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Pennsylvania State University
The Department of Architecture in the Stuckeman School in the College of Arts & Architecture at The Pennsylvania State University is seeking applications for a tenure-line position at the rank of Assistant Professor, with an anticipated start date of Fall 2025. The Department of Architecture is defined by teaching excellence in graduate and undergraduate programs, the delivery of National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB) accredited curricula and strong record of faculty research and creative practice in four research clusters (Material Matters, Design Computing, Sustainability, and Culture, Society, Space).
The Department of Architecture is housed in the Stuckeman School, a thriving inter-disciplinary research environment for collaborative partners. Three centers for research engaging faculty and graduate students — the Hamer Center for Community Design, the Stuckeman Center for Design Computing, and Ecology + Design — provide a wide range of research opportunities. Stuckeman endowments provide research seed funding; faculty members have been co-appointed to university research institutes and have been successful in receiving competitive awards and external research funding.
The College of Arts & Architecture is working to establish a culture of anti-racism and anti-oppression that embraces individual identities, fosters a culture of inclusion, and promotes equity through curricula, values, standards, ideals, policies and practices. The ideal candidate will provide evidence of their experience with, and interest in, contributing to these goals.
Position Summary:
We are seeking a dynamic and innovative architecture faculty member to join our department, with a focus on building design. The ideal candidate will bring a strong background in architectural practice, a passion for teaching fundamental architectural principles, a commitment to advancing core architectural design pedagogy, and a willingness to work across disciplines. A professional license to practice architecture and a PhD are preferred, and the candidate should possess a creative and curious mindset. This role demands an enthusiastic individual ready to engage students in foundational design concepts while contributing to the development of our Architecture curricula. The successful candidate will demonstrate robust practice experience and a drive to inspire the next generation of architects. Candidates are expected to clearly describe where their research and creative practice fits into the department research clusters. Since most research projects are collaborative and interdisciplinary, successful applicants may contribute to multiple research clusters with one as primary. Links to research cluster descriptions are as follows:
Material Matters: https://arts.psu.edu/academics/department-of-architecture/material-matters-mm
Culture, Society, Space: https://arts.psu.edu/academics/department-of-architecture/culture-society-space
Design Computing: https://arts.psu.edu/academics/department-of-architecture/design-computing
Sustainability: https://arts.psu.edu/academics/department-of-architecture/sustainability-sus
Required Qualifications:
A terminal degree in architecture is required (M. Arch; D. Arch; Ph.D.). Candidates that hold a PhD, with professional experience and architectural licensure are especially encouraged to apply.
Evidence of equitable considerations, awareness, and practice regarding curricula development, inclusive practices in educating diverse student bodies, or working with a diverse faculty and staff, along with evidence of working collectively to cultivate a culture that supports success and enables all members of a college community to thrive.
Candidates must demonstrate teaching excellence and describe their ability to make substantial contributions to architectural research by presenting a history of scholarship or creative practice through publications, exhibitions, built works or awards, and external grant funding, or the promise of these abilities.
About the College of Arts & Architecture:
The College of Arts and Architecture at Penn State is a comprehensive arts and architecture community including academic programs in architecture, landscape architecture, music, theatre, visual arts, graphic design, and art history, with a center for the performing arts, and a university art museum, which collectively serve as important cultural resources that provide educational engagement programs for Penn State and area communities. The college is committed to artistic and scholarly creativity, research, community engagement, and the preparation of specialized practitioners in all the arts and design disciplines, along with community engagement in its programs. In addition, the college is home to several research centers, institutes and initiatives, which foster a vibrant culture of inquiry that promotes excellence within the arts and design disciplines, while at the same time leveraging the potential of a comprehensive research university. There are approximately 1,450 graduate and undergraduate students enrolled in the college. The college is housed in sixteen buildings on the University Park campus. It includes performance spaces, gallery/exhibition spaces, a lighting and design lab, computer labs, special subject libraries, specialized studios and a stage lighting archive. Take a look at all of these wonderful resources here: https://arts.psu.edu
About Penn State:
Penn State http://www.psu.edu is a comprehensive, multi-campus research University serving all regions of the Commonwealth, as well as the nation and the world in instruction, research, and service roles that require responsiveness to and support from society’s public and private sectors. As a land-grant University, Penn State has responsibility for providing a wide array of programs in the professional and technical disciplines, as well as a balanced offering of undergraduate and graduate programs in the arts and sciences. Penn State shares with other major research universities the traditional responsibilities to discover, develop, preserve, and disseminate knowledge. The University Park campus is set in the State College metropolitan area, a university town located in Centre County in central Pennsylvania. State College has a population of approximately 42,000 residents and is within a half-day`s drive to Washington D.C., Baltimore, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and New York City. The University Park Airport is served by three major carriers with non-stop flights to Washington D.C., Philadelphia, and Chicago.
About the Department:
Additional information about the Department of Architecture may be found at the following URL: https://arts.psu.edu/architecture.
About the Stuckeman School:
Additional information about the Stuckeman School may be found at the following URL: https://arts.psu.edu/academics/stuckeman-school/.
Application Procedures:
Review of applications will begin on December 1, 2024, and will continue until the position is filled. Applicants should electronically submit their applications via Penn State’s Careers page: https://hr.psu.edu/careers, including a letter of interest that positions the applicant in the arena of architectural building design and core pedagogy and outlines the area of expertise, curriculum vitae, an abbreviated portfolio (not to exceed 20 pages) that includes selected samples of teaching, creative accomplishments, research, or professional practice projects (a more thorough and complete portfolio may be requested of selected finalists). Address in your cover letter how equity, diversity, inclusion and belonging relate to your academic, research, creative activity, and/or service experience. In addition, provide the names, email addresses, and telephone numbers of three or more references who may be contacted later. Questions pertaining to this search can be directed to the search committee chair, Professor Mehrdad Hadighi mzh11@psu.edu.
Employment will require successful completion of background check(s) in accordance with University policies. Penn State is committed to Affirmative Action, equal opportunity and the diversity of its workforce.
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