Visiting Scholar - Architecture; Non-Tenure Track Faculty Pool

Visiting Scholar
- Architecture (Non-Tenure Track Faculty Applicant Pool)

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 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.

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

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

Demonstrated engagement with contemporary issues in architecture

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.

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 School of Architecture is one of four schools that make up the College of Arts & Architecture, along with the Schools of Art, Film & Photography and Music. The Director reports to the Dean of the College and serves as a key member of the Dean's executive leadership team – a consultative group of directors, administrators, and support staff who work closely to advance the missions of the schools, the college, and the university.

Number of Vacancies: 1

Desired

Start Date:

January 2026

Review of applications will be on a continual basis and will continue until the position(s) are filled. Applicants are retained in the hiring pool for up to two years.

Required Documents:

Montana State University is an equal opportunity employer. MSU does not discriminate against any applicant on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, political ideas, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, marital status, national origin, physical or mental disability, or any other protected class status in violation of any applicable law. In compliance with the Montana Veteran's Employment Preference Act, MSU provides preference in employment to veterans, disabled veterans, and certain eligible relatives of veterans.