Assistant Professor in The School of Architecture

Assistant Professor in The School of Architecture
(Tenure-Track)

Details

The School of Architecture (SoA) within the University of Utah's
College of Architecture + Planning invites applications for an
Assistant Professor (Tenure-Track) position in any of the following
three content areas: Advanced Building Systems and Technologies;
Architectural Design + Historic Preservation, Rehabilitation,
and/or GIS; or Human Interactions and Big Data. SoA is highly
interested in candidates with expertise in contemporary
technologies, transformative processes, and approaches in
integrating interdisciplinary collaboration to advance innovative
design, research, or creative work, and teaching. This is a
full-time, nine-month appointment (1.0 FTE) beginning July 1,
2027.

The School of Architecture (SoA) has a long history of excellence
in education, research, and societal impact, with our original
architecture degree program dating back over 75 years. As home to
the only professionally accredited Master of Architecture (M.Arch)
degree in the state, the school is known for leading transformative
changes, most recently through an integrated curriculum,
award-winning design-build programs, and sustained enrollment
growth. During the 2025 NAAB Accreditation Site Visit for the
M.Arch program, the school excelled, meeting all criteria and
achieving 100% compliance. The school aims to be a national leader
in architectural education, research, and practice, strongly
aligned with the University of Utah's goals. The School of
Architecture is committed to teaching creative critical thinking,
community engagement, design excellence, design research,
innovative building systems and structural systems, pedagogies and
practices in architecture, ecological resilience, global
citizenship, leadership/collaboration, risk-taking/exploration,
among others. The school aims to expand into these areas, including
emerging technologies.

The school expects the successful candidate to contribute to these
initiatives. The SoA offers a professionally accredited Master of
Architecture (M.Arch) program, as well as a Bachelor of Science in
Architectural Studies (BSAS), a Bachelor of Arts in Architectural
Studies (BAAS), and a Master of Science in Architectural Studies
(MSAS). The SoA is expanding its student enrollment, faculty
portfolio, and resources, with a strong vision to sustain the
growth. The SoA began offering a new Bachelor of Arts in
Architectural Studies (BAAS) in Fall 2025. In the near future, the
SoA intends to add a new Ph.D. program in Architecture to its
portfolio. In the last several years, a new integrated curriculum
has been developed with a sequence of immersive design studios with
integrated courses (technology, research, theory, design
communication, etc.), building up from bachelor's to master's to a
capstone experience of a student-driven individual design project
prepared and supported by architectural research.

Our work in the School of Architecture is interdisciplinary and
integrated. We are known as champions of place-based engagement
(including our signature DesignBuildUTAH program), social justice,
environmental stewardship, and design for health and resilience.
Faculty members in the School of Architecture are associated with
multiple research entities across campus, including the Design
Institute for Health and Resilience (dihr.utah.edu) and
the Transforming Places, Practices and Pedagogies Collaborative
(tp3c.utah.edu). We
convene critical conversations, host national conferences, foster
community dialogues, publish the journal Dialectic, and serve as a
test bed for ideas on campus. We are risk-takers and innovators,
driven by our ethic of care, which underlies all that we do in our
teaching, scholarship, and service. For more information, please
visit http://soa.cap.utah.edu.

Position Description:

The successful candidate is expected to demonstrate a background in
architectural design at the intersection of any of the following
areas: Advanced Building Systems and Technologies; Architectural
Design + Historic Preservation, Rehabilitation, and GIS; Human
Interactions and Big Data. Successful candidates should also
demonstrate a proven record of bringing innovative approaches to
teaching and research. Prior teaching experience and scholarly or
creative work are essential, particularly in areas that demonstrate
the integration of architectural design and their respective
research areas.

Candidates should demonstrate the ability to engage students
through hands-on learning and critical thinking. The application
and integration of emerging technologies and trends in the core
area(s) will be highly valued. Successful candidates will teach
across all our programs (undergraduate and graduate), including
design studios and core courses in their areas of expertise to
attain architectural design excellence, with opportunities to
integrate knowledge of their research, creative work, or expertise
into those courses. Expertise and a critical understanding of
design studios and their core research or creative work are
essential. The position will require strong integration with
studios and other core courses, and the ability to take a
leadership role in this area of the curriculum is critical.

Candidates will be required to conduct quality research and produce
scholarly work within an R1 university setting. Based on the
research expectations for this position, successful candidates will
have a strong research trajectory and may hold a Ph.D. degree. The
SoA's expectations of candidates during retention and promotion
reviews include (1) seeking competitive external funding to support
research and creative work, (2) maintaining strong publication and
creative works of the highest quality, and (3) supporting and
mentoring students through research.

Candidates will be required to show commitment in promoting the
School of Architecture's core beliefs – design excellence,
responsibility, resiliency, respect and response. Additionally,
candidates will take responsibility for committee and service
assignments. Candidates should possess a quality of mind displaying
high levels of intelligence, clarity of communication, analytical
competence, critical judgment, originality, and initiative.
Candidates should value, advocate for, and encourage free analysis
and representation and constructive, mutually respectful
relationships with faculty, staff, and students.

Minimum Qualifications:

• A terminal degree in either architecture or related

fields.

• Previous academic teaching and/or professional experience (with

examples).

• Demonstration of research and/or creative work, and

demonstration of trajectory of excellence in these areas.

• Ability to teach design studio courses and seminars in which

students develop innovative architectural designs with knowledge of
their core areas of expertise.

• Ability to teach core and advanced courses in their areas of

expertise.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Accredited degree in architecture or doctoral degree in

architecture or a related field (with a focus on the preferred
areas).

• Educational training or experience in the application of their

core areas of expertise.

• Integration of architectural research with design

projects.

• Awards or recognition for teaching and/or design.

Department: 00159 - School of Architecture

City: Salt Lake City, UT

Track: Tenure Track

Close Date:

Open Until Filled: Yes

Requisition Number: PRN01607CF

To apply, visit https://utah.peopleadmin.com/postings/211473

The University of Utah values candidates who have experience
working in settings with students and possess a strong commitment
to improving access to higher education.

Veterans' preference is extended to qualified applicants, upon
request and consistent with University policy and Utah state law.
Upon request, reasonable accommodations in the application process
will be provided to individuals with disabilities.

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