Assistant Professor

About This Role: Design | UrbanismThe successful candidate will demonstrate interest and ability to teach architectural design studios. Entry-level studios require the ability to teach fundamental design skills, including spatial and formal composition, graphics, and modeling techniques, while upper-level studios require the ability to teach the design and technical skills necessary to resolve and document architectural intent from the urban scale to the detail. Demonstrated excellence in teaching architectural design studios across the curriculum is preferred.The successful candidate will collaborate in the revisioning of teaching urban design within the department. They will provide leadership and expertise on the integration of urban design principles throughout the curriculum and design studio sequence. This includes the synthesis of theoretical and applied knowledge with design strategies for addressing the social, environmental, and spatial issues of our cities.The successful candidate will develop and teach a required introductory lecture course in urbanism to third-year architecture students. The course will provide students with practical spatial design strategies and analytical tools, as well as foundational historical and theoretical knowledge in urban design and analysis. In addition, they will have the interest and ability to develop and teach elective seminars that present advanced analyses and theoretical positions in urban design based on their area of expertise and will develop a research/creative agenda related to this expertise. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to teach at the Kansas City Design Center, a nationally recognized, service-learning urban design program in Kansas City. This strategic resource offers students and faculty unique opportunities for community engaged design studios and applied research projects. Why Join Us: The Department of Architecture at Kansas State University is a nationally recognized program offering a professional Master of Architecture and post-professional Master of Science in Architecture. Departmental faculty may also participate in a college-wide interdisciplinary PhD in Environmental Design and Planning. The department sponsors studios at the Kansas City Design Center in Kansas City, MO, and has a long-standing curricular partnership with the Department of Architecture, Urban Planning and Design at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. The department is located at K-State’s main campus in Manhattan, KS, in the heart of the scenic Flint Hills region 120 miles west of Kansas City, MO. To learn more about the Department of Architecture and our programs, please visit our website at apdesign.k-state.edu/arch/.  . What You’ll Need to Succeed: Minimum Qualifications: Terminal professional degree in Architecture (Post-baccalaureate MArch or equivalent).Professional practice experience in architecture sufficient to have fulfilled the experience requirement for licensure.Interest and ability to teach architectural design studios.Interest and ability to develop and teach an introductory lecture course in urbanism.Interest and ability to develop and teach elective seminars in their area of expertise.Interest and ability to develop a scholarly/creative agenda related to their area of expertise. Preferred Qualifications: Advanced degree in Architecture, Urban Design, or related field.Extensive and creative professional practice experience in architecture.Architectural license.Excellence in teaching urban design.Excellence in teaching architectural design studios across the curriculum.Established scholarly/creative agenda.Record of service to the academic and professional communities. Other Requirements: Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States at the time of employment