Architecture, Assistant Professor
About The Position
Cal Poly Pomona's Department of Architecture (CPPARC) is seeking a Tenure-Track Assistant Professor of Architecture to join the faculty in Fall 2027. The position emphasizes a commitment to advancing the discipline and profession of architecture while actively engaging in and supporting inclusivity within a diverse academic community. The new faculty member will be responsible for teaching and coordinating core architecture studios (1st, 2nd, or 3rd year), upper-level elective design studios, lecture courses, and elective seminars within the B.Arch and M.Arch programs. Additionally, the role involves contributing to department, college, and university operations through service, and maintaining creative and scholarly activities that inform teaching. A particular interest lies in candidates who can lead courses and curriculum meeting the NAAB SC.6 Building Integration requirement, ensuring students can make design decisions integrating building envelope systems, structural systems, environmental control systems, life safety systems, and measurable building performance outcomes. The department serves a diverse student population, including many first-generation college students and community college transfers, and is committed to equity and inclusion in teaching and mentoring.
Requirements
- Possess an advanced degree in architecture (Master or PhD) by the start of the appointment
- Demonstrated ability to work effectively with students, staff and faculty from diverse ethnic, cultural, and socioeconomic backgrounds
- Experience teaching architecture design studios at the post-secondary education level
Nice To Haves
- Experience or demonstrate a capacity to teach building envelope systems and assemblies, environmental control systems, building performance, and sustainable design practices
- Experience or demonstrate a capacity to coordinate a team-taught design studio and/or student advising
- Experience or demonstrate a capacity to advance academic knowledge and/or practice of architecture through research, scholarship, and/or creative activities
- Experience or demonstrate a capacity to maintain a record of service on university committees, to the discipline of architecture, to professional architectural organizations, and/or to community organizations related to architecture
- Hold a license to practice architecture in the United States, or be actively pursuing licensure
- Have at least 2-years of experience teaching architecture design studios at the post-secondary education level
Responsibilities
- Teach and coordinate architecture core studios (1st, 2nd, or 3rd year)
- Teach upper-level elective design studios
- Teach lecture courses
- Teach elective seminars within the B.Arch and M.Arch programs
- Contribute to department, college, and university operations through service
- Maintain creative and scholarly activities that inform teaching
- Lead courses and curriculum that meet the NAAB SC.6 Building Integration requirement
Benefits
- Tenure Track Faculty Position
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
