Assistant Professor (Lecturer) in The School of Architecture

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The School of Architecture (SoA) within the University of Utah’s College of Architecture + Planning invites applications for an Assistant Professor (Lecturer) position in any of the following areas: Professional Practice (Design and Health Practice); Accessible Design and Building Code Instruction; Architectural Design and Beginner Pedagogy; Communications + Design Education; Urban Design; DesignBuildUTAH for SLC (DBU@SLC). SoA is highly interested in candidates with expertise in contemporary technologies and approaches in integrating interdisciplinary collaboration to advance innovative creative work and teaching. The school is particularly interested in candidates with expertise to lead our DesignBuildUTAH@SLC program. This is a full-time, nine-month appointment (1.0 FTE) beginning July 1, 2027.

The School of Architecture (SoA) has a long history of excellence in education, research, and societal impact, with our original architecture degree program dating back over 75 years. As home to the only professionally accredited Master of Architecture (M.Arch) degree in the state, the school is known for leading transformative changes, most recently through an integrated curriculum, award-winning design-build programs, and sustained enrollment growth. During the 2025 NAAB Accreditation Site Visit for the M.Arch program, the school excelled, meeting all criteria and achieving 100% compliance. The school aims to be a national leader in architectural education, research, and practice, strongly aligned with the University of Utah’s goals. The School of Architecture is committed to teaching creative critical thinking, community engagement, design excellence, design research, innovative building and structural systems, pedagogies and practices in architecture, ecological resilience, global citizenship, leadership/collaboration, risk-taking/exploration, among others. The school aims to expand on these areas to emerging technologies.

The school expects the successful candidate to contribute to these initiatives. The SoA offers a professionally accredited Master of Architecture (M.Arch) program, as well as a Bachelor of Science in Architectural Studies (BSAS), a Bachelor of Arts in Architectural Studies (BAAS), and a Master of Science in Architectural Studies (MSAS). The SoA is expanding its student enrollment, faculty portfolio, and resources, with a strong vision to sustain the growth. The SoA began offering a new Bachelor of Arts in Architectural Studies (BAAS) in Fall 2025. In the near future, the SoA intends to add a new Ph.D. program in Architecture to its portfolio. In the last several years, a new integrated curriculum has been developed with a sequence of immersive design studios with integrated courses (technology, research, theory, design communication, etc.), building up from bachelor’s to master’s to a capstone experience of a student-driven individual design project prepared and supported by architectural research.

Our work in the School of Architecture is interdisciplinary and integrated. We are known as champions of place-based engagement (including our signature DesignBuildUTAH program), social justice, and environmental stewardship. We convene critical conversations, host national conferences, foster community dialogues, publish the critical journal Dialectic, and serve as a test bed for ideas on the university campus. We are risk-takers and innovators, driven by our ethic of care, which underlies all that we do in our teaching, scholarship, and service. For more information, please visit http://soa.cap.utah.edu.

Position Description:

In the School of Architecture and other academic units within the College of Architecture and Planning at the University of Utah, Career-Line faculty (lecturers) focus primarily on teaching core design studios, building technology, software applications (such as Revit or CAD), professional practice, and service. These roles typically emphasize instruction over large-scale academic publishing or external research grants.

The successful candidate is expected to demonstrate a background in architectural design at the intersection of any of the following areas: Professional Practice (Design and Health Practice); Accessible Design and Building Code Instruction; Architectural Design and Beginner Pedagogy; Communications + Design Education; Urban Design; DesignBuildUTAH for SLC (DBU@SLC). Successful candidates should also demonstrate a proven record of bringing innovative approaches to teaching, professional practice, and service. Prior teaching experience and service contributions in these areas are essential, particularly in areas that demonstrate the integration of architectural design and their respective professional practice or creative work.

Candidates should demonstrate the ability to engage students through hands-on learning and critical thinking. The application and integration of emerging technologies and trends in the core area(s) will be highly valued. Successful candidates will teach across all our programs (undergraduate and graduate), including design studios and core courses in their areas of expertise, to attain architectural design excellence, with opportunities to integrate knowledge of their professional practice, creative work, or expertise into those courses. Expertise and a critical understanding of design studios and their creative work are essential. The position will require strong integration with studios and other core courses, and the ability to take a leadership role in this area of the curriculum is critical.

Candidates will be required to show commitment in promoting the School of Architecture’s core beliefs – design excellence, responsibility, resiliency, respect and response. Additionally, candidates will take responsibility for committee and service assignments. Candidates should possess a quality of mind displaying high levels of intelligence, clarity of communication, analytical competence, critical judgment, originality, and initiative. Candidates should value, advocate for, and encourage free analysis and representation and constructive, mutually respectful relationships with faculty, staff, and students.

Minimum Qualifications:

• A terminal degree in either architecture or related fields.

• Previous academic teaching and/or professional experience (with examples).

• Demonstration of creative work and a trajectory of excellence is desired.

• Ability to teach design studio courses and seminars in which students develop innovative architectural designs with knowledge of their core areas of expertise.

• Ability to teach core and advanced courses in their areas of expertise.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Accredited degree in architecture or doctoral degree in architecture or a related field (with a focus on the preferred areas).

• Educational training or experience in the application of their core areas of expertise.

• Integration of architectural research with design projects.

• Awards or recognition for teaching and/or design.

Notice

The University is a participating employer with Utah Retirement Systems (“URS”). Eligible new hires with prior URS service may elect to enroll in URS if they make the election before they become eligible for retirement (usually the first day of work). Contact Human Resources at (801) 581-7447 for information. Individuals who previously retired and are receiving monthly retirement benefits from URS are subject to URS’ post-retirement rules and restrictions. Please contact Utah Retirement Systems at (801) 366-7770 or (800) 695-4877 or University Human Resource Management at (801) 581-7447 if you have questions regarding the post-retirement rules.

This position may require the successful completion of a criminal background check and/or drug screen.

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Special Instructions for Candidates

Qualified applicants must submit:

a) A letter of intent including qualifications and areas of teaching interests and service. The letter of intent should also include the candidate’s approach to our school’s core beliefs and the college’s commitments.

b) Curriculum Vitae.

c) Teaching philosophy (one page) and service statement (one page).

d) An example of a design portfolio, including architectural design work, or creative activities and examples of students’ work (8MB max or a link to a digital portfolio).

e) Names and contact information of three references (with phone, mail, and email addresses). References will not be contacted prior to receiving the candidate’s consent to contact.

All materials should be uploaded via https://utah.peopleadmin.com/postings/.

Candidates may be asked to provide additional information during the search process.

Please address questions about the search for this position to the Search Committee Chair, Associate Professor Dwight Yee: u0041898@utah.edu

For questions specifically about the School of Architecture and academic programs within the school, please contact the Chair of the School of Architecture, Dr. Timothy O. Adekunle: timothy.adekunle@utah.edu.

Application review will begin December 1, 2026 and will remain open until filled.