Architecture, Assistant Professor

About the role

The Department of Architecture at Cal Poly Pomona seeks a Tenure-Track Assistant Professor of Architecture to join the faculty in Fall 2027. The successful candidate will teach and coordinate architecture core studios, upper-level elective design studios, lecture courses, and elective seminars within the B.Arch and M.Arch programs.

Responsibilities

• Teach and coordinate architecture core studios (1st, 2nd, or 3rd year)
• Teach upper-level elective design studios
• Lecture courses
• Elective seminars
• Contribute to department, college, and university operations through service
• Maintain creative and scholarly activities that inform teaching
• Lead courses and curriculum meeting the NAAB SC.6 Building Integration requirement

Requirements

• Possess an advanced degree in architecture (Master or PhD).
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively with students, staff, and faculty from diverse ethnic, cultural, and socioeconomic backgrounds.
• Experience teaching architecture design studios at the post-secondary education level.

Preferred/Desired Qualifications

• Experience or capacity to teach building envelope systems and assemblies, environmental control systems, building performance, and sustainable design practices.
• Experience coordinating a team-taught design studio and/or student advising.
• Advance academic knowledge and/or practice of architecture through research, scholarship, and/or creative activities.
• Maintain a record of service on university committees, to the discipline of architecture, to professional architectural organizations, and/or to community organizations related to architecture.
• Hold a license to practice architecture in the United States, or be actively pursuing licensure.
• At least 2-years of experience teaching architecture design studios at the post-secondary education level.

Application Process

• A completed application will consist of:
• A cover letter describing interest in the position, relevant experience, and how they meet the minimum and preferred qualifications (2-page max)
• Curriculum vitae
• Teaching Philosophy statement (2-page max) addressing Cal Poly Pomona’s commitment to excellence in education
• Portfolio providing samples of the candidate’s own professional work and academic studio projects showing samples of student work and/or syllabi (20-pages max, formatted on 8.5x11 or A4 size paper saved in pdf format)
• The names and contact information for at least three individuals that can serve as references (for phone/zoom conversations)
• Unofficial transcripts (undergraduate and graduate, official transcripts will be required of finalists)