Evergreen - PT Lecturer - Richard A. McMahan School of Architecture, Clemson SC

The Clemson University College of Architecture, Art, and Construction Science seeks highly qualified candidates to fill course instruction needs in the School of Architecture. Please note: This advertisement is not for a specific role but for various temporary faculty opportunities within Clemson University’s School of Architecture as they become available. This part-time opportunity to teach one or more courses is available as needed. Courses may be offered in spring, summer, and/or fall terms and one or more modalities and locations. The start date varies according to departmental teaching needs.

The areas of content expertise for teaching at the undergraduate and graduate level required but not limited to include:

• Design Studios
• Technical and theoretical Seminars
• Representation and Visualization
• Structures and Building Systems
• Professional Practice
• Topical Electives
• Historic Preservation
• City & Regional Planning

About The School Of Architecture

The School of Architecture’s mission is to be a premier producer of transformational design and preservation leadership, shaping the environment of the 21st century for a better future. We are an interconnected, geographically distributed community of teachers and learners dedicated to:

• Educating future architects, landscape architects, preservationists, and urban designers through rigorous and expansive design education, with local and global understandings of firmness, commodity, and delight.
• Generating knowledge to address the great challenges of the time, like health care, resilience, and increasing digital society, through innovative, interdisciplinary research, practice, and scholarship.
• Advocating for the improvement and preservation of built, natural, and social environments through design activism, public service, and public education.

About The College Of Architecture, Art And Construction (CAAC)

The newly formed College of Architecture, Art and Construction’s (CAAC) portfolio consists of the School of Architecture, the Department of Art, and the Nieri Department of Construction, Development, and Planning. With its five undergraduate majors and ten graduate programs as well as nine centers and institutes the college aims to prepare over 900 undergraduates and 300 graduate students to transform, enhance and sustain the built environment and to excel in their fields by combining practical knowledge with hands-on experiential learning.

About Clemson University

Clemson University, one of the most productive public research universities in the nation, enrolls 27,341 students across the State of South Carolina and has an endowment of over $1 billion. The University operates Extension offices in every county of the state and has five Innovation Campuses and six Research and Education Center locations. Classified as an R1 — Very High Research University by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education — Clemson is dedicated to teaching, research, and service.

Qualifications

Master’s degree in architecture, urban design, or other related professional fields, with prior teaching and/or professional design experience. Preferred if candidates provide evidence of research and/or creative work related to design and contemporary practice along with expertise in content aligned with a departmental program area or areas.

Application Instructions

Candidates with demonstrated dedication to architecture and teaching, as well as interdisciplinary interests, are encouraged to apply. Candidates hired for part-time positions will teach an undergraduate or graduate design studio or a 3-credit course only each semester. In addition to teaching courses, lecturers will actively participate in the life of the school and provide service to the institution.

Applicants Should Submit The Following Documents:

• Letter of interest, addressed to Daniel Harding, Acting School Director, that outlines teaching, research/scholarship, and service objectives; and information about teaching availability (terms available, start date available, number of courses available to teach each term with four as maximum)
• Resume or curriculum vita
• Names and contact information for three references
• Unofficial transcripts

Applications will be received and reviewed on an ongoing basis. The department chair or program coordinator will contact applicants with additional questions or needs if required. Part-time visiting lecturer positions will be filled prior to the start of each term. All applicants will remain in the pool indefinitely unless they request to have their application removed from the pool. Inquiries about these opportunities should be made to the Acting School Director, Professor Dan Harding, hardin4@clemson.edu.