Teaching Assistant Professor of Interior Architecture and Design (Two Open Positions)

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Closing Date: Type of Position:Faculty - Non-Tenure Workstudy Position: No Job Type:Academic Term (Fixed Term) Work Shift: Day Shift (United States of America) Sponsorship Available: No Institution Name: University of Arkansas, Fayetteville Founded in 1871, the University of Arkansas is a land grant institution, classified by the Carnegie Foundation among the nation's top 2 percent of universities with the highest level of research activity. The University of Arkansas works to advance the state and build a better world through education, research, and outreach by providing transformational opportunities and skills, fostering a welcoming climate, and nurturing creativity, discovery, and the spread of new ideas and innovations. The University of Arkansas campus is located in Fayetteville, a welcoming community ranked as one of the best places to live in the U.S. The growing region surrounding Fayetteville is home to numerous Fortune 500 companies and one of the nation's strongest economies. Northwest Arkansas is also quickly gaining a national reputation for its focus on the arts and overall quality of life. As an employer, the University of Arkansas offers a vibrant work environment and a workplace culture that promotes a healthy work-life balance. The benefits package includes university contributions to health, dental, life and disability insurance, tuition waivers for employees and their families, 12 official holidays, immediate leave accrual, and a choice of retirement programs with university contributions ranging from 5 to 10% of employee salary. Below you will find the details for the position including any supplementary documentation and questions, you should review before applying for the opening. If you have a disability and need assistance with the hiring process, please submit a request via the Disability Accommodations | OEOC | University of Arkansas (uark.edu) : Request an Accommodation. Applicants are required to submit a request for each position of which they have applied. For general application assistance or if you have questions about a job posting, please contact Human Resources at 479.575.5351. Department:Interior Design Department's Website: https://fayjones.uark.edu/academics/ Summary of Job Duties:The Teaching Assistant Professor (1-year) is a full-time, nine-month, non- tenure track faculty position teaching at the undergraduate level and providing service to the department, school, university, and community are foundational expectations. Instructing 18-22 credit hours of coursework per academic year with an assignment of two studios, or one studio and two lectures/seminars per semester is required. The faculty member will lead studio and classroom instruction, create curriculum material, construct syllabi, assess student knowledge and skills, advise students, and provide other scholastic achievement guidance. The full-time nine-month position is intended to be awarded for a period of one academic year with potential for additional teaching in the summer. Regular, reliable, and non-disruptive attendance is an essential job duty, as is the ability to create and maintain collegial, harmonious working relationships with others. Qualifications: Minimum Qualifications: • Terminal graduate degree in interior design / interior architecture, or design-related discipline from an accredited institution of higher education conferred by the start of employment • Excellent body of creative design work • Demonstrated excellent writing and interpersonal communication skills Preferred Qualifications: • One or more degrees in interior design / interior architecture • Demonstrated ability to employ current best teaching practices leading studios and lectures/seminars • Demonstrated ability to address issues of contemporary design-inquiry teaching studios and lectures/seminars • Experience with emerging technologies, digital fabrication, BIM, VR, AI and/or visualization • Demonstrated ability to teach digitally integrated and comprehensive design studios • Professional practice experience designing interior space • NCIDQ certification (or the qualifications and willingness to complete the exam) Knowledge, Skills, and Abillities (KSAs): • Ability to be an active, involved, collegial member of a collaborative studio teaching team and willingness to be a team player with departmental faculty • Willingness and ability to advocate for interior architecture and design specific education and professional practice Note: Uniquely qualified candidates with strength in areas other than those listed as "preferred", and ABD candidates, will be considered. Additional Information: APPLICATION Initial review of applications will begin on January 5, 2026. Later applications will be accepted and reviewed as necessary to fill the position. POSITION The Department of Interior Architecture and Design at the Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design, University of Arkansas, seeks an individual interested in leading innovative and transdisciplinary approaches to teaching. The successful candidate will join a vibrant team of faculty in a department growing in stature and national recognition to forge a rich culture of thinking and making within the existing professional undergraduate curriculum. The Fay Jones School's emphasis on collaborative design education is aimed at preparing students to address contemporary challenges and issues of imperative value to the state, nation and world. The school has diverse resources available in its award-winning building and state-of-the-art fabrication facilities. The U of A Community Design Center, Garvan Woodland Gardens, and the Anthony Timberlands Center for Design and Material Innovation by the Pritzker Architecture Prize winner Grafton Architects, provide for a range of teaching and scholarship activities. There also are opportunities to take advantage of the School's external relationships with institutions and programs such as the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, the Momentary, and the Walton Arts Center. RESPONSIBILITIES Teaching Assistant Professor (1-year): Teaching at the undergraduate level and providing service to the department, school, university, and community are foundational expectations. Instructing 18-22 credit hours of coursework per academic year with an assignment of two studios, or one studio and two lectures/seminars per semester is required. The faculty member will lead studio and classroom instruction, create curriculum material, construct syllabi, assess student knowledge and skills, advise students, and provide other scholastic achievement guidance. The full-time nine-month position is intended to be awarded for a period of one academic year with potential for additional teaching in the summer. The department, school, and university are committed to developing long-term relationships with faculty. The teaching-track positions have a structured promotion system that can foster movement from Assistant to Associate to Full Teaching Professor. The school has a strong track record of supporting teaching-track faculty throughout many years of their teaching careers. Interested candidates are invited to submit their qualifications. Individuals with a wide and varied range of design practices, creative interests, professional experiences, and from allied design professions and disciplines, who are interested in operating in an educational capacity and can demonstrate significant engagement with interior architecture and design, are encouraged to apply. This position may provide a pathway for experienced design professionals to share their expertise with students through engaging lectures, innovative curriculum development, and active mentoring. Fostering collaborative and interdisciplinary initiatives, mentoring students, and creating connections between the classroom and professional practice are welcome. SALARY Competitive and commensurate with qualifications and experience. INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN DEPARTMENT Established 50 years ago, the Interior Architecture and Design Department has more than 280 undergraduate students and a faculty with broad based, scholarly research accomplishment and strong professional practice experience. Graduates have a very strong employment rate at nationally and internationally recognized design firms. The CIDA-accredited professional program requires and provides high-quality international education and cross-disciplinary studio experiences. Overarching values guiding the faculty are a commitment to a rigorous team-taught, process-driven design education, integration of research/creative activity into classroom teaching, assimilation of teamwork skills by our students, emphasis on inclusive environments, and the realization of sustainable design solutions. Students develop strong conceptual, spatial design and technical skills through experimentation, discovery, iteration, and invention. Required practice-based internships in locations across the US and internationally build relationships between students and potential employers and produce sophisticated graduates capable of performing in a wide range of creative contexts. A supportive professional advisory board includes successful design leaders from across the country and assists the Department in achieving its goals and promoting the program. International education; regular studio-based field trips to national urban centers; transdisciplinary collaboration; minors in sustainability, business, hospitality, architecture history and theory, preservation design and urban planning; and graduate concentrations enrich students' creative expression, deepen knowledge bases and cultural awareness, and build critical thinking skills. Student creativity and competency have been evidenced in the recent awarding of eight national Donghia scholarships, two Gensler-Brinkmann Scholarships, and the 2024 National ASID portfolio competition, as well as numerous ASID student design awards. Please visit our website for additional information about our Department of Interior Architecture and Design. FAY JONES SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE + DESIGN AND COMMUNITY The Fay Jones School includes highly regarded accredited professional programs in architecture, interior architecture and design and landscape architecture. Together, these programs provide a collaborative design education aimed at preparing students to address complex challenges and issues of imperative value to the state, nation and world. International education is provided for all students in established programs in Rome, and European departmental programs in a wide variety of locations. These opportunities introduce students to interior environments, buildings, cities and landscapes very different from their own, enriching their design vocabulary and deepening their understanding of other cultures. A rigorous Honors program within the School engages exceptional students in experiential education that deepens classroom learning. The school's honors curriculum targets students interested in independent exploration of topics related to the natural and built environment. Students benefit further from committed alumni, a vibrant professional network, and the voices of leading design thinkers from around the globe. A robust lecture and growing workshop series bring nationally and internationally known practitioners, artists, authors and educators to the campus to share their projects and philosophies with students and faculty in all disciplines. Our existing professional and industry relationships and over 3000 alumni provide a robust professional network along with opportunities regionally and internationally. The Fay Jones School is located in Vol Walker Hall and the Steven L Anderson Design Center, an award-winning addition and renovation that affords exemplary learning environments for students, and an outstanding teaching and working facility for faculty and staff. Completed in 2013, the building has received numerous accolades including a 2018 AIA Honor Award for the work completed by Marlon Blackwell Architects and Polk Stanley Wilcox Architects. The School's state-of-the-art resources in computational design and design robotics as well as fabrication labs inform student and faculty making and design processes. The facility includes a Multimedia Center, Design Shop, Maker Lab, Materials Lab, exhibition gallery, and related lecture hall, classrooms and seminar spaces. Additionally, off-campus maker spaces, the U of A Community Design Center, and the Garvan Woodland Gardens in Hot Springs expand teaching and research opportunities for both students and faculty. The developing Art and Design District features the Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design's award-winning and newly opened 44,763-square-foot Anthony Timberlands Center for Design and Materials Innovation. It houses resources including classrooms, studios, seminar and conference spaces, and a flexible lecture hall and gallery space, atop a double-height, state-of-the-art, 11,000-square-foot fabrication and design-build shop floor for a range o...