Associate/Full Professor of Landscape Architecture and Department Head - University of Oregon

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 understanding landscapes across multiple scales. The department offers an engaged design education through the Urban Farm, the Fuller Initiative for Productive Landscapes, and the Landscape for Humanity initiative. We partner with community groups and the local American Society of Landscape Architects chapter to focus on real-world projects that are carried through to completion. The department also leads the Sustainable Cities and Landscapes Program under the Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU) with 21 partner universities across the Pacific Rim, offering various global engagement opportunities and resources to students and faculty.

The Department of Landscape Architecture serves graduate and undergraduate majors, including Bachelor of Environmental Design, Bachelor of Landscape Architecture, Master of Landscape Architecture, and PhD in Landscape Architecture. Our programs provide rigorous, accredited curricula combining theory, research, design skills, and extensive real-world studio instruction so that students become effective and creative leaders in the profession.

The College of Design is a global leader of sustainable design education and exemplar on the University of Oregon campus for our activities addressing diversity, equity and inclusion. The College is an international leader in promoting the Spatial Justice Initiative, which brings visiting scholars to the School of Architecture & Environment to teach and research on spatial justice issues. Students and faculty in the department of landscape architecture have crafted a DEI Toolkit, which proactively guides our actions in making the department an inclusive place to work and study. The College offers a supportive and collaborative teaching and research environment and actively encourages applications from candidates from diverse backgrounds.

Minimum Requirements

● LAAB-accredited master’s degree or international equivalent
● Proven record of publication of research, scholarship, and/or creative/professional work focused on innovation for environmental resilience and sustainability. Evidence may include peer-reviewed publications, design awards, citations or published reviews of design work, and grant funding.
● Administrative experience and leadership abilities in academia and/or professional practice.
● Demonstrated ability to support and enhance diverse learning and working environments.

Preferred Qualifications

● PhD in landscape architecture, architecture, urban design, urban planning, interior architecture, historic preservation, or other related fields.
● Previous university teaching experience in Landscape Architecture.
● Professional practice in landscape architecture
● Professional licensure in landscape architecture

About the University

The University of Oregon is one of only two Pacific Northwest members of the Association of American Universities and holds the distinction of a “very high research activity” ranking in the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. The UO enrolls more than 20,000 undergraduate and 3,600 graduate students representing all 50 states and 100 countries. The University of Oregon is guided by a diversity framework that involves a commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion of all students, faculty, staff, alumni, and community members. In recent years, the university has increased the diversity of its student body, as well as campus-wide efforts to build a welcoming, inclusive community for our student body. The UO’s 295-acre campus features state-of-the-art facilities in an arboretum-like setting within the traditional homelands of the Kalapuya people. The UO is located in Eugene, in the beautiful Willamette Valley. Eugene is a vibrant city of 168,000 within easy driving distance of the Pacific Coast, the Cascade Mountains, and Portland.

Eugene often appears on lists of the most livable communities in the country. It enjoys the cultural amenities of a larger city – hosting concerts that span the musical spectrum, a world-famous Bach Festival, and many other festivals and celebrations – and the accessible real estate, lack of traffic, and relaxed lifestyle of a small city. Recreational possibilities abound, ranging from hiking or mountain biking picturesque trails to playing nationally ranked golf courses to running the same paths on which Olympic athletes train. (Known as Tracktown USA), Eugene hosts the US Olympic Track & Field trials, as well as numerous other sporting events tied to the Pac-12 athletic conference.) Eugene lies just 60 miles from ski resorts in the mountains to the east and 60 miles from the scenic Oregon coast to the west. In the heart of Oregon wine country, Eugene also enjoys a nationally recognized food scene.

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