Teaching Assistant Professor (Three Open Positions)

University of Arkansas • Fayetteville, NC

13d • $65,000

About The Position

This is a 9-month, full-time, non-tenure track faculty appointment. The Teaching Assistant Professor will teach in Design Studio with a related area of topical focus. The Teaching Assistant Professor will develop coursework within a five-year Undergraduate Professional Bachelor of Architecture curriculum. Regular, reliable, and non-disruptive attendance is an essential job duty, as is the ability to create and maintain collegial, harmonious working relationships with others. The Fay Jones School of Architecture + Design at the University of Arkansas invites applications from highly motivated candidates for full-time nine-month faculty appointment at the rank of Teaching Assistant Professor. We invite accomplished designer-practitioners and emerging professionals with research and design experience across scales and typologies to teach in Design Studio with a related area of topical focus. Candidates should demonstrate ability to contribute to a curricular framework through one of the following focus areas: 1) foundation design, 2) material technologies, 3) environmental technologies, 4) critical practice, 5) housing, 6) purpose-driven design-build, or 7) a self-defined area of specialization. Candidates must demonstrate strong design sensibilities, critical thinking skills, collaborative ability and capacity to teach and develop coursework within a five-year Undergraduate Professional Bachelor of Architecture curriculum. Specific demonstrated potential for success in innovative scholarship, professional practice, or other creative activity is also required. Professional licensure is preferred. The Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design includes accredited Departments of Architecture, Interior Architecture and Design, Landscape Architecture, Bachelor of Science programs in Architecture and Landscape Architecture, and an award-winning University of Arkansas Community Design Center. A broad range of course offerings at the Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design equips graduates with the knowledge and critical agility required to meet the challenges of designing for a changing world; and provides students with critical frameworks for design thinking that also help them assume leadership roles in the profession and in their communities. Established programs at the University of Arkansas Rome Center, along with other study abroad options, and a rigorous Honors program within the School complement all departments. Housed in the center of the main campus, in Vol Walker Hall / the Stephen L Anderson Design Center, an AIA Honor Award winning building designed by Marlon Blackwell Architects, the three departments promote and engage in interdisciplinary collaboration and shared resources including state-of-the-art fabrication workshops and materials lab. Collaboration among disciplines is further encouraged through a growing variety of upper-level interdisciplinary studios and seminars. As part of the growth of this interdisciplinary culture, the school currently is overseeing the design and construction of the Anthony Timberlands Center for Design and Material Innovation, a new 45,000SF building, designed by 2020 Pritzker Prize Winners Grafton Architects, which will include a 12,000 SF high-bay fabrication laboratory, a lecture hall, conference rooms and open-plan studios. Scheduled for completion in May, 2025, the new building will be a center of excellence for innovation in wood design and product development intended to expand the use of wood in architectural design, construction techniques, and product design. Additionally, the school is currently designing and building the Whipple Family Forest Education Center at Garvan Woodland Gardens in Hot Springs, Arkansas. In August, 2024, the State Department selected the Fay Jones School as the primary commissioner for the US Pavilion at the 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale.

Requirements

• Terminal degree in architecture (MArch) from an accredited institution of higher education conferred by the start of employment
• Demonstrated ability to teach and/or coordinate design studio in the undergraduate Professional BArch Program
• A recognized body of creative work
• Active or developing scholarship
• Professional/creative practice
• Critical thinking skills
• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal
• Ability to teach and develop coursework within a five-year Undergraduate Professional Bachelor of Architecture curriculum
• Strong design sensibilities

Nice To Haves

• Willing to aid in the implementation of their area of emphasis, incrementally across curriculum
• Post-professional education in architecture or an allied discipline
• Demonstrated evidence of successful teaching in studios, lectures and seminars
• Experience teaching undergraduate courses across a departmental curriculum
• Experience working collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team
• Experienced in professional architecture practice or in an allied discipline practice
• Licensed or pursuing professional licensure

Responsibilities

• Teach in Design Studio with a related area of topical focus.
• Develop coursework within a five-year Undergraduate Professional Bachelor of Architecture curriculum.
• Maintain collegial, harmonious working relationships with others.

Benefits

• university contributions to health, dental, life and disability insurance
• tuition waivers for employees and their families
• 12 official holidays
• immediate leave accrual
• a choice of retirement programs with university contributions ranging from 5 to 10% of employee salary

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees