LAUP Faculty Search
Position Announcement- Associate Professor/ Professor and Program Coordinator in Land and Real
Estate
Development with Endowed Professorship
The Department of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning (LAUP) at Texas A&M University,
a comprehensive land-grant and research institution, invites applications for a full-time
faculty position at the Associate Professor or Full Professor level, with expertise in Land
and Real Estate Development, starting Fall 2009. Successful applicants should be qualified
for
tenure at the time of appointment.
The candidate selected for this position will serve as Program Coordinator for the Master of
Science in Land Development (MSLD) program, and will
be the holder of Youngblood Endowed
Professorship in Land Development.
Position and Responsibility:
The Program Coordinator is expected to provide
vision, leadership, and administration in support of
diverse teaching, research, and outreach
programs; work closely with faculty to set program priorities
and allocate resources; advocate
for the program; cultivate an environment that encourages excellence
in teaching and research;
promote opportunities for interdisciplinary research; promote the program's
relationship
within the professional and academic communities; and work with the Department Head and
alumni to identify and obtain resources for the program.
The successful candidate selected for this
position will teach the MSLD core and elective
courses in topics involving the program's paradigm of
the physical-financial interface in
development, including site design and financial modeling and
decision support systems;
mentor graduate students and serve on graduate committees.
Qualifications :
Candidates must have a degree in land and real estate
development or a related field, including
landscape architecture or urban planning. A Ph.D.
or equivalent with a record of scholarly research
and publications is required. Applicants
with interdisciplinary education encompassing both the physical
and financial aspects of
development are preferred. The Department is particularly interested in candidates
who have
direct experience in the real estate development industry. Salary and rank will be
commensurate
with experience and qualifications.
Texas A&M University is an Equal Opportunity Affirmative Action Employer with a strong
commitment to
the achievement of diversity among its faculty and staff. Women and minorities
are encouraged to apply.
Department and Program:
The Master of Science in Land Development (MSLD),
where design meets business, is an entrepreneurship-oriented
program focused on financially
feasible, environmentally sensible, socially responsible, and politically
acceptable land &
real estate development.
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.
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 130 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.
Application Materials:
Applicants must send: 1) a letter of application;
2) curriculum vitae; 3) non-returnable samples of
professional reports, publications, or
portfolio of work; 4) the names, addresses, telephone numbers
and email addresses of three
references.
Contact Information :
Application materials (digital or hard copy)
should be sent to:
Dr. Changshan Huang, Chair
MSLD Search Committee
Department of Landscape Architecture
and Urban Planning
College of Architecture
Texas A & M University
College Station, TX 77843-3137
Review of applications will begin on January 20, 2009, and will continue until the position is
filled.
Questions regarding the position should be directed to Dr. Changshan Huang, Chair
of Search Committee at
cshuang@archone.tamu.edu
or 979-845-7873.
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