Assistant Professor or Associate Professor

MSU Jobs • Starkville, MS

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About The Position

The School of Architecture at Mississippi State University invites applicants for two tenure-track appointments at the Assistant Professor or Associate Professor rank with an anticipated start date of Fall 2025. We seek candidates with experience in integrating emerging approaches to sustainable and resilient design in their research, teaching, and creative practice. The candidates are expected to incorporate innovative strategies and techniques for sustainable design in studio and lecture courses as part of the design studios and technology coursework at the undergraduate level. Areas of expertise that are sought range from energy modeling, building performance simulation, innovative use of materials, structural investigations, and construction techniques, among others. Design studios are the heart of the School of Architecture. While sustainable and resilient principles are taught in a range of courses, studios are the place in which faculty and students engage in deep investigations with the aim of advancing architecture. The Gulf Coast Community Design Studio, the Jackson Community Design Center, and other research centers at Mississippi State University provide opportunities for research collaboration. The School of Architecture and the College of Architecture, Art, and Design are making significant investments in advanced visualization and simulation through the establishment of a new state-of-the­ art visualization and simulation lab, supporting applicants whose research agenda involves one or more of the following areas: computational approaches to energy modeling, building performance simulations, geospatial visualization, building information modeling, and digital twins. The successful candidates will also play a prominent roles in the planned graduate program. For salary grade UC, these positions are "Unclassified" and salary ranges are determined by the hiring department. The School of Architecture (housed in the College of Architecture, Art+ Design) is a 5-year Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch) degree granting program engaged in the issues of our time. We offer unique opportunities for innovative teaching, creative research, and substantive interdisciplinary collaboration; including the pioneering Collaborative Studios together with the Department of Building Construction Science. We pursue these commitments with a diverse faculty, all of whom teach both in the design studios and in the area of their specialization. We are deeply committed to the challenges of twenty-first century architecture; ecological and cultural sustainability, craft of making and building, collaborative practice and integrated project delivery, as well as creativity, criticality, and abstraction. All of these issues are intertwined in our research and teaching.

Requirements

• Professional architectural degree and a master's degree in architecture or related field.
• Level of appointment commensurate with qualifications and experience.
• Successful candidates will have qualifications to support design-studio teaching (in a NAAB accredited program) and have an established research agenda in sustainable and resilient practices.

Nice To Haves

• Candidates with design studio teaching experience are preferred.
• Professional licensure (or progress toward licensure) or an earned Ph.D. (or progress toward a Ph.D.) is also preferred.
• The School of Architecture encourages diverse theoretical and methodological perspectives.
• We invite candidates who can collaborate with our faculty who share diverse viewpoints and who can make a positive contribution to the missions of our school and college as well as the university.

Responsibilities

• Successful candidate(s) will be expected to teach in various levels of architecture design studios and courses while productively engaging in peer-reviewed scholarly research and/or activities.
• Successful candidates shall receive a recurring 9-month appointment throughout the tenure-track process.
• The typical faculty workload consists of teaching a combined total of eighteen credit-hours per academic year. This includes 2 six-credit hour studio classes and 2 three-credit hour lecture classes.
• Successful candidates will pursue a research agenda that has the potential to create a national reputation.
• To support their research, successful candidates will receive a research start-up package.
• Service to the institution, including committee assignments and/or public outreach activities, is also expected of successful candidates.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees