Assistant Professor of Architecture (Tenure Track) Department of Architecture, UVA School of Architecture

University of Virginia • Charlottesville, VA

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The Department of Architecture at the University of Virginia School of Architecture seeks a tenure-track Assistant Professor with a transformative vision for architecture, demonstrated through innovative architectural design, scholarship, and teaching. The successful candidate will bring a strong pedagogical approach, potential for design leadership within and beyond architecture, a developing research agenda rooted in professional and/or academic practice, and a genuine interest in working and teaching across disciplinary boundaries.

The appointee will advance the department’s mission to educate architectural leaders who understand the discipline as inseparable from the landscapes, cultures, environments, and histories in which it is situated. The role includes collaboration across the School of Architecture’s disciplines and the wider university, and engagement with faculty and students through teaching, research, and collaboration.

This is a full-time tenure-track appointment. Faculty are expected to reside in Charlottesville and actively engage with University faculty, staff, and students. The successful candidate will teach core architecture design studios and additional courses; develop curriculum in collaboration with school leadership; serve on academic committees; support student success; and pursue high-profile research, scholarship, or creative production. Candidates should demonstrate clear potential to develop a rigorous, design-driven body of research and creative work over their career at UVA.

Requirements

• Hold a terminal degree in Architecture (MArch) or a comparable degree in a related design field, such as MLA, MUD, or PhD.
• Demonstrate a transformative vision for architecture through innovative architectural design, scholarship, and teaching.
• Bring a strong pedagogical approach.
• Show potential for design leadership within and beyond the discipline of architecture.
• Have a developing research agenda rooted in professional and/or academic practice.
• Show genuine interest in working and teaching across disciplinary boundaries.
• Be prepared to reside in Charlottesville and actively engage with University faculty, staff, and students.

Responsibilities

• Teach core architecture design studios and additional courses.
• Develop curriculum in collaboration with school leadership.
• Serve on academic committees.
• Support student success.
• Pursue an agenda of high-profile research, scholarship, or creative production.
• Collaborate across the School of Architecture’s disciplines and with the wider university.
• Engage with faculty, staff, and students at the University.
• Develop a rigorous, design-driven body of research and creative work.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level