Visiting Scholar - Architecture; Non-Tenure Track Faculty Pool
Listed on 2026-07-01
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Education / Teaching
University Professor, Academic, Faculty
Visiting Scholar
- Architecture
This one-semester position is intended to attract and support an emerging scholar or practitioner (or a group of scholars or practitioners) with a range of innovative scholarship or progressive practice in architecture or allied fields. Candidates are expected to teach, conduct research, and facilitate creative activity that will contribute to or challenge thinking about architecture as the School of Architecture looks to the future.
A broad range of scholarly and professional expertise is welcomed.
Position Information
Announcement Number - FAC - VA - 26117
For questions regarding this position, please contact:
Michael Evertsmeverts
Classification Title
Working Title
- Visiting Scholar
- Architecture (Non-Tenure Track Faculty Applicant Pool)
Position Number - 4A6161
Department
- Architecture
Division
- College of Arts & Architecture
Appointment Type
- Faculty
Contract Term
- Academic Year
Union Affiliation
- Exempt from Collective Bargaining
FTE - 1.0
Benefits Eligible
- Eligible
Salary
- Salary commensurate with experience, education, and qualifications.
Contract Type - LOA
Recruitment Type
- Open
General Statement
- The appointment supports the MSU Land Grant vision to transform lives and communities in the people's interest and the School of Architecture's mission to instill personal agency, self-reflection, and environmental empathy to educate innovators who challenge and advance the design professions.
Duties and Responsibilities
- The Visiting Scholar is expected to contribute to or challenge thinking about architecture through their teaching, research, and creative activity. The Visiting Scholar is required to present the accomplishments in the form of a public lecture at the School and submit the work produced at the School to an external body for peer review and dissemination to national or international audiences.
Teach a 6 credit graduate design studio
Teach a first-year 1 credit honors seminar
Conduct design related original research
Participate in faculty meetings
Serve on studio reviews
Present school-wide lecture
Be an engaged and active participant with students, faculty and staff on a day-to-day basis
Required Qualifications – Experience, Education, Knowledge & Skills
- Professional degree in Architecture or related field. Notable recognition of Scholarship/Creative Activity. Teaching or leadership experience appropriate to the position. Scholarship/Creative Activity may be from a discipline related to architecture.
Preferred Qualifications – Experience, Education, Knowledge & Skills
- Demonstrated engagement with contemporary issues in architecture
The Successful Candidate Will
- The primary role of the position is to introduce new, pioneering, and interdisciplinary approaches in design research and practice and integrate them into the programs at the School. A broad range of scholarly and professional expertise is welcomed.
Position
Special Requirements /Additional Information
- This job description should not be construed as an exhaustive statement of duties, responsibilities or requirements, but a general description of the job. Nothing contained herein restricts Montana State University's rights to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time. This position is not eligible for sponsorship.
Physical Demands
- To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily with or without reasonable accommodations. The requirements listed above are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.
The Program
The Department
- Consisting of 300 undergraduate and 60 graduate students, the School of Architecture offers a 5½
-year professional program leading to a Master of Architecture degree, fully accredited by NAAB. Located in the heart of the Greater Yellowstone ecological system and the Intermountain West region, the School of Architecture, College of Arts & Architecture and Montana State University are internationally recognized for research and creative activity drawn from the social, cultural, and environmental opportunities of the region.
The College
- The School of Architecture is one of four schools…
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