Assistant Professor in Landscape Architecture (tenure-line)

Pennsylvania State University University Park, PA Full-time Education

Posted on April 19, 2024

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Assistant Professor in Landscape Architecture (tenure-line)

Penn State's Department of Landscape Architecture is seeking applications for a tenure-track assistant professor who will embrace our mission of "Inspired work grounded in environmental and social good," to contribute outstanding teaching, and advance the discipline of landscape architecture through their research and creative practice. Advancing our mission in recent years, we have developed new courses in social and environmental justice; expanded interdisciplinary teaching and research opportunities; and created a new research center E+D: Ecology plus Design. We are particularly interested in candidates with a demonstrated strength in design and teaching in entry-level to advanced design studios, and who have a developed, externally fundable research agenda. Additionally, the successful applicant will be able to incorporate their research into the classroom, work effectively with faculty, staff and students from diverse backgrounds, and contribute to the department's broad environmental and social interests. We especially encourage those with substantial professional experience and/or licensure to apply. Connections to professional practice and current emerging trends in the profession are highly desirable.

Responsibilities
The successful applicant will teach two courses per semester. We are seeking excellent designers whose expertise will support our departmental mission, and we are interested in candidates with a wide range of research and creative practice areas that support social and environmental good. Courses taught will draw on the instructor's strengths and interests, and in addition to design studios, may include landscape representation, landscape technologies, or landscape architectural history or theory. The appointment will be a full-time, academic year (nine month) position. The expected start date is August 15, 2024.

About the Department of Landscape Architecture
Penn State Landscape Architecture resides in the Stuckeman School, which also houses the Departments of Architecture and Graphic Design. Generous endowments support several Chairs and Professorships for full professors, a Career Development Professor in Design for early-career faculty, and grant opportunities to provide early- or mid-career faculty professional development. The endowments also provide funding for faculty travel, visiting critics, lectures and exhibitions, research assistants, and course enhancement funds. The Stuckeman School includes three research centers: the Hamer Center for Community Design, the Stuckeman Center for Design Computing, and E+D: Ecology + Design. All three offer a robust research community, facilitation of community and industry connections, and funding for student research support, course support, grant assistance, and research travel. For more information on our department and academic context, explore the following websites: Landscape Architecture Department, Stuckeman School and the College of Arts and Architecture

The Department offers professionally accredited BLA and MLA degrees, a post-professional MS in Landscape Architecture, an online MPS in Geodesign, a landscape architecture research track under the PhD in Architecture, as well as a Minor in Landscape Architecture that attracts students from many disciplines throughout the college and university. Our community currently includes approximately 170 undergraduate and 20 graduate students, eight staff members, and 20 full-time faculty members.

The Department continues to uphold 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.

About Penn State

Penn State is an internationally highly ranked Tier 1 research institution and land grant university located in State College, in central Pennsylvania's ridge and valley system, surrounded by beautiful farmland and wooded mountains, within driving distance of several major east coast cities including Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, New York, and DC.

Qualifications:

Required

1. A terminal degree in Landscape Architecture, or in a related discipline with at least one degree in landscape architecture;

2. A record of scholarly and/or professional work that aligns with our mission;

3. Demonstrated commitment to collaboration, diversity and inclusion, and interdisciplinary cooperation;

4. Evidence of success in teaching.

5. Evidence of equitable considerations, awareness, and practice with regard to 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.

Preferred

1. Licensure, substantial professional experience, and/or PhD.

To Apply

To be assured of full consideration all materials must be submitted by December 10, 2023; review will begin immediately thereafter and continue until suitable candidates are found.

Submit digital applications via [insert Workday application process].

Include in a single PDF of 10MB or less:

(1) a current C.V. or resume;

(2) letter of interest that includes teaching approach and interests; creative practice and/or research goals and achievements; contributions to diversity, equity, and inclusion; contributions to our departmental mission; and other relevant information that supports your candidacy;

(3) representative samples of research and/or creative practice works;

(4) address in your cover letter how equity, diversity, inclusion and belonging relate to your academic, research, creative activity, and/or service experience;

(5) contact information of three references.

Inquiries should be addressed to:

Bonj Szczygiel, Chair Faculty Search Committee

bxs28@psu.edu

Apply online at https://psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/PSU_Academic/job/Penn-State-University-Park/Assistant-Professor-in-Landscape-Architecture--tenure-line-_REQ_0000049238-1

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Penn State is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer, and is committed to providing employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

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