Job Details

Title: Assistant Professor (Tenure-Track) in Landscape Architecture

Position Number: 0083429

Hiring Unit: School of Architecture

Location: Honolulu, Hawai'i

Date Posted: October 2, 2024

Closing Date: Continuous - application review begins November 12, 2024. Applications received by November 11, 2024 will be given priority.

Salary Information: Commensurate with qualifications and experience

Monthly Type: 9 Month

Tenure Track: Tenure

Full Time/Part Time: Full Time

Temporary/Permanent: Permanent

Other Conditions: Appointment to begin August 1, 2025, pending position clearance and availability of funds.

Job Description:

The School of Architecture at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa (UH Manoa) seeks a dynamic and accomplished faculty member in landscape architecture with expertise in designing ecologically and socially sustainable, resilient, healthy places and communities. Position duties include teaching at the graduate and undergraduate levels; research, professional practice, and/or creative work; and service. The school seeks candidates who can demonstrate current, advanced scholarship and design inquiry that exhibits an in-depth understanding of the landscape architecture discipline, as well as strong teaching abilities and demonstrated effectiveness in studio instruction.

Duties and Responsibilities:

This full-time, 9-month faculty position at the rank of Assistant Professor includes responsibilities for teaching, research, creative work, and service. The School of Architecture seeks candidates who can help advance and strengthen the curriculum and focus of its MLA degree and contribute to the delivery of the BEnvD, MArch, and DArch programs. Within the required specialization in landscape architecture, desired expertise includes but is not limited to design research and practice at the intersection of landscape architecture and digital technology and/or design for healthy, livable, and resilient communities.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Candidates must have a minimum of a Master of Landscape Architecture (MLA) degree.
• Additionally, before application for tenure, documentation of a professional license to practice landscape architecture (or architecture) is required of candidates who do not hold a PhD.
• Applicants must demonstrate excellent design, communication, and collaboration skills.
• A strong record of demonstrated teaching effectiveness.
• The ability to maintain a vigorous program of research and/or creative work and potential to advance the discipline.

Desirable Qualifications:

• Additional professional/post-professional degree(s) or a PhD in landscape architecture/urban design/architecture or a related field.
• An established body of peer-reviewed built and/or creative work or scholarship in multiple areas relevant to landscape architecture and/or the design of healthy, resilient communities.
• Fluency in discipline-relevant digital technology, e.g., generative design/AI, emerging animation/modeling, and/or digital fabrication/prototyping.
• Professional practice experience that translates to strengthening the outcomes for design implementation courses in the areas of site detailing and integration of construction technologies.
• Aptitude for administrative academic service and/or experience with LAAB accreditation and curriculum development.
• Experience working with individuals and groups of culturally diverse backgrounds and/or demonstrated interest in indigenous perspectives.

To Apply:

Click on the “Apply” button in the top right corner of the screen to complete an application and attach all the required documents listed below in PDF format:

• Cover letter summarizing interest and qualifications for the position, including experience and impacts in teaching, research or creative work, and service (maximum two pages).
• Curriculum Vitae
• Statement of teaching philosophy (maximum one page)
• Portfolio of research and/or creative projects (maximum twenty pages)
• Names and contact information of three professional references
• Official transcripts showing degrees (copies of official transcripts are acceptable at time of application; however original official transcripts will be required upon hire)

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