Job Description Summary

Organization's Summary Statement:

POSITION DESCRIPTION:
The Department of Plant Science and Landscape Architecture (PSLA) invites applications for a Full Time, 9-month professional track at the rank of Assistant Clinical Professor to contribute to our Bachelor of Landscape Architecture (BLA) and Master of Landscape Architecture (MLA) programs. Promotion to Associate Clinical Professor and Full Clinical Professor available based on performance. We are looking for candidates with a strong background in landscape architecture who can teach broadly across the landscape architecture core curriculum.

POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES:
The successful candidate will be expected to:
● Teach at least 16 credits of coursework per academic year. Typically, this involves teaching two studios and two lecture/seminar courses per academic year.
● Participate in department, college and university service activities and governance;
● Serve on MLA thesis committees;
● Advise undergraduate and graduate students;
● Become active in the national and local chapters of the ASLA.

PROGRAM INFORMATION:
Landscape Architecture is housed within the Department of Plant Science and Landscape Architecture (PSLA) and the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources (AGNR) on the College Park campus of the University of Maryland. The Landscape Architecture Program offers two independently accredited professional degrees including a Bachelor of Landscape Architecture (BLA) and a Master of Landscape Architecture (MLA) as well as the Community Planning and Landscape Architecture (LACP), Historic Preservation and Landscape Architecture (HPLA) dual degree programs in collaboration with the School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation. Excellent opportunities exist for collaborative engagement with the School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, the School of Public Health, the National Center for Smart Growth Research and Education, and other administrative university units.

COLLEGE AND CAMPUS INFORMATION:
Located at the boundaries of the northern piedmont uplands and the Chesapeake rolling coastal plain, the University of Maryland, College Park is the flagship institution in the University System of Maryland. Our 1,250-acre College Park campus is five miles from downtown Washington, D.C. This unique proximity to business and technology leaders, federal departments and agencies, and myriad research entities, cultural centers, and non-profit organizations is unparalleled. The area is home to landscape architecture’s national organizations including ASLA, LAAB, LAF, CLARB, TCLF and other related associations and societies. Synergistic opportunities for our faculty and students are virtually limitless in the nation’s capital and surrounding areas.

The University is committed to attracting and retaining outstanding and diverse faculty and staff that will enhance our stature of preeminence in our three missions of teaching, scholarship, and full engagement in our community, the state of Maryland, and the world. The department and program are guided by our commitment to meeting the challenges outlined in the University of Maryland Strategic Plan and the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources five strategic initiatives.

QUALIFICATIONS:
Required
● Accredited professional degree in landscape architecture or international equivalent
● Terminal degree in landscape architecture (MLA) or a related field


Physical Demands:
The employee is required to perform routine office duties. The employee will be occasionally required to attend meetings in other buildings on campus, doing so may necessitate walking across campus including going up stairs.


Preferences:
● An active professional license in landscape architecture
● Five or more years of professional practice as a landscape architect
● Outstanding portfolio of professional work
● Evidence of successful prior teaching of environmental design at a university level
● Strengths in (but not limited to) one or more areas of expertise such as:
▪ Plant-soil-climate relationships, ecological design and habitat restoration/creation, plant associations and communities, and support for biodiversity and pollinators.
▪ Climate conscience/performance, sustainable construction practices, material selections, site engineering techniques, green and blue infrastructure, CADD/BIM, and other emerging construction technologies.
▪ Advanced traditional and digital graphic representation, mixed (analog + digital) media, experimental work with AR, VR, AI, and UAV data collection.
▪ Design for climate change adaptation and resilience, innovative approaches to co-creating and communicating systemic landscape transformations, and empowering underserved, marginalized or