Department: College of Design
Rank: Assistant Professor
Annual Basis: 9 Month
Review of Applications Begins

July 5, 2024, open until filled.
Special Instructions to Applicants

In addition to your application, please include:
• A current curriculum vitae
• Contact information for three references
• A cover letter describing research and teaching experience and how it aligns with the position description
Department Summary

The Department of Landscape Architecture is an intrinsic component of the School of Architecture and Environment in the College of Design. The UO's Department of Landscape Architecture is the oldest landscape department west of the Mississippi. Evolving and growing for more than 100 years, our program's roots started in 1911. We are the only program in Oregon that has accredited MLA & BLA programs and a PhD. Our curriculum focuses on understanding landscapes across multiple scales. We partner with groups like designBridge, Urban Farm, and the local American Society of Landscape Architects chapter to focus on real-world projects that are carried through to completion. We focus on thoughtful design and real problem-solving, not flashy presentations and short-term trends. The strength of our curriculum is offering design studios and courses with depth and variety. Design problems arise from real needs in real places that affect real people.

The University of Oregon is the flagship institution of higher learning in Oregon and enrolls more than 20,000 undergraduate and 3,600 graduate students. The UO's 295-acre campus features state-of-the-art facilities in an arboretum-like setting within the traditional homelands of the Kalapuya people. The UO is located in Eugene, a vibrant city of 168,000 within easy driving distance of the Pacific Coast, the Cascade Mountains, and Portland.
Position Summary

The University of Oregon in Eugene, Oregon invites applications for Visiting Faculty Fellowship in Design for Spatial Justice in Landscape Architecture at the rank of assistant or professor of practice in landscape architecture in the School of Architecture & Environment in the College of Design. Each fellow will be expected to teach two courses per quarter (six courses per year) and contribute to scholarship, service, and public programming.

The School of Architecture & Environment at the University of Oregon acknowledges that professional schools of design and design pedagogy in North America have historically disproportionately excluded cultural perspectives outside of European and colonial traditions. The School of Architecture & Environment seeks to participate in remedying these exclusions by recruiting visiting faculty who will use teaching to expand their understanding of environmental, social, and spatial justice in design, who will engage communities within and outside of the institution in their research and teaching, and whose scholarship is enriched by their lived experience.

We particularly encourage applications from candidates who are interested in teaching on questions in spatial justice at the intersections of gender, race, ethnicity, indigenousness, sexuality, and economic inequality and who are interested in teaching innovation design/research methods with a focus on landscape architecture design and construction studios. Studio methods might include but are not limited to traditional modes of scholarship, design, design research and creative practice; emerging technologies, design media, and fabrication; design and design/build; and community engagement, social practice, or critical spatial practice. Depending on interest and curricular need, design studios, subject area courses, and seminar courses could be in one or more of the following areas: critical spatial practice.

To build our shared capacity to take intellectual risks and to advance knowledge, we are dedicated to building a community that fully includes students, designers, and scholars whose excellence depends on the breadth of their experiences and perspectives and who are committed to working in a multicultural environment. We encourage applications from historically marginalized and currently underrepresented communities including but not limited to women, ethnic and racial minorities, LGBTQIA+, veterans, and people with disabilities.

This is a non-tenure track Visiting Faculty position with an option to renew. Salary is commensurate with experience.
Minimum Requirements

Assistant Professor rank:
• Master's degree in Landscape Architecture or a related field.
• One year of teaching (including teaching assistantships) and/or professional practice experience.

Visiting Professor of Practice rank:
• Bachelor's degree.
• 12 years of professional experience in a relevant field.
Professional Competencies

• Ability to communicate complex ideas effectively and facilitate student learning.
• Ability to work cooperatively with diverse faculty and student populations.
• Ability to nurture creative design explorations that integrate the array of disciplines now informing landscape design and planning, and developing these in students in both studio and non-studio settings.
• Ability to convey compelling interests, clear ideas, and experience in conveying lessons from the practice of landscape architecture to a new generation of landscape architects, especially as they pertain to emerging landscape challenges of the 21st century.
• Ability to teach advanced instruction in working drawings or construction documents, including grading, site details, and layout.
Preferred Qualifications

• Licensure in the Architecture field is highly desired.
• Teaching and professional practice experience.

All offers of employment are contingent upon successful completion of a background check.

The University of Oregon is proud to offer a robust benefits package to eligible employees, including health insurance, retirement plans, and paid time off. For more information about benefits, visit https://hr.uoregon.edu/about-benefits .

The University of Oregon is an equal opportunity, affirmative action institution committed to cultural diversity and compliance with the ADA. The University encourages all qualified individuals to apply and does not discriminate on the basis of any protected status, including veteran and disability status. The University is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants and employees with disabilities. To request an accommodation in connection with the application process, please contact us at uocareers@uoregon.edu or 541-346-5112.

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Advertised: June 18, 2024 Pacific Daylight Time
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