Associate/Full Professor of Landscape Architecture and Department Head

Department: Department of Landscape Architecture
Rank: Associate Professor
Annual Basis: 9 Month

Application Deadline

November 18, 2024; position open until filled.

Required Application Materials

In your application, please include:
● A current curriculum vitae summarizing education, publication record, service and professional experience.
● A cover letter describing research, teaching, and service experience and how it aligns with the position description.
● A statement* articulating a willingness and ability to help foster an inclusive learning environment for the university's diverse set of community members and stakeholders in order to promote and enhance diversity, equality, inclusion and belonging (more details below).
● Contact information for three professional references.
● Research/Creative work and/or teaching portfolio.

*As part of the application process for faculty positions at the University of Oregon, candidates must provide a statement outlining their historical, current, and future efforts to promote equity, inclusion and diversity in their professional careers. This might include collaboration with local communities, organizations, political involvement or initiatives to advance equity and inclusion within the university. Search committees carefully assess these statements to evaluate the applicant's demonstrated commitment to fostering diversity, equity, and inclusion and often consider the applicant's:

*Awareness of inequities and challenges faced by underrepresented minority students and faculty
*Track record (commensurate to career stage) of activities that reduce barriers in education or research for
underrepresented minority students and faculty.
*Vision and plans for how their work will continue to contribute to UO's mission to serve the needs of our diverse state
and student population and create an inclusive campus.

The College of Design is dedicated to the UO's goal of building a culturally diverse faculty committed to teaching and working in a multicultural environment. We strongly encourage applications from individuals whose experience has prepared them to contribute to our commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion, including those from historically marginalized and currently underrepresented communities in higher education.

Position Announcement

The Department of Landscape Architecture at the University of Oregon invites applications for a tenure-track Associate or Full Professor. The successful candidate will serve as the Department Head and for the duration of their leadership appointment will hold the Sue and Mort Fuller Endowed Professorship in Landscape Architecture. We encourage applications from candidates with solid research and teaching records that complement and expand the department’s strengths, as well as administrative and mentoring experience.

The School of Architecture & Environment at the University of Oregon acknowledges that professional design schools and design pedagogy in North America have historically disproportionately excluded cultural perspectives outside European and colonial traditions. To build our shared capacity to take intellectual risks and to advance knowledge, we are dedicated to creating a community that fully includes students, designers, and scholars whose excellence depends on the breadth of their experiences and perspectives and who are committed to working in a multicultural environment. We particularly welcome applicants who:
• Pursue research and teaching that enables ecological and inclusive design and culturally appropriate civic engagement in designing resilient public places.
• Deeply skilled at finding design and planning solutions to injustice and increasing human and ecological health and landscape resilience to climate change.
• Have administrative/leadership/mentoring experience and community/professional service records that support junior faculty, local communities, and the profession.
• Have a record of supporting justice, diversity, equity, and inclusion.

The position is expected to strengthen the department’s academic leadership, offering vital guidance and mentorship to junior faculty members. This successful candidate for this position will serve as Department Head under a three-year renewable term.

Department or Program Summary

The Department of Landscape Architecture within the College of Design is the oldest landscape architecture department west of the Mississippi. Evolving and growing for more than 100 years, our program's roots started in 1911. We are the only landscape architecture program in Oregon, administering accredited MLA and BLA professional degrees and a PhD. Our curriculum focuses on u