Visiting Assistant Professor Architecture School of Architecture and Design

Job Description

Job Description Summary

The School of Architecture & Design (SoAD) is currently seeking a fulltime visiting assistant professor in architecture for theacademic year to teach inperson courses within its BS Architecture and MArch programs on campus in Boston.

Responsibilities:

The successful candidate for this position will have a passion for teaching and research in adaptive reuse and/or historic preservation as well as the ability to teach foundation level courses including architectural studios and representation courses.

Additional responsibilities include:

• Collaborating with colleagues to develop and deliver integrated interdisciplinary coursework.

• Advising and mentoring students.

About Wentworth and the School of Architecture and Design (SoAD)

Wentworth Institute of Technology located in the heart of Boston Massachusetts is a dynamic university with a focus on experiential learning and academic excellence. The university comprises five schools: Architecture and Design Computing and Data Science Engineering Management and Sciences and Humanities. Wentworth is a member of the Colleges of the Fenway consortium providing opportunities for collaboration and resource sharing with nearby institutions such as Massachusetts College of Art and Simmons University.

Wentworth is a university with a teaching focus and strategic initiatives of highvalue learning inclusive excellence transformational student experience and nextgeneration partnerships. The school has a strong commitment to recruiting and retaining students with diverse backgrounds fostering a vibrant design community and learning environment for faculty and students and building on and expanding current government community industry and alumni partnerships.

Wentworths School of Architecture and Design (SoAD) offers highly respected Bachelor of Sciences degrees in Industrial Design (NASADaccredited) Interior Design (CIDAaccredited) Architecture Master of Architecture(NAABaccredited) and Building Sciences.

The mission of theSoAD is to empower design students and educators from all backgrounds to become creative civicminded problemsolvers responding to global challenges and contributing to local communities. The SoAD guides students to engage locally and globally explore advanced technologies collaborate within and across disciplines gain industry experience via cooperative education and learn to design sustainably and equitably. Comprising approximately 810 undergraduate and 90 graduate students the SoAD has robust international study opportunities at both the graduate and undergraduate levels.

About the Architecture Programs:

The School of Architecture & Design offers three programs BS Architecture BS Building Sciences and the professional NAABaccredited Master of Architecture. With approximately 670 students the architecture programs are centered around the design studio where students work closely with faculty in their explorations of architectural design across a broad range of scales. Our projectbased curriculum prepares students for a range of practices. Our graduates are versant in conventional and speculative design practices material practices participatory social practices and practices in scholarship and pedagogy among many others. Students and faculty in the program are not afraid to experiment learn from success and failure and keep pushing forward.

Students complete two mandatory coops bridging the gap between academia and industry reinforcing coursework and gaining valuable professional experience.

To learn more about the Architecture programs and the School of Architecture & Design please visit the website.

Application Requirements:

Applicants must submit the following in a single PDF document:

1 Cover letter that describes areas of expertise and qualifications for the position 12 pages)

2 Current curriculum vitae

3 Portfolio showcasing professional and/or teaching work including design projects and student outcomes (if applicable).

4 Teaching philosophy and plans for teaching and scholarship 1 page).

5 Contact information for three professional references (references will only be contacted after notifying the candidate).

Minimum education required:

• Master of Architecture

Preferred Qualifications:

• Doctoral degree in architecture environmental design or related field

• Prior university level teaching in architecture

• Licensed architect

Inclusive Excellence at Wentworth

Inclusive Excellence is one of the four pillars of the Strategic Plan. Actively and intentionally cultivating a diverse and culturally competent institution where each member has the opportunity and support to reach their full potential and make contributions to our campus community and beyond is Inclusive Excellence at Wentworth.

To find out more about the Wentworths commitment to Inclusive Excellence please visit the website https://wit/about/inclusiveexcellence.

All applicants have the right to accessibility support and accommodations. To request accessibility support or accommodations contact the Executive Director of Equity and Compliance Catlin Wells at .

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