"Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Interior Design"

Job Details

The Interior Design faculty at Indiana University Bloomington seeks a new colleague for a full-time Lecturer/Senior Lecturer (instructional track) to begin August 1, 2026. We seek applications from individuals whose perspective, scholarship, and/or built work advances the understanding of interior design as a human-focused, culturally contextualized, and ecologically aware discipline. We believe design unites humanity.

The Interior Design faculty is currently comprised of ten full-time colleagues and additional dedicated adjunct faculty members committed to providing insightful, engaged, contextualized, innovative, and inspiring teaching and learning. The new colleague will support continued enrollment growth in the Program. Our faculty and students benefit from our previous experiences, including strong contributions from individuals who transitioned to teaching from professional practice. The Interior Design faculty is widely recognized for pedagogical excellence, including university-level teaching awards.

The Interior Design faculty is also focused on developing and sharing design that informs, alters, and enhances interior design for people and society.

The Interior Design program is situated within the Eskenazi School of Art, Architecture + Design and the College of Arts & Sciences. The Eskenazi School of Art, Architecture + Design (Eskenazi School) (https://eskenazi.indiana.edu/) advances creative practice, research, and education across art, architecture, design, and merchandising in service to our students, state, and beyond. We embody the liberal arts, encourage lifelong creative inquiry, embrace adaptability, drive innovation, shape culture, and fuel creativity in an evolving world. The Eskenazi School houses six undergraduate degree programs in art, design, and merchandising, as well as graduate degree programs in art, architecture, and design.

Founded in 1820, Indiana University Bloomington is the flagship campus of IU’s eight campuses statewide. Innovation, creativity, and academic freedom are hallmarks of our world-class contributions in research and the arts.

The Eskenazi School actively creates a culture focused on how we work together, learn from each other, and acknowledge our shared accomplishments and sorrows. We validate the voice and potential of every member of our community, strive to create a culture where difference is valued, and celebrate multiple perspectives within and beyond the school. We believe social and cultural consciousness inspires meaningful dialogue and empowers all to become influential and fulfilled citizens of the world.

Position details

We realize this position announcement appears to describe an extraordinary human. We expect candidates to be ordinary humans—just as we are—who value balancing work and life. We hope you will cherish exploration of ideas and believe passionately in design education.

Instructional-track faculty members in the Eskenazi School share responsibility and privileges with the tenure-track faculty members in developing, guiding, and delivering the quality education we provide. The Lecturer track follows a promotion process similar to tenure-track positions (lecturer, senior lecturer, teaching professor) with emphasis on development of an excellent teaching practice, mentoring of students, and service to the school.

Position responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Developing and maintaining professional and pedagogical expertise
• Teaching an annual course load of five or six courses (varying by course type) during the 10-month academic year
• Mentoring undergraduate interior design students
• Participating in curriculum development and accreditation processes (i.e., CIDA, NASAD)
• Participating in faculty governance at the program, school, and university levels
• Performing service in support of teaching

Candidates must demonstrate the ability to teach interior design studios addressing design principles and elements, contemporary design theory, emerging social issues, construction and detailing, and/or critical community engagement AND courses addressing one of the following:

• Lighting for interior design
• Design processes (based in design thinking, collaborative design strategies, or design research methodologies)
• Emerging technologies (e.g., augmented/virtual reality, digital modeling and construction, building technologies)
• Topics in interior design that challenge long-standing professional, disciplinary, and cultural norms

We are looking for a new colleague who will challenge, complement, and extend our existing strengths in ways we may not yet realize would improve our program.

Candidates must have:

• At least one (1) degree in interior design (undergraduate or graduate)
• A terminal degree in a relevant field completed prior to the start date of employment
• NCIDQ certification (or eligibility to complete the certification prior to promotion)
• Professional experience in a design-related setting (e.g., firm, in-house team, industry or manufacturing, public service, facilities management, construction management)
• Working knowledge of three-dimensional modeling software
• Demonstrated ability (or potential) for excellent classroom teaching

Preferred Qualifications include:

• Demonstrated commitment to addressing intellectual freedom and intellectual diversity related to interior design and/or higher education
• LEED-AP, WELL-AP, EDAC, and/or other relevant certifications
• Engagement with professional or disciplinary organizations

Applicants will submit:

1. Cover letter succinctly explaining how their experience and perspective aligns with the position requirements, as well as describing how they intend to help students prepare to work in a global, uncertain, and evolving professional setting
2. Curriculum vitae
3. Teaching philosophy statement
4. Portfolio containing evidence of expertise in design, design process, and communication of design ideas (Note: Please provide clarity about individual contributions to any collaborative projects presented in the portfolio.)

For questions, contact Kim Jones, Eskenazi School of Art, Architecture + Design at Indiana University, Mies van der Rohe Building: 321 N. Eagleson Ave. Bloomington, IN 47405 Phone: 812-855-2319. Email: soadhr@iu.edu

Review of applications will begin on November 17, 2025, and will continue until the position is filled.

Indiana University is an equal opportunity employer and provider of ADA services and prohibits discrimination in hiring. See Indiana University Notice of Non-Discrimination here which includes contact information.