Visiting Scholar - Architecture (Non-Tenure Track Faculty Applicant 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 Information

Announcement Number - FAC - VA - 26117

Classification Title

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

Brief Position Overview

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

Conduct a week-long field trip in the state of Montana related course content

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 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.

Posting Detail Information

Number of Vacancies - 1

Desired Start Date
- January 2027

Open Date

Close Date

Applications will be:
Review of applications will be on a continual basis and will continue until the position(s) are filled. Applicants are retained in…