Faculty Positions Open
Tenure Track Position in Architectural Design
Associate Professor of Visual Arts
Assistant Professor of Art History
TENURE TRACK POSITION IN ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN
The Department of Architecture at MIT announces a search for one tenure-track position in architectural design at the level of assistant or associate professor. Dedicated to a humanistic, socially responsible, and technologically sophisticated vision of design, MIT's department of Architecture is uniquely positioned in a larger institution that strongly supports innovation and entrepreneurial activity. Given this context, the Department of Architecture is explicitly committed to excellence in both pedagogical and research activities. Believing that the cross-current between the two creates a charged atmosphere for study and a critical edge for research, we are seeking candidates with an ability to thrive within this context.
Primary criteria for the position are: proven excellence in the teaching of design studios; and strong promise of significant creative achievement in the field through design research, theoretical practice, professional practice, or a combination thereof. An ability to advance our teaching and research in sustainability and innovation through material process and assembly is highly desirable.
Minimal qualifications are a professional Masters level degree in architecture or the equivalent; and a minimum of two years or four semesters of teaching experience. A minimum of two years of practical experience is preferred.
We are also seeking candidates with the character and energy to participate in the intellectual life of the department at a time of significant change and growth, and with a readiness to teach both graduate and undergraduate studios.
Initial screening will be conducted on the basis of: letter of interest that includes a list of possible references with contact information, curriculum vitae, and a ten page non-returnable portfolio of design work. We will begin reviewing applications in March and continue until the position is filled. Please send all materials to: Nader Tehrani, Chair, AD Search Committee, MIT Department of Architecture, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Room 10-411M, Cambridge, MA 02139.
MIT is an equal opportunity / affirmative action institution. Women and minority candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF VISUAL ARTS
Visual Arts Program, Department of Architecture, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is seeking an individual of international standing and critical acclaim to join the faculty of its Visual Arts Program. We seek a colleague who is practicing artist and who also has experience teaching at the college, university or art school level. This appointment will be a tenured or tenure-track position of Associate Professor.
MIT’s Visual Arts Program develops critical analytical and visionary strategies in artistic practice within the context of the advanced scientific community of MIT. Students and faculty alike are drawn to VAP because of the transdisciplinary opportunities found in this unique environment. The faculty is composed of highly renowned artists with active, international careers in artistic production and a strong interest in cross-discipline debate and modes of production. MIT students are diverse, intellectually gifted and highly motivated. Undergraduates come from a variety of scientific fields from across the Institute. Graduate enrollment includes not only the program’s own Master’s students, but also students from Architecture, the Media Lab, Comparative Media Studies and other academic units.
The Visual Arts Program is uniquely positioned under the aegis of the School of Architecture and Planning and within the Department of Architecture. This structure provides ample opportunity to explore collaborative relationships and create links with a variety of disciplines including Architectural Design, History, Theory and Criticism, Urban Studies and Planning and the Media Lab, as well as other internationally recognized MIT research and teaching units. The program collaborates closely with CAVS (Center for Advanced Visual Studies) where affiliates pursues a wide range of research, experimentation and production.
The successful candidate will teach introductory and advanced courses and should also be prepared to teach enthusiastically in one of the program’s first year foundation courses. In addition, the ideal candidate will be expected to participate in further developing the activities, educational structure and methodologies of the Visual Arts Program, including the expansion of the Master’s degree program and the development of a transdisciplinary Bachelor’s degree. The candidate should be inspirational, inclusive, knowledgeable and articulate in historical and contemporary issues of art, visual culture and related fields. He or she must be committed to working constructively with all facets of the program and be able to coach students with highly interdisciplinary interests.
This position is a unique opportunity to engage, interact and inspire undergraduate students from a variety of scientific areas, as well as to mentor an exceptional group of Masters students in the visual arts. We are seeking candidates of diverse backgrounds and approaches, who are passionate about community building and who have an interest in collaborative projects crossing to other fields. The appointment can begin as early as fall 2007. Please submit a letter of application, supportive material and the names of at least four references to Professor Ute Meta Bauer, Director, MIT Visual Arts Program, 265 Massachusetts Avenue N51-328, Cambridge, MA 02139. Review of applications will begin February 28, 2007. Materials will be returned if a self-addressed stamped envelope is enclosed with the application. Applications from women and minority candidates are strongly encouraged. MIT is an Affirmative Action / Equal Opportunity Employer. Further information on VAP can be found at: http://web.mit.edu/vap/flash.html
Minimum Qualifications
· Master of Fine Arts degree or equivalent
· International recognition as a practicing artist
· Experience teaching at the college, university or art school level
· Knowledgeable and articulate in historical and contemporary issues of art, visual culture and related fields
· A proven track record of successful collaborative and interdisciplinary projects
· Experience developing new curriculum or growing academic programs preferred
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF ART HISTORY (tenure-track), starting September 2008
Specialist in 18th-19th century European art and theory with knowledge of non-European sites of contact
Applicants should be prepared to contribute to an interdisciplinary program that serves diverse, highly motivated students: undergraduates majoring in a wide variety of fields, professional design degree students, and doctoral students in the history of art and architecture. Ability to present the discipline of art history as a mode of inquiry, and to relate it to historical, aesthetic, and philosophical ideas is expected. Attention to the physical artifact, to history, and to the theoretical positions of contemporary scholarship is also expected. Teaching responsibilities and primary specialty will be European art of the 18th- and 19th-century; preference will be given to applicants with demonstrated scholarly interest in linkages between Europe and non-European sites of contact. MIT is committed to building a culturally diverse educational environment; women and minorities are strongly encouraged to apply. Minimum Qualifications are a Ph.D., demonstrated scholarly work, teaching experience.
Please send (either in a pdf format or paper version) letter addressing qualifications, experience and any pertinent publications, a CV, and the names of three recommenders to the attention of:
Caroline A. Jones <htc@mit.edu>
Director, History, Theory and Criticism of Architecture and Art
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
77 Massachusetts Avenue, room 3-303
Cambridge, MA 02139
Applications will be reviewed beginning December 1, 2007.
About HTC and the Department:
The History, Theory, and Criticism Program was founded in 1975 as one of the first to grant the Ph.D. degree in a school of architecture. Its mission has been to generate advanced research within MIT's School of Architecture and to promote critical and theoretical reflection within the disciplines of architectural and art history. Students and faculty work in a variety of fields, covering diverse parts of the globe. Commitment to depth and diversity is an integral part of HTC's identity and one of the reasons for the success of its students, who come to Cambridge from around the world. Unlike other architectural history departments in schools of architecture, HTC includes art historians on its permanent faculty and offers both a Ph.D. and Master's in art history as well as in architectural history. More about HTC is available online at http://architecture.mit.edu/htc/.
