Clinical Assistant​/Clinical Associate Professor of Industrial Design; Non-Tenure Track

College of Fine and Applied Arts

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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Universityof Illinois Urbana -Champaign invites applications for Clinical Assistant Professor or Associate Professor (non-tenure-track) faculty ranks, depending on the candidate's qualifications, experience, and record of achievement.

Thesepositionsofferexcitingopportunitiestocontributetoandexpandoneofthenation's leading Industrial Design programs through design research, creative practice, teaching, and professional engagement. We seek accomplished designer-educators whose work advances industrial design as a discipline that integrates human-centered inquiry, creativity, technology, making, and innovation to address contemporary human, social, environmental, and technological challenges.

For clinical appointments, we seek candidates with substantial professional experience and creative practice in industrial design who can translate contemporary industry knowledge into exceptional teaching, mentorship, curriculum development, and professional engagement. Successful candidates will help prepare students for professional careers while strengthening connections between the classroom, industry, and emerging areas of design practice.

Industrial Design at Illinois is grounded in the core competencies of industrial design, including human-centered design, design visualization, prototyping, materials and manufacturing, systems thinking, critical inquiry, and innovation. We are particularly interestedincandidateswhounderstandindustrialdesignnotonlyasthedevelopmentof products and experiences, but also as a means of generating new knowledge, advancing responsible innovation, and creating meaningful impact across physical, digital, social,and environmental contexts.

As part of a world-class research university, faculty in Industrial Design benefit from extensive opportunities for interdisciplinary collaboration with colleagues across engineering, computer science, business, healthcare, sustainability, entrepreneurship, and emerging technology initiatives. The successful candidate will join a collaborative community committed to advancing the future of industrial design through research, creative practice, education, and public engagement.

The College of Fine and Applied Arts (FAA) is singular in the nation for its diversity, innovation and breadth. Its mission is dedicated to the advancement, practice, and understanding of the arts, and its central focus is the synergy between research and the preparation of students for professional careers in the creation and interpretation of the environmental,visual,andperformingarts.

Deeplyrelatedtothatfocusisthecommitment to elevate and sustain the study of the arts as both a necessary mode of understanding and a vibrant expression of human experience within the local, national, and international communities.

FAA employs more than 660 faculty and staff members, including more than 150 tenure- system faculty, and serves more than 1,850 undergraduate students and 635 graduate students enrolled across more than 30 majors and 10 minors. The College provides a vibrantenvironmentforinnovativeteaching,scholarly inquiry,creative practice,andpublic engagement, making it an ideal setting for advancing the future of industrial design education, research, and professional practice.

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Collegeof Fineand Applied Arts ,ishometoadiverse community of artists, designers, educators, historians, and researchers. The School supports creative practice, scholarly inquiry, and interdisciplinary collaboration across a wide range of undergraduate and graduate programs.

The Industrial Design Program has a long-standing reputation for excellence in design education and is recognized for preparing students to address human, technological, environmental, and societal challenges through design. The program emphasizes human- centered design, critical inquiry, design research, systems thinking, visualization, making, prototyping, sustainability, emerging technologies, and responsible innovation. Faculty and students explore how industrial design can generate new knowledge, create meaningful experiences, and…