a full-time faculty member as either a continuous career-track (non-tenure track) Assistant Professor OR a permanent tenure-track Assistant Professor. Duties and Responsibilities for both tracks: The successful candidate will join a vibrant, interdisciplinary community committed to being the premier destination for integrated design and construction education in the nation. Through collaboration across Architecture, Interior Design, Landscape Architecture, Construction Management, and emerging programs in Energy Conscious Construction, faculty and students work together to prepare the next generation of professionals for the complex, interconnected challenges of the built environment. The successful candidate will teach design studios and lecture or seminar courses that form the core of the architecture curriculum at both undergraduate and NAAB-accredited graduate levels. The successful candidate will be expected to teach courses central to the construction management core curriculum. Teaching areas may include design fundamentals, building systems, architectural theory, or professional practice, depending on expertise, as well as interdisciplinary courses offered across the school. This position is expected to contribute to school and university service, support student learning and success, and participate in an inclusive academic community. Those with multidisciplinary research and/or teaching interests are encouraged to apply. Duties and Responsibilities for Career-Track Assistant Professor This is a 100% FTE position with an 80% Teaching and 20% service workload distribution. The successful candidate will primarily focus on teaching excellence, contributing to curriculum development, studio coordination, and mentorship of students. The ability to conduct research and scholarly activities in a defined area of interest is beneficial but not required. Duties and Responsibilities for Tenure-Track Assistant Professor This is a 100% FTE position with a 40% Research, 40% Teaching, and 20% Service workload distribution. Similar expectations as above are expected for a tenure-track candidate. The successful candidate is also required to develop and maintain a nationally recognized program of research and/or creative scholarship that leads to external grant funding, peer-reviewed publications, and national/ international awards. This position is an opportunity to leverage the SDC resources, described below, and establish a research/teaching practice of national and international significance addressing critical design challenges for the future of architecture and the built environment in alignment with strategic research areas in the SDC, which include decarbonization of the built environment, emerging technologies and advanced computational design, and health and well-being. The successful candidate will also be expected to conduct research that supports architecture education and/or the design industry and if possible in one or more key research areas within SDC.

  • Teach design studios and lecture or seminar courses that form the core of the architecture curriculum at both undergraduate and NAAB-accredited graduate levels.
  • Teach courses central to the construction management core curriculum.
  • Contribute to school and university service.
  • Support student learning and success.
  • Participate in an inclusive academic community.
  • Focus on teaching excellence, contributing to curriculum development, studio coordination, and mentorship of students (Career-Track).
  • Develop and maintain a nationally recognized program of research and/or creative scholarship that leads to external grant funding, peer-reviewed publications, and national/ international awards (Tenure-Track).
  • Conduct research that supports architecture education and/or the design industry and if possible in one or more key research areas within SDC (Tenure-Track).
  • Master's degree in Architecture or a closely related field.
  • Minimum of three (3) years of relevant professional experience in architecture or the design and construction industry.
  • Demonstrated ability or potential for effective teaching in design studios and non-studio core professional program courses in architecture as well as the interdisciplinary courses across the curricula.
  • Demonstrated aptitude and willingness to engage with students from differing disciplines and backgrounds, and community/industry partners.
  • Demonstrated interpersonal skills, including evidence of collaborative work within interdisciplinary research or professional contexts.
  • Demonstrated potential for developing nationally recognized research with peer-reviewed publications and external funding (Tenure-Track).
  • PhD in Architecture or related discipline. All but dissertation will be considered with an expectation of completion within one (1) year of hiring date.
  • Holds a current license in practicing architecture.
  • Previous experience teaching at a higher education level with experience in an architecture program.
  • Four (4) or more years of relevant professional experience in architecture or the design and construction industry.
  • Demonstrated teaching and/or professional experience addressing a variety of project types (including, but not limited to, residential, commercial, and institutional), responsibility areas (including, but not limited to, pre-design through construction administration, including project management) and scales of development (from building design to urban design).
  • Received peer-reviewed design awards, publications, competitive public work and/or other indications of meritorious work in architectural practice.
  • Demonstrated body of professional architectural work that engages 21st century challenges in innovative ways and/or leverages emergent methods and/or tools to meet these
  • Teaching advancing student understanding at the intersections of architectural practice and one or more of the strategic research areas in the SDC.
  • WSU offers a comprehensive benefits package which includes paid sick and vacation leave; paid holidays; medical, dental, life and disability insurance package for employees and dependents; retirement; deferred compensation and optional supplemental retirement accounts.
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