Assistant Professor, Urban Design, UNC-Charlotte School of Architecture - Charlotte, NC

Urban Design Professor 

UNC-Charlotte School of Architecture

September 12, 2014 

Professional Area: 

Urban Design

Location: 

Charlotte, NC

The School of Architecture (SoA) at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte invites applications for a full-time tenure-track faculty position in Urban Design at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor.  The School of Architecture currently offers four degree programs: Bachelor of Arts in Architecture (B.A. in Arch.), Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch.), Master of Architecture (M.Arch. I, II, III) and Master of Urban Design (MUD). The School’s urban design program is housed at UNC Charlotte’s Center City Building designed by KieranTimberlake, located a block from the city’s light rail line. 

New tools and techniques are enabling entirely new ways to imagine and design our cities.  The SoA seeks to advance its capacity to prepare our students to effect positive change in the built environment through the tenure-track appointment of an urban designer with experience in contemporary urban design practice and research. Candidates will be expected to offer urban design and urban architecture studios and seminars to students enrolled in the Master of Urban Design (MUD) program and professional degree programs in Architecture (B.Arch., M.Arch.). This includes teaching courses abroad as part of MUD’s integral international summer program and SoA’s expanding initiatives in international education. 

This position is intended to extend the breadth and depth of design expertise in urban design by leveraging digital tools and techniques in new and transformative ways.  It is also expected to expand our curriculum through new elective course offerings (e.g. representation, ecological urbanism, urban morphology, urban infrastructure, etc.) and interdisciplinary collaboration across academic and research units in the College and University. The successful candidate must demonstrate his or her ability to be an effective teacher and to conduct design practice, research and/or scholarship in urban design.

The SoA is supported by exceptional facilities and a dynamic metropolitan landscape.  The School is committed to a culturally and intellectually diverse environment, and celebrates diversity that includes, but is not limited to, ability/disability, age, culture, ethnicity, gender, language, race, religion, sexual orientation, and socio-economic status.  We strongly encourage applications from women and members of under-represented groups. Faculty appointment will commence mid-August 2015.

A Master’s degree in Urban Design, Architecture and/or Landscape Architecture and evidence of urban design practice is required.  Published research and/or scholarship, teaching experience and professional licensure or Ph.D. are preferred.  Qualified applicants must complete the online faculty application at https://jobs.uncc.edu.  Application requirements include a cover letter, a letter of interest, including statements of pedagogical and research objectives, a CV, an abridged portfolio, and contact information for three references.  Submission materials may, in addition, be sent directly to:

Faculty Search Committee, c/o Armetta Davis

School of Architecture
- Storrs Hall

UNC Charlotte, 9201 University City Boulevard, Charlotte, NC 28223

Review of applications will commence December 15, 2014 and continue until the position is filled.  Questions regarding the above position may be directed to Chris Jarrett at chjarrett@uncc.edu.

UNC Charlotte is an equal opportunity employer (EEO/AA) and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, or national origin, in accordance with federal, state and local laws.

MPA Program Director, Department of Political Science & Public Administration, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Department of Political Science and Public Administration

Faculty Position

MPA Director

The Department of Political Science & Public Administration seeks a Program Director at the associate professor rank to begin July 1, 2015. The Director will lead the Department’s NASPAA-accredited and nationally ranked Gerald G. Fox Master of Public Administration Program, and also contribute to the Ph.D. in Public Policy. Required qualifications:  a Ph.D. in Public Administration, Public Policy, Political Science, or related field at the time of appointment; primary research and teaching interests in one of the core areas of public administration including human resource management, organization theory, public management, nonprofit management, or public budgeting and financial management; demonstrated excellence or strong potential in research that will contribute to and enhance the department’s national reputation; and a commitment to teaching in a diverse environment.

The University of North Carolina at Charlotte is a doctoral, research intensive university, located in one of the nation’s fastest growing metropolitan areas on an expanding modern campus. One of sixteen campuses in one of the oldest public university systems in the United States, UNC Charlotte offers over 27,000 culturally diverse students a wide range of undergraduate and graduate degree programs. The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences houses 20 departments in the humanities, social and behavioral sciences, physical sciences, and military sciences, as well as eight research centers and institutes and 13 interdisciplinary programs.

The Department of Political Science and Public Administration has 22 faculty members, houses a NASPAA-accredited MPA Program, and is a core department in the interdisciplinary Ph.D. Program in Public Policy. The MPA Program operates in an urban environment where it has strong ties to local government and non-profit organizations, as well as the local chapters of the American Society for Public Administration and the National Forum for Black Public Administrators. The program offers courses both on the main campus and at the university’s Center City Building in downtown Charlotte. Additional information on the MPA Program can be obtained at: http://www.mpa.uncc.edu .

Review of applications begins *November 1st* and continues until the position is filled. Candidates should submit application materials electronically to https://jobs.uncc.edu. Please upload the following documents with your electronic application: (1) letter of application discussing your research accomplishments and agenda, and teaching experience and philosophy,(2) curriculum vitae, (3) evidence of teaching effectiveness (if available), and (4) names and contact information for three references. Letters of recommendation will be required later.

For questions regarding the position, please contact Dr. Suzanne Leland (704-687-5937, smleland@uncc.edu.

UNC Charlotte is an AA/EOE and an ADVANCE Institution that strives to create an academic climate in which the dignity of all individuals is respected and maintained.  We celebrate diversity that includes, but is not limited to ability/disability, age, culture, ethnicity, gender, language, race, religion, sexual orientation, and socio-economic status.  Applicants are subject to criminal background checks.