Assistant/Associate/Full Professor, Historic Preservation - Conservation

About the role

The Department of Historic Preservation at the Stuart Weitzman School of Design, University of Pennsylvania, seeks an Assistant, Associate, or full Professor to conduct graduate-level instruction, advising, and research in architectural conservation.

Responsibilities

• Teach courses at the graduate level, including the introduction to architectural conservation principles and practices (including laboratory-based analysis), specialized seminars focused on particular material types and conservation issues, applied courses (studios or workshops) using field-based learning, and/or other courses that suit the candidate’s research.
• Lead the architectural conservation lab for teaching and research.
• Advise master’s students.
• Support doctoral students in allied departments.
• Participate in and cultivate their own funded research projects, supported through the Department’s research center, the Preservation Research Collaborative, and other centers at the School and University.
• Participate in and cultivate leadership responsibilities in the Department and/or Preservation Research Collaborative.

Requirements

• Experience in the practice of architectural conservation and/or heritage materials science.
• Teaching experience.
• A PhD or other terminal degree in historic preservation, architecture, physical sciences, heritage science, archaeology, or another related field.

Qualifications

• A PhD or other terminal degree in historic preservation, architecture, physical sciences, heritage science, archaeology, or another related field.
• Experience in the practice of architectural conservation and/or heritage materials science.
• Teaching experience.

Skills

• Research-based practice, including partnerships with public or private heritage-managing agencies and organizations; documentation, conservation management planning, and other field projects; academic research on materials or treatments; and exhibitions and publishing.

Benefits

N/A

Pay

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Schedule

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Contact Information

To apply, please send a cover letter that succinctly describes your agenda for research, scholarship, and practice; a curriculum vitae; two recent publications or writing samples; a teaching statement that addresses the above teaching expectations; and the names and contact information for three references who may be contacted at a later date. Applications should be addressed to Chair, Search Committee. Review of applications will begin on November 1, 2026, and will continue until the position is filled. The position will begin on July 1, 2027, and the selected candidate will be expected to begin teaching in fall 2027. Questions should be directed to Micah Dornfeld, Department Coordinator, Historic Preservation, at: micahdor@design.upenn.edu.