FACULTY POSITION

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR in URBAN PLANNING & LAW
Department of Landscape Architecture & Urban Planning
College of Architecture | Texas A&M University

The Department of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning (LAUP) invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position at the Assistant Professor level, with expertise in Urban Planning and Law, starting Fall 2008.

Candidates should be qualified to teach core courses in the Department’s undergraduate and graduate planning programs and in directing and serving on graduate committees. The department is particularly interested in candidates who have a strong potential for significant research and publications and demonstrated ability to teach courses in planning law, real estate law, and environmental law. A Ph.D. degree is required. Applicants must also have completed at least one degree in planning, along with strong academic background and expertise in law. A J.D degree is desirable but not necessary. Salary is commensurate with qualifications and experience. A generous startup package will be awarded to successful candidates.

The Department of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning contains 35 full-time faculty members and offers the following six degrees: the Bachelor of Urban and Regional Science, the Bachelor of Landscape Architecture, the Master of Landscape Architecture, the Master in Urban Planning, the Master of Science in Land Development, and the Ph.D. in Urban and Regional Science. The department has strong interdisciplinary ties to the world-renowned Hazard Reduction and Recovery Center, the Texas Transportation Institute, the Heritage Conservation Center, and other centers and certificate programs in related fields within the College of Architecture. The research initiatives by our faculty generate $4-5 million per year in external research funds. For more information, please see http://archone.tamu.edu/laup/

The College of Architecture at Texas A&M University is one of the largest of its kind in the United States. Over 100 faculty members in the departments of Architecture, Landscape Architecture & Urban Planning (LAUP), Construction Science, and Visualization serve over 1800 students in 13 degree programs. These cover the entire spectrum of professional and academic disciplines having to do with designing, planning, developing, constructing, and managing the built environment.

Applicants should send a letter of application, a curriculum vita, non-returnable samples of professional reports, publications, or portfolio of work, and three letters of references. Additional materials may be requested.

Review of applications will begin December 1, 2007, and continue until position is filled. Questions regarding the position should be directed to Dr. Elise Bright, Search Committee Chair at ebright@tamu.edu or 979.862.2730.

Application materials (digital or hard copy) should be sent to:

Debby Bernal dbernal@tamu.edu
Langford A 311
Department of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning
College of Architecture
Texas A & M University
College Station, TX 77842-3137

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