Associate Professor of Interior Design; Program Director

The Interior Design Program of the Department of Design and Planning (DDP) in the School of Architecture and Planning (SA+P) at Morgan State University invites applications for a full-time, tenure track or tenured associate professor, who will also serve as the Interior Design program director. The position is a 9.5‑month appointment (effective August 2026) with the opportunity to earn an additional one‑month stipend to administer the program during the summer.

We seek a dynamic and collaborative educator ready to lead a growing program in an interdisciplinary environment and join SA+P's community of faculty, staff and students in fulfilling the mission and advancing the strategic goals of the school and university.

In addition to serving as the program director for INTD, the responsibilities of this position include teaching interior design courses and building a scholarly research program and service agenda. The ability to teach courses and contribute to the academic discourse of other SA+P disciplines and degree programs, including the BS in Architecture and Environmental Design, is greatly preferred. Along with these teaching and leadership responsibilities, the candidate will build and maintain a research agenda appropriate for a tenure‑track or tenured faculty line and be expected to publish their work in quality peer‑reviewed scholarly journals and books, engage in external grant activity to support their scholarship, and carry out impactful creative work relevant to the field and the mission of the school.

This faculty hire is also expected to contribute their service to support the program, department, school, and university and engage in activities that support the profession. They will also be expected to work with program/department/school faculty and stakeholders to further key strategic goals and initiatives.

Primary administrative and leadership responsibilities include administering the INTD curriculum, determining teaching assignments for program faculty, recruitment, advising students within the major, conducting student learning outcomes assessments, guiding the program's accreditation effort and maintenance, serving as a liaison to the Council for Interior Design Accreditation (CIDA) and other professional and academic bodies related to the field, representing the program in SA+P's leadership team and university administrative bodies, program promotion and fundraising, and maintaining robust relationships with the local and national professional worlds.

As program director, this faculty will work closely with and under the supervision of the DDP chair and may be assigned other duties by the chair or dean of the school.

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