Assistant or Associate Professor (Without Tenure)
- Employer
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Location
- Massachusetts, United States
- Salary
- Salary Not specified
- Date posted
- Sep 21, 2020
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- Position Type
- Faculty Positions, Professional Fields, Architecture
- Employment Level
- Non-Tenured Track
- Employment Type
- Full Time
Assistant or Associate Professor (Without
Tenure)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA
The MIT Department of Architecture seeks candidates for one and
potentially multiple full-time tenure track faculty positions in
Architecture + Urbanism at the level of Assistant or Associate
Professor. The anticipated start date is July 2021/January
2022.
The MIT Department of Architecture is committed to design,
research, and scholarship at the highest level and is dedicated to
a critically engaged, socially responsible, technologically
advanced, and culturally engaged vision of architecture. The
department offers seven degrees, both professional and applied
research oriented, at the undergraduate, masters, and doctoral
levels and is organized around five discipline groups: Architecture
+ Urbanism (A+U), Building Technology (BT), Design and Computation
(Comp), History, Theory & Criticism with the Aga Khan Program
for Islamic Architecture (HTC + AKPIA), and Art, Culture &
Technology (ACT). Our faculty include architects, designers,
engineers, artists, historians, urbanists, and building scientists
who are committed to excellence, and collaborate extensively across
the Department, School, Institute, and beyond.
Given this context, the Department of Architecture seeks
outstanding candidates with a talent and ability in the production
and teaching of architecture, urbanism, and design at a range of
scales and contexts. Interest and capacity to work and teach within
a rigorous research environment that is addressing contemporary
critical, practical, and theoretical issues within the field is
also expected.
Primary criteria for the position are demonstrable excellence in
the field of architecture or urbanism, experience in teaching
architecture and/or urban studios, and a strong promise of
significant creative achievement in the field through design work,
research, professional practice, or a combination thereof.
Candidates must have a defined area of interest and inquiry, and
demonstrate a creative and innovative ability in teaching and
practice. Candidates must also demonstrate potential to teach at
the intersection of design, technology and culture through studios,
workshops and/or seminars to both undergraduate and graduate
students from a diversity of backgrounds. Candidates must be
willing to engage across the various disciplines within the
architecture department, and possibly with other centers and labs
within the School of Architecture and Planning, and the Institute.
Believing that such an intersection creates a charged atmosphere
for study and a critical edge for research, we seek candidates with
an ability to thrive within this context.
It is desired that candidates have the ability to advance our
teaching and research among several broad areas of design inquiry
that might include urbanism, contemporary culture & theory;
computational methodologies; climate change and sustainability;
design, technology & media; and material processes and
fabrication. We seek candidates with the character and energy to
participate in the intellectual life of the department, readiness
to teach both graduate and undergraduate studios, and an ability to
add new dimensions to our intellectual activities. Faculty
responsibilities include teaching, academic and thesis advising
research, and participation in department committees and
governance.
Qualifications
A professional degree in architecture and/or urban design (MArch or
MAUD preferred, BArch considered) is required and a minimum of two
to three years of teaching experience at the undergraduate and/or
graduate level is preferred. Candidates must have a body of
projects, structures or installations, and /or research work that
show promise and significance to the field of Architecture +
Urbanism.
Application Instructions
Applications will be accepted only online through the Interfolio
website at https://apply.interfolio.com/62713
. Materials must be submitted as PDFs in standard U.S. letter size
8-1/ x 11 inches and include: letter of intent, curriculum vitae,
one-page statement on research, one-page statement on teaching,
selective portfolio of work up to 20 pages, names and complete
contact information for three references. A maximum of three
additional supporting documents that could include papers may also
be submitted. For technical issues, please contact Interfolio staff
at 877-997-8807 or help@interfolio.com/62713. Application review
will begin on November 1, 2020, and continue until
the position is filled.
MIT is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer. All
qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and
will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, sex,
sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, disability, age,
genetic information, veteran status, ancestry, or national ethnic
origin. The Department of Architecture continues to develop its
diverse communities of teachers and scholars, and strongly
encourage applications from women, veterans, individuals with
disabilities, and/or members of under-represented groups.
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