"Buell Center Research and Teaching Fellow"

The Buell Center at Columbia University seeks a recent doctoral recipient to join its intellectual community for a 21-month fellowship (two academic years and an intervening summer) as a Buell Center Research and Teaching Fellow. Ideal candidates will be scholars of the built environment who are beginning an academic career of research and teaching, with a growing record of original writing intended for peer-reviewed publication. Complementary experience, such as design, curatorial, critical, or fourth-purpose organizing work, is welcome but not required.

The 21-month fellowship will begin September 1, 2026 and is intended to give Fellows a chance to advance their own research, gain teaching experience, and take part in the ongoing intellectual life of the Buell Center; the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation (GSAPP); and Columbia University. The Fellow will be co-hosted by the Society of Fellows and Heyman Center for the Humanities.

The Fellow is expected to be in residence at Columbia for two academic years and will remain a Fellow in the intervening summer, but is not required to be in residence. In addition to presenting their research once yearly in a formal setting, Fellows will teach at least one semester as faculty in GSAPP’s architectural history survey course, "Questions in Architectural History" (QAH). The Fellow may also propose to teach a separate course within GSAPP based on their own research.

The Temple Hoyne Buell Center for the Study of American Architecture is a separately endowed entity within Columbia GSAPP, which sponsors interdisciplinary research through projects, workshops, public programming, publications, and awards.

A recent PhD degree in Architecture or a related field is required by the start date of the appointment. PhDs granted within the last three years prior to the appointment start date are acceptable.

Successful candidates:

• must have a PhD conferred within three years of—and no later than—the start date of the appointment
• must demonstrate an interest in pushing the disciplinary or methodological norms of architecture and related fields of the built environment
• should have a growing record of bridging across disciplines in the humanities or social sciences
• may be focused on any historical period and geographic area in their research.

Interested applicants should submit: a CV; a cover letter; a research statement (1,500 words), dissertation abstract (150 words), one-sentence project description, one to three images (on one page); a teaching statement (500 words); at least one writing sample; and the names of three references. Recommendation letters will be solicited for shortlisted applicants.

For further information about the Buell Center and FAQ about the fellowship, please visit: buellcenter.columbia.edu. You may also reach the Buell Center at buellcenter@columbia.edu.

Review of applications will begin on October 15, 2025 and will continue until the position is filled.

Columbia University is an Equal Opportunity Employer / Disability / Veteran