Job Description Summary
The School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture (APLA) at Auburn University, a comprehensive land-grant and research institution, seeks candidates for a full-time tenure-track Assistant Professor for appointment in the Landscape Architecture Programs with teaching responsibilities centered in design studio and one or more of the specialized topic areas indicated below, commencing August 2025.
The Auburn Landscape Architecture Programs are research-informed, design-led programs dedicated to training quality designers, addressing contemporary issues, and participating in critical landscape discourse. Grounded in the state of Alabama, we focus attention on places where the richness, complexity, and messiness of landscape is prominently felt, including post-industrial cities, infrastructural landscapes, rural landscapes, and coasts. Our curriculum places special emphasis on practices of fieldwork, landscape advocacy, and design research. At the end of our programs, students have the opportunity to work within the Alabama Lab, our design research lab.
We offer both an undergraduate degree (BLA) and a graduate degree (MLA). Successful candidates will contribute to teaching and the continued refinement and improvement of both programs.
In addition to the BLA and MLA, our School also offers three allied degree programs: Bachelor of Architecture, Bachelor of Interior Architecture, and Bachelor of Environmental Design. APLA resides in the College of Architecture, Design, and Construction along with the McWhorter School of Building Science and the School of Industrial + Graphic Design. Opportunities for collaboration within the School, College, and broader University abound. We participate in a legacy of engaged public interest design work exemplified by our School’s two off-campus centers: Rural Studio (Hale County, Alabama) and Urban Studio (Birmingham, Alabama).
The Landscape Architecture Programs seek candidates with a strong interest in teaching both design studios and seminar courses at both the graduate and undergraduate level. Candidates should have the capacity to teach at least some portion of: a) our core studio sequences (Studio I-IV and Workshop I-II in the BLA program; Studio I-IV in the MLA program) and b.) our core subject tracks (construction; dynamic systems; graphic studies; history, theory, and practice; plants). There may also be opportunities to teach elective seminars or advanced studios within the Alabama Lab. If interested, candidates for this position will also have the opportunity to fulfill a portion of their teaching appointment at Urban Studio, located in Birmingham, Alabama.
Regardless of the candidate’s scholarly focus, responsibilities of the appointment include teaching, service, and research. The successful candidate will demonstrate the capacity to maintain an active scholarly program disseminated through appropriate disciplinary venues. APLA faculty engage in and are supported in a broad range of formats for research and creative work.
Minimum Qualifications
Candidates must have a Master of Landscape Architecture degree, or a Bachelor of Landscape Architecture plus a terminal degree in a related field, at the time employment begins. Excellent interpersonal skills are required. All candidates selected for these positions must be able to meet eligibility requirements for work in the United States at the time this position is scheduled to begin and continue working legally for the proposed term of employment. Auburn University is an EEO/Vet/Disability employer.
Desired Qualifications
Desired qualifications include evidence of outstanding design skills, experience with contemporary drawing and modeling techniques (such as analog media, Rhino, ArcGIS, or digital fabrication), experience in professional practice, experience in teaching, professional registration, and/or advanced degrees in Landscape Architecture or related fields. Salary will be commensurate with experience and qualifications. Successful candidates will have a strong design philosophy grounded in contemporary practice and will have a track record of investigating contemporary issues through techniques that translate to a design studio setting.
Special Instructions to Applicants
Required online submission materials include:
1) a letter of interest including delineation of pedagogical and research interests
2) a current curriculum vitae
3) a print-ready (PDF format) digital copy of a portfolio illustrating the candidate’s scholarly/creative work and (where applicable) examples of work illustrating prior teaching experience
4) names, email addresses, and telephone numbers of three current references.
If applicants have questions or need assistance in completing the application, including reasonable accommodations, please email Rob Holmes
rbh0012@auburn.edu.
Review of applications will begin on 10 January 2025 and will continue until the position is filled.
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