Department: DSGN School of Architecture & Environment

Rank: Instructor

Annual Basis: 9 Month

Review of Applications Begins Applications will be accepted on a continuous basis and reviewed as needs arise.

Special Instructions to Applicants

To ensure consideration, please submit the following documents: A Resume/CV. If you have questions, please email CBSOHR@uoregon.edu.

Department Summary

The School of Architecture and Environment provides accredited professional (leading to licensure or certification) and post-professional education for architects, historic preservationists, interior architects, and landscape architects through 13 degree programs and post-professional research-based degrees: Bachelor of Architecture, Master of Architecture (Track I & II), Master of Science in Architecture, Ph.D. in Sustainability, Bachelor of Interior Architecture, Master of Interior Architecture (Track I & II), Bachelor of Landscape Architecture, Master of Landscape Architecture, Ph.D. in Landscape Architecture, Minor in Historic Preservation, and Master of Science in Historic Preservation. The School has 47 permanent faculty, approximately 700 students, and six office staff. In addition, 50 – 60 pro tempore professors, 60 – 70 Graduate Employees/Research Fellows, and 8 – 10 student assistants are hired per year.

Architecture

The Architecture Department examines how the design of the physical environment can repair the natural environment, regenerate communities, and elevate the human spirit. Broad societal challenges are addressed through the lens of specific clients, locations, and ecosystems. Established in 1914, the UO School of Architecture and Allied Arts was one of the first to break away from Beaux-Arts pedagogy to emphasize non-competitive, individualized education. Faculty are committed to creating a student-centered learning community that embraces multiple viewpoints. It is a department in which learning, research, and professional activity inform each other; in which new ideas and established traditions are in dialogue. The department thrives on interdisciplinary academic partnerships in Eugene and engages in robust partnerships with professionals, government agencies, and non-profit organizations in Portland and around the globe. Department strengths include energy-efficient buildings, timber construction, housing design, and urbanism.

Historic Preservation

The School of Architecture & Environment's Historic Preservation program—the oldest such program on the West Coast—focuses on physical and social heritage. Students participate in the dynamic planning processes that shapes both urban and rural sustainability and apply the skills they learn in real-world projects, including the Pacific Northwest Field School, that help communities understand and protect their cultural resources and traditions. Areas of expertise include an introduction to historic preservation, survey and inventory, national register nomination, preservation economics, land use ethics, adaptive use studio, building documentation, and analysis, cultural resource management/public policies in preservation, preservation technology, and American architectural history.

Interior Architecture

Interior architecture integrates critical analysis with creative thinking to revitalize, reuse, and adapt buildings to resonate with users and provide uplifting, healthy, and sustainable interior environments. The curriculum emphasizes design at all scales from large-scale adaptive reuse to furniture design and fabrication. Students and faculty collaborate closely with faculty in the Department of Architecture as they share required and elective coursework with professional programs in architecture. The Department of Interior Architecture offers fully-accredited professional degree programs in Architecture (BIArch and MIArch accredited by CIDA the Council for Interior Design Accreditation) as well as post-professional degrees: the Master of Science in Interior Architecture.

Landscape Architecture

The Department of Landscape Architecture is the oldest landscape architecture department on the West Coast. UO is the only university in Oregon that offers professionally accredited landscape architecture degrees, and one of only three universities in the nation to offer BLA, MLA, and PhD degrees. The new Environmental Design (BA/BS) degree has expanded the value of an environmental design education and increased our impact on workforce preparedness for climate change and resilience. The curriculum emphasizes understanding landscapes across multiple scales and contexts to support innovative design, critical thinking, and real-world problem-solving. The department encourages engagement-based teaching, through cutting-edge initiatives such as the Urban Farm and the Fuller Center for Productive Landscapes, and partners with groups like UO’s Sustainable Cities Initiative and the American Society of Landscape Architects to collaborate on projects that address pressing issues in actual landscapes with real stakeholders.

Position Summary

The School of Architecture and Environment (SAE) invites applicants for temporary, part-time, limited-duration teaching positions as Instructors or Professors of Practice in the Department of Architecture, the Historic Preservation Program, the Department of Interior Architecture, and the Department of Landscape Architecture. All positions hired from this pool will work primarily from the Eugene campus, though opportunities for some work on or in collaboration with the Portland campus are also possible.

Course types include:

Design studios (furniture, architecture, adaptive re-use, landscape)
Design communication (drawing, digital visualization, building information modeling, construction documents, building documentation & analysis, fabrication, and other representation skills)
History and Theory (architectural history, historic preservation, land use ethics)
Contextual (preservation economics, cultural resource management/public policies in preservation)
Technical (building technology, historical survey, and inventory, national register nomination, preservation technology, planting design)

Connections to professional practice and emerging technology and ideas in the professions are highly desirable. The School of Architecture and Environment is dedicated to building a culturally diverse faculty committed to teaching and working in a multicultural environment. We encourage applications from historically marginalized and currently underrepresented communities. Applicants are requested to include an explanation in their narrative statement of how they will further the University’s and the School of Architecture and Environment’s commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion, perhaps in terms of how previous teaching, research, or professional work has engaged diverse communities.

Minimum Requirements

Instructor: Master’s degree (in exceptional circumstances, significant professional experience may substitute for an advanced degree). Professor of Practice: Substantial basis of experience equal to a tenured professor (normally a minimum of 12 years). National/international reputation for excellence reflected in a record of significant accomplishments. Profile of accumulated professional accomplishments. Rich and extensive background in the field.

Professional Competencies

Successful candidates will have professional experience, demonstrated ability or potential for quality teaching, and a commitment to working effectively with students, faculty, and staff from diverse backgrounds.

Preferred Qualifications

One year of teaching (including assistantships) experience. Professional certification or licensure in the relevant field. Master’s degree or PhD in a relevant field.

All offers of employment are contingent upon successful completion of a background check. The University of Oregon is proud to offer a robust benefits package to eligible employees, including health insurance, retirement plans, and paid time off. For more information about benefits, visit our website.

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