Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture, Practice Track

The University of Virginia School of Architecture (~~~/) is seeking qualified applicants for a part time General Faculty Position as a Non-Tenure Track Professor in Practice, to join the Landscape Architecture faculty and participate in its innovative teaching and creative activity. The Department is committed to supporting individual Faculty agendas in Practice that address pressing social, cultural, and ecological issues through the medium of landscape. We encourage candidates with demonstrated excellence in both traditional academic, practical, and non-traditional backgrounds to apply to join our faculty in the education of the next generation of landscape architects.

In recent years, the School of Architecture has undergone a series of transformations to maintain our commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion and to continuing our tradition in design excellence and craft. Recently renovated studio and fabrication facilities (~~~) provide state of the art facilities for computation and fabrication and collaborative research. The School supports a robust research agenda through individual faculty projects and within the Center for Cultural Landscapes (~~~) , the Arctic Design Group, (~~~) the Natural Infrastructure Lab , Morven Farms (~~~/) , and the Milton Land Lab. (~~~) The University of Virginia encourages multidisciplinary partnerships, and the department is currently engaged in funded research with collaborators in environmental science, engineering, computer science, and public health.

Applicants should be accomplished practitioners with the ability to teach graduate landscape design studios in addition to required and elective coursework in Ecology and Technology with an emphasis on planting design and landscape maintenance. In addition to design excellence, we seek applicants who will participate in cross-disciplinary curricular initiatives and contribute to the advancement of knowledge in landscape architecture in relation to the other design arts, humanities, and sciences through their creative work and/or practice. A Professor of Practice at UVA is expected to teach, develop curriculum in collaboration with School leadership, serve on academic committees, and practice in the discipline of landscape architecture.

Candidates will be appointed at the appropriate rank as Professor of Practice (NTT) and must show potential to develop or show evidence of excellence in teaching and service to the University and discipline. Applicants to the position are individuals in practice that are interested in pursuing a body of creative practice in a part-time position as a Professor of Practice (NTT).

Successful candidates for these positions will have a terminal degree in Landscape Architecture (MLA) or equivalent practice experience as well as prior teaching experience and/or an advanced degree in an area of specialization.

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1) Cover letter expressing interest and qualifications, including summary of notable accomplishments in design/research, teaching, and leadership

2) CV

3) Contact information for (3) references noting your professional relationship to each

4) Digital portfolio of examples of teaching and practice (built and/or speculative)

Digital Portfolio materials should be submitted as a single .pdf file saved as Lastname_Firstname.pdf

Applications will be reviewed 30 days from the posting of this ad and the position will continue to remain open until the position is filled. For questions regarding this position, please contact Search Committee and Department Chair, Professor Bradley Cantrell at ~~~ . For Interfolio-related assistance, please contact Jaime Satterlee at ~~~ .

The University of Virginia, including the UVA Health System which represents the UVA Medical Center, Schools of Medicine and Nursing, UVA Physicians Group and the Claude Moore Health Sciences Library, are fundamentally committed to the diversity of our faculty and staff. We believe diversity is excellence expressing itself through every person's perspectives and lived experiences. We are equal opportunity and affirmative action employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, disability, gender identity or expression, marital status, national or ethnic origin, political affiliation, race, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, veteran or military status, and family medical or genetic information.

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