Professor - Architecture teaches courses in the discipline area of architecture. Develops and designs curriculum plans to foster student learning, stimulate class discussions, and ensures student engagement. Being a Professor - Architecture provides tutoring and academic counseling to students, maintains classes related records, and assesses student coursework. Collaborates and supports colleagues regarding research interests and co-curricular activities. Additionally, Professor - Architecture typically reports to a department head. Requires a PhD or terminal degree appropriate to the field. Has considerable experience and is qualified to teach at undergraduate and graduate levels and initiates research and case studies in field of interest and may publish findings in trade journals or textbooks. Provides intellectual leadership and has made significant contributions to the field. May offer independent study opportunities and mentoring to students. Typically this individual is a leader in the field and has been published. (Copyright 2024 Salary.com)
The Department of Architecture at the University of New Mexico is currently accepting applications for a full-time, tenure-track position to teach Sustainable Design at the rank of Assistant Professor. The position is a 9-month faculty appointment (mid-August to mid-May each academic year) beginning in August of 2024 located in Albuquerque, NM.
The Position:
The Department of Architecture welcomes candidates with expertise in sustainable design and new perspectives and lenses that bring social and environmental issues in sustainability to the forefront. The successful candidate will have the experience and knowledge to promote and expand the discourse on sustainability and design in architecture and the built environment. They will teach a required sustainability lecture course and related design studios and seminars to pre-professional undergraduate and professional and post-professional graduate architecture students. The candidate will also serve on department and school committees and participate in other activities, such as curriculum development. The successful candidate will demonstrate a track record of excellence in architectural research or a research-based architectural practice. Areas of expertise within sustainability may include knowledge of sustainable materials and methods of construction, resilience against impacts of climate change, indigenous knowledge systems, innovative methods of energy use, historic preservation, and other methodologies considering the sustained use, existence, and inhabitation of the built environment. Our school thrives when our faculty broadens our perspectives and brings new conversations to our community.
The School of Architecture Planning:
UNM Architecture teaches and inspires
architects to respond critically to the urgencies of the present and the
promises of a more sustainable and equitable future. The department supports
the work of our award-winning faculty, students, and scholars to investigate
the architectural systems and social forces that define sustainable built environments
at the highest levels of academia and practice. UNM Architecture strives to be
a model of radically accessible and affordable public architectural education.
The U.S. Department of Education’s College
Scorecard has ranked UNM Architecture #3 for affordability in the U.S. among
universities that have architecture bachelors
and/or masters degree programs. The Department of
Architecture is housed in the award-winning George Pearl Hall, designed by
architect Antoine Predock, along with the departments of Landscape Architecture
and Community and Regional Planning. The spacious facilities have the latest
design and fabrication tools, including various methods of digital fabrication
and other modes of making. The Department of Architecture offers a Bachelor of
Arts in Architecture, a NAAB-accredited Master of Architecture, and
non-professional Master of Science in Architecture degrees.
The
University of New Mexico:
UNM is New Mexico’s flagship
research institution, is the largest university in the state and is categorized
as a Research 1 / RU/VH Research University (very high research activity) in
the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. A diverse
university with a wide variety of cultures and ethnicities represented among
the faculty, staff, and students, it is also a
Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) as defined by
the Hispanic Association of Colleges & Universities. The University of New
Mexico focuses on making university education accessible: the First Year
Promise covers base tuition and fees for full-time enrollment for qualified
first-time freshmen who have graduated from a New Mexico high school and have
an annual family income of $50,000- roughly the state’s median family income