Assistant or Associate Professor of Architecture Research Focus

Assistant or Associate Professor of Architecture – Research Focus

The University of Miami School of Architecture (U‑SoA) invites applications for full‑time, tenure‑track appointments in Architecture at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor. Candidates are expected to demonstrate a focused program of design‑based or applied research while showing a commitment to teaching and mentoring undergraduate and graduate students. The appointment will align with one or multiple strategic investment areas:
Sustainable and Resilient Design, Building Technology, Environmental Systems, Landscape, Design Computation, and Digital Fabrication. We are committed to social and environmental resilience, interdisciplinary inquiry, and impactful agency both locally and globally.

• Develop and teach undergraduate and graduate courses in Architecture and related fields.

• Advise and mentor undergraduate and graduate students.

• Conduct research that addresses contemporary environmental challenges, with a focus on the built environment, and communicate findings through peer‑reviewed publications and conference presentations.

• Secure external research funding to support an active research agenda.

• Promote and enhance a sense of belonging among the university community, including strategies that support diversity, equity, and inclusion.

• PhD preferred; a terminal professional degree may also qualify when paired with substantial experience and accomplishments in the field.
• For candidates with a terminal degree outside of Architecture, the work must focus on the built environment.
• Demonstrated ability to secure external research funding to support an active research agenda.
• Proven ability to publish peer‑reviewed books or articles in leading disciplinary journals.

Send materials through the UM Career Portal. Address questions to the Co‑Chairs of the Search Committee:
Germane Barnes g.barnes and Carie Penabad cpenabad. The review of applications will begin in mid‑January of 2026 and will continue until an appointment is made for a start in Fall 2026.

The University of Miami is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants and employees are protected from discrimination based on the categories protected by Federal law.

The University of Miami School of Architecture’s philosophy emphasizes the built environment as the human environment, with every project aiming to enhance its societal and environmental context. The school offers accredited undergraduate, graduate, and joint‑degree programs and serves as a center for research on contemporary challenges in the built environment. U‑SoA is renowned for its focus on city‑making, urbanism, technological innovation, and environmental resilience, using the vibrant Miami metropolitan area as a living laboratory.

Students gain hands‑on learning through Fabrication and Design Build Studios, the Center for Urban and Community Design, and study abroad programs in Rome and Tokyo.

The University of Miami is one of the United States’ top research universities, located in a dynamic and multicultural city. With more than 19,000 students, 12 schools and colleges, and over 100 undergraduate majors, it offers 151 undergraduate, 149 master’s, and 68 doctoral degrees. The university’s research and sponsored program expenditures exceed $456 million annually and it is classified among R1 Doctoral Universities.

Miami’s rapid growth, blue‑print for design, and global investment flows position the University as an unparalleled laboratory for innovative, interdisciplinary development practices.