Description:
The Department of Landscape Architecture at the University of Arkansas invites applications for one (1) tenure-track faculty member at the rank of Assistant Professor beginning August 2008 or as negotiated. This is a 9-month position with salary based upon qualifications. Candidates are encouraged to apply who can contribute to the department's recognized accomplishments in the areas of Site Design, Sustainable Design, and Cultural Landscapes.
The Department of Landscape Architecture has a diverse faculty of five teaching approximately 75 undergraduates, and is in the School of Architecture. Established in 1976, our accredited five-year program focuses on site design and planning, and emphasizes community planning, public realm, parks and recreation, wetland reclamation, history, and historic landscape preservation. The professional program requires a six-week summer European studies program that is coordinated with the UA Rome Study Center and conducted annually. The department also offers a four-year Bachelor of Science in Landscape Architecture Studies.
University Of Arkansas:
The University of Arkansas was founded as a land grant college and university in 1871. As the flagship campus of the University of Arkansas System, the UA Fayetteville campus serves at the state's center of liberal and professional education and is Arkansas' source of theoretical and applied research. The School of Architecture has a Community Design Center and a botanic garden in Hot Springs-Garvan Woodland Gardens. The university has a nationally recognized GIS center (CAST). Please visit the university web site www.uark.edu.
Setting:
Northwest Arkansas has a particular confluence of picturesque beauty, a folk and blues music tradition, and international craft fairs. Recreational opportunities can be found hiking the Boston Mountains, spelunking in unique geology, and floating down the nation's first scenic river--The Buffalo. The City of Fayetteville continues to rank within the top ten small towns by the Milken Institute for livability. In 2005, Fayetteville and neighboring towns were ranked eighth out of ten as best economically performing cities in the nation. In 2002, Business Week declared Fayetteville, population 60,000, as one of the "dazzling dozen" small cites in the U.S. The Walton Art Center brings stellar performances: jazz, dance, and theatre.
Minimum Requirements:
Minimum qualifications are demonstrated potential to teach in design studio, Computer Applications/Digital Technology, and at least one of the following: History/Theory, Design Communications (hand), Landscape Urbanism, Site Design and Planning, Practice/experience, or Construction Technologies. Also, the candidate must have demonstrated potential for scholarly work in an area transferable to courses taught in the landscape architecture professional curricula. Applicants must hold at least one accredited degree in landscape architecture and a terminal degree in landscape architecture or related field. This individual must contribute to curriculum development.
Preferred Qualifications:
Preferred qualifications are professional licensure, Ph.D. in landscape architecture or related field, 3 or more years of professional experience, and 3 or more years of teaching experience.
Interested individuals need to forward a letter of interest, vita, and representative images of professional and/or student work with explanatory materials (not to be returned). In addition, include a list of three references with their name, title, institution, address, phone numbers, and email address. Portfolio materials may be presented electronically on a CD, with the proviso that any necessary programs are included on the CD copy to run the materials. For additional information, please contact:
ADDRESS MATERIALS TO:
Frances G. Beatty
Head, Department of Landscape Architecture
230 MEMH
1 University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, AR 72701
How to Apply:
University of Arkansas / Fayetteville
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