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Job Summary
The Program in Environmental Design (ENVD) at the University of Colorado Boulder is pleased to invite applications for a non-tenure track Teaching Professor position. We seek candidates with a broad interdisciplinary skillset in Environmental Design which includes majors in Architecture; Environmental Product Design; Landscape Architecture; and Sustainable Planning and Urban Design. The position is expected to begin in Fall 2023. Successful candidates will demonstrate the ability to teach in a variety of modalities including large lectures, studios, and seminar courses.
We encourage applicants with strong interdisciplinary backgrounds and anticipate hiring several positions to span various disciplines. Candidates must demonstrate potential for excellence and leadership in interdisciplinary teaching related to the fields of environmental design as well as interdisciplinary disciplines or adjacent fields.
We seek candidates who bring excellence and innovation to support the core curriculum, which covers general knowledge in the allied environmental design disciplines. Simultaneously, candidates will be expected to enhance ENVD’s curriculum with advanced seminar and studio offerings.
ENVD is particularly invested in candidates who demonstrate a strong and proactive commitment to justice, equity, and diversity through their positionality and/or their work.
Who We Are
ENVD at the University of Colorado Boulder (CU) is an interdisciplinary program where we explore at the intersections of Architecture, Environmental Product Design, Landscape Architecture, Sustainable Planning and Urban Design to address our world’s most pressing social and environmental issues. ENVD has been cultivating interdisciplinary thinkers, designers, and planners for over 50 years. We have more than 4,300 alumni. As one of the most in-demand programs on the Boulder campus, we attract accomplished and passionate students. Our interdisciplinary curriculum embraces creativity, critical thinking and practice. Our work spans scales from human-scale environmental product design to regional planning. We provide a rigorous but supportive environment for our students and faculty. We are renowned for graduating environmental designers who integrate knowledge of the built and natural environments in creative, critical and impactful ways.
With a history of social and environmental activism in Boulder and Colorado we operate with a keen awareness of the struggles facing humanity and our environments. The spirit of creative and impact-driven dedication to address social and environmental injustices is a hallmark of CU Boulder and a defining aspect of ENVD’s culture. In this context, ENVD is committed to elevating new forms of teaching in the environmental design fields.
We are committed to shaping an equitable future for environmental design professions and scholarship. We aim to uphold and exceed CU’s commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion. ENVD holds as imperative the need to develop a thriving faculty body that represents, in identity and commitment, the values and identities of the communities we seek to serve. We acknowledge that ENVD, housed in a predominantly white institution, and in predominantly white and affluent regional communities, stands to perpetuate patterns of exclusion and inequity that are prevalent in higher education. This recognition drives us to more aggressively pursue leadership in establishing an academic unit that models diversity, inclusion, equity, and ultimately, justice.
What Your Key Responsibilities Will Be
ENVD seeks applicants to develop and teach courses at all levels in the curriculum. We seek someone who will enhance undergraduate scholarly endeavors in addition to training students for careers in professional fields. Our instructors aspire to pedagogical and curricular excellence and innovation and are encouraged to extend their impact beyond the classroom through advising, creative work, recognition, or sharing at conferences and trade publications, among other forms of dissemination and impact.
What You Should Know
- The positions are 9 months/100% equivalent, although we will also consider part-time positions.
- Full-or part-time positions will be considered.
- A willingness to teach a summer class is a plus.
- A typical workload for instructors is 80% teaching and 20% service. All faculty are expected to participate in department committees and department governance.
- A 15% research appointment may be considered for applicants with a demonstrated research background.
- Typical contract is 3 years.
What We Can Offer
- The Teaching Professor salary is $82,000.
- A relocation stipend is available within department guidelines.
- In addition to a competitive salary and excellent benefits package, the University of Colorado Boulder offers gender-neutral paid parental leave and teaching and professional development.
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What We Require
- Minimum of two academic years of teaching experience, full-time equivalent.
- A Master’s degree in a relevant field and/or equivalent professional experience.
Special Instructions
Please submit the following materials:
- Resume/CV.
- Cover Letter that specifically addresses how your background and experience align with the position. Please include how your work supports D.E.I. (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion) efforts.
- Names and contract info for three professional references.
- Syllabi of courses taught.
- Teaching/course evaluations.
- Digital Portfolio of relevant teaching and/or professional work.
During the application process you will need to enter contact information for one reference who will be contacted to provide a letter of recommendation immediately after you apply.
Please apply by July 18, 2023 for consideration.
Note: Application materials will not be accepted via email. For consideration, please apply through CU Boulder Jobs.
Posting Contact Information
Posting Contact Name: Boulder Campus Human Resources
Posting Contact Email: [email protected]
