Posting Number
F282P

Quick Link for Posting
http://jobs.uark.edu/postings/17850

Working Title
Assistant Professor - 9 month

Department
Architecture

About the University
Founded in 1871 as a land grant institution, the University of Arkansas is classified by the Carnegie Foundation among the top two percent of universities in the nation with the highest level of research activity. Ten colleges and schools serve more than 26,700 students with more than 200 academic programs. University of Arkansas students earn nationally competitive awards at an impressive rate and represent 50 states and more than 120 countries.
Located in the stunning Ozark Mountains of Northwest Arkansas, Fayetteville is home to the University of Arkansas campus, known for its spectacular views and ample green spaces. Fayetteville is considered one of the country's finest college towns, and the surrounding northwest Arkansas region is regularly ranked one of the best places to live in the U.S. Some of the nation's best outdoor amenities and most spectacular hiking trails are within a short drive of campus.
As an employer, the University of Arkansas offers a vibrant work environment and a workplace culture that promotes a healthy work-life balance. The benefits package includes university contributions to health, dental, life and disability insurance, tuition waivers for employees and their families, 12 official holidays, immediate leave accrual, and a choice of retirement programs with university contributions ranging from 5 to 10% of employee salary.

About the College/Department
The Fay Jones School of Architecture + Design includes accredited departments of Architecture, Interior Design and Landscape Architecture, and an award-winning Community Design Center. Established programs in Rome and Mexico City and a rigorous Honors program within the School complement all departments. Housed in a world-class building designed by Marlon Blackwell Architects, the three departments promote interdisciplinary collaboration and shared resources including state-of- the-art fabrication, model-making labs, wood shop, and materials lab. Collaboration among disciplines is further encouraged through a growing variety of upper level interdisciplinary studios and seminars. A broad range of course offerings equips graduates with the knowledge and critical agility required to meet the challenges of designing for a changing world. Their education provides students with critical frameworks for design thinking that also equip them to assume leadership roles in the profession and in their communities.
The Department of Architecture offers an accredited professional five-year Bachelor's degree in architecture, as well as a four-year Bachelor of Science in Architectural Studies degree, and enrolls approximately 300 students. The Department of Architecture was recognized by Design Intelligence in its top 20 program rankings, as high as eighth among programs in public universities, and is dedicated to continued and heightened advancement. The Department takes seriously its obligation to teach critical design thinking and conceptual agility and to prepare its students to assume leadership roles in multidisciplinary, collaborative and integrated practice.

Department Home Page
http://fayjones.uark.edu/academics/architecture/index.php

Job Type
Faculty

Appointment Percent
100

Salary
Competitive and commensurate with qualifications and experience

Summary of Job Duties
The Architecture Department in the Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design at the University of Arkansas invites applications by highly motivated candidates for a nine month full-time tenure track faculty position at the rank of Assistant Professor, with a start date of August 14, 2017. This position is for a rising professional in architecture with an interest in design pedagogy, multidisciplinary approaches to teaching and design, demonstrated research, creative activity and/or scholarship, and with a creative practice or research focus in both digital and analog fabrication and assembly, automation, and technologies of construction. In addition, the successful candidate will possess an ability to develop scholarly and creative initiatives that engage the department's philosophy of design as an active exploration of making at a variety of scales.
The typical faculty work load is 65% teaching, 25% creative activity, research, or scholarship 10% service. The typical teaching assignment is one studio and one lecture or seminar per semester. All faculty advise upper level undergraduate students.

Minimum Qualifications

Please ensure that all relevant application materials include details addressing the minimum qualifications. Applicants not meeting the minimum qualifications will be disqualified from consideration.

• Terminal degree in architecture (M.Arch or equivalent)
• Recognized body of creative work
• Excellent writing and communication skills
• Ability to work with colleagues in a collegial manner

Preferred Qualifications

• Post professional education in architecture or an allied discipline
• Experience in teaching studios and lecture/seminars in one or more of the following areas: digital fabrication and production, design thinking and methods, or in a candidate-defined area of expertise
• Experience with and enthusiasm for teaching undergraduate courses across the departmental curriculum
• Experience working collaboratively on a multidisciplinary team
• Experience in professional practice
• Experience in an active research, scholarship, or creative activity agenda with a preferred focus on digital fabrication and computational design
• Exceptionally strong candidates with strength in academic areas other than those listed here as "preferred" will also be considered

Physical activities associated with this position
For questions regarding reasonable accommodations please contact the Office of Equal Opportunity and Compliance 479-575-4019.
Occasionally:

• Driving
• Lifting
• Pulling
• Pushing
• Reaching

Frequently:

• Manipulate items with fingers, including keyboarding
• Grasping
• Sharps
• Sitting
• Standing
• Talking
• Walking

The worker is required to have visual acuity to perform an activity such as: operates machines where the seeing job is at or within arm's reach; performs mechanical or skilled trades tasks of a non-repetitive nature, such as carpenters or technicians. , The worker is required to have visual acuity to operate motor vehicles and/or heavy equipment.

Does this Position require a Motor Vehicle Reports Check?
No

Does this position require a background check?
No

If yes, please specify

Does this position require a substance abuse test?
No

Pre-employment Screening Requirements



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