Tenure-Track or Teaching-Track Faculty Position in Product Design for Fall 2022
Tenure-Track or Teaching-Track Faculty Position in Product Design for Fall 2022
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The School of Design at Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh PA welcomes applications for a tenuretrack or teachingtrack position at the rank of assistant professor for Fall 2022.
We are looking for a tenuretrack or teachingtrack faculty member to enrich the Schools work in product design emphasizing contributions to our BDes Products track. The ideal candidate brings an innovative approach to industrial design physical product design tangible interaction or similar areas with possible experience in furniture and/or interactive objects. We are seeking an established maker and thinker with rich analog craft skills and expertise in digital tools who can operate across the physical digital and phygital modes of product design. Their work and interests would be naturally situated in our prototyping lab and hold both traditional and contemporary skill sets in product design/product development.
We are seeking a faculty member who will:
- Teach various classes across all levels of the undergraduate (BDes) and graduate (MDes MPS MA) programs at times in a coteaching capacity
- Advise masters theses in Interaction Design and possibly PhD students in Transition Design
- Have a keen eye on the state of design practice internationally evidenced through their research practice and/or teaching
- Engage in research through designing
- Commit to contributing to and promoting a culture of equity and inclusion including in teaching research creative practice and service
- Be familiar with critical issues including social political environmental and economic and their connection and relevance to product design
- Be approachable and will grow within our university context
- If choosing to apply as a tenuretrack faculty member: show an interest in or evidence of current/future design research and creative practice
- If choosing to apply as teachingtrack faculty: in place of scholarly research teach additional courses and participate in professional practice.
About the position options
TenureTrack
In addition to teaching four classes per academic year tenuretrack faculty are expected to produce research scholarly work artistic work and/or engage in design practice that elevates the field. Examples of faculty activities include but are not limited to: participation in practicebased research a significant client base gallery exhibitions; work published in print or online in scholarly popular journals and trade publications; invited talks/workshops at notable national and international venues; patents held; items in production or collections; grants and sponsored research; professional honors and awards; and significant contributions to professional societies and organizations.
TeachingTrack
In place of research teachingtrack faculty take on an additional two courses for a total of six courses per academic year. Teachingtrack faculty also frequently participate in freelance or consultancy work or other external professional activities that inform and continually advance their teaching.
Track and rank are negotiable and all positions include a comprehensive benefits package and a competitive salary.
About the School of Design
The School takes a transdisciplinary approach to design education and its position within a premier research university provides faculty with an unparalleled opportunity to collaborate with colleagues from diverse disciplines. Faculty at the School of Design believe in teaching through making are passionate about their work and interact with students at all levels in our program. We have a highly collaborative valuesbased culture and faculty often team teach with colleagues with complementary expertise. We are actively engaged in a conversation about the future and the positive role of design and designers. The School of Designs approximately 225 students come from various backgrounds and bring a diverse set of experiences to their education.
The School offers a Bachelors degree in Design (BDes) with undergraduate curriculum tracks in Communications Products and Environments. At the graduate level we offer a twoyear Master of Design degree (MDes) a oneyear Master of Professional Studies degree (MPS) and a oneyear Master of Arts degree (MA). The School of Design offers a PhD in Transition Design.
More information on the School of Design can be found on the Schools website at:.
About the Product Design Track
The Product Design track in the School of Design explores themes of materiality interaction and technology through rich practices of formgiving design research and iterative development. We aspire for the products we design to play important roles in advancing the state of the world enhancing the human experience and advocating for a critical balance between the built and natural worlds. Our program offers a novel disciplinary approach that provides for students to develop the requisite 21st century skill set mindset and motivation to use Product Design practice for positive benefit across a variety of industries organizations and contexts. Further our curriculum acknowledges that no product exists in isolationit is always part of larger complex social political environmental and economic systems. We believe that Product Design today operates within these established systems and works to change the status quo through equitable progressive and sustainable approaches. Continue reading here:
the College of Fine Arts
Since its founding Carnegie Mellon Universitys College of Fine Arts (CFA) has provided an unparalleled platform for groundbreaking critical inquiry and creative production. CFA is distinguished as one of the few colleges in the nation to encompass rigorous multidisciplinary studio training and vanguard research under one umbrella. CFA is organized into five schools: the School of Architecture School of Art School of Design School of Drama and School of Music and also includes a robust ecology of interdisciplinary programs.
The School invites applicants with the following qualifications:
- A terminal degree in a design related field (e.g. Master of Design Master of Fine Arts Master of Architecture and/or PhD) or equivalent professional experience
- Experience designing innovative products with a record in professional and creative practice to serve a diverse student body
- Universitylevel teaching experience at the undergraduate and graduate levels or equivalent professional experience
- Additional areas of expertise and/or experience in one or more of the following areas:
- Industrial design/product development methods and practice
- Critical design Speculative Design Tangible Interaction Design Design History
- New approaches in formgiving fabrication production
- Competency with traditional fabrication equipment contemporary digital tools electronics bench work
- Sustainable material practices/production
- Soft goods wearables
- CAD/CAM Grasshopper Arduino Processing etc
- Physical computing creative coding
Employment Type
Full Time
