"Assistant Professor of Architectural Design, Full-Time, Tenure Track"

Assistant Professor of Architectural Design, Full-time, Tenure Track

Working Title: Assistant Professor of Architectural Design, Full-time, Tenure Track

Position Type: Instructional / Teaching Faculty

Position Status: Full-Time

FLSA Status: Exempt: Not Eligible for Overtime

College/Division: College of Visual and Performing Arts

Department: 100005 - Art Design and Art History

Pay Rate: Maximum Starting Specify Range or Amount: $68,000

Beginning Review Date: 01/16/2026

General Information:

James Madison University's School of Art, Design, and Art History seeks a dynamic and enthusiastic candidate for a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Architectural Design position in our Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) program in Architectural Design. We are looking for a candidate who will engage with a collaborative community, encourage independent thought and creativity, embrace a community of belonging, and promote excellence in the making, practice, and comprehension of architectural design. We invite candidates committed to contributing to the development and direction of our growing program.

Duties and Responsibilities:

The successful candidate will have an appointment starting August 10, 2026, teaching architectural design studios and lecture/seminar classes. The candidate needs to be qualified to teach courses in materials, representation, visualization, and digital techniques, as well as architectural history and theory relevant to contemporary architectural design. Knowledge of contemporary global issues and practices in design is essential. The candidate will employ skills ranging from research, craft, hand-drawing, software proficiency, and digital and analog fabrication processes with a concentration on hybrid techniques. In addition, the role of mentorship to undergraduate students is expected along with service to the academic community at JMU and the design profession. Alongside teaching, other duties will require curriculum development, advising, and active participation in departmental and college-wide service initiatives.

Candidates are encouraged to visit the Architectural Design web page and our Instagram for more information about our program.

Qualifications:

Required Qualifications:

• At minimum, a graduate degree in architecture, related creative field, or equivalent international terminal degree in architecture.
• An active body of scholarly work and/or creative design practice that demonstrates quality and distinction in the candidate's field of work or practice.
• Software proficiency (e.g., Rhino, Revit, Adobe Suite, etc.)
• Demonstrated commitment towards building a respectful scholarly environment

Preferred Qualifications:

• Teaching experience at the undergraduate level including design studios, electives, and technical or theoretical seminars
• Demonstrated versatility with contemporary design technologies and architectural theory, with the ability to adapt to evolving curricular needs
• Engagement and curiosity of haptic and phenomenal inquiry
• Demonstrated ability to contribute to curriculum development
• Capacity to advocate and collaborate with students, faculty, and staff
• Professional licensure or progress toward licensure is desirable

Application Materials:

Candidates should complete the online application and provide the following:
* Cover Letter. In the cover letter, applicants are encouraged to discuss their research or creative practice, teaching experience and philosophy, and how they have contributed, or hope to contribute, to the classroom, program, and university community.
* Curriculum Vitae.
* Portfolio. Your portfolio for this application should be submitted as a PDF of NO MORE than 15 pages that includes examples of student/teaching work as well as professional/academic/research work as applicable to your experience (file size limit: 399MB).
* Statement of Teaching Philosophy
* Names and contact information for three professional/academic references.