The Architecture Department at the University of Oregon invites applications for a Career Studio Instructor in Design Media at the rank of Instructor I at the Eugene campus. This is a part-time or full-time position with a focus on teaching excellence in design studio and design media. The position includes teaching 4-5 courses (part-time) or 8-9 courses (full-time) per year during the fall, winter, and spring terms, and working collaboratively with colleagues to advance design media pedagogy.

The school particularly invites Studio Instructor in Design Media applications from candidates who have the potential to deliver visionary design studio and design media teaching that is informed by an active creative practice and by broad engagement with current discourses on design processes, design media (drawing, modeling, fabrication), introductory design studio pedagogy, and design studio teaching. Candidates should be positioned to support a diverse student body to develop the values, knowledge, skills, and practices they need to create better architecture and environments that resonate with people and their cultural, physical, and ecological worlds.

Minimum Requirements:

To qualify for the rank of Instructor

• A Master’s degree in Architecture or related discipline
• Previous teaching and/or creative practice experience

To qualify for the rank of Senior Instructor I

• Meet all requirements of Instructor plus
• Six years of teaching courses post receipt of degree

Preferred Qualifications:

• Preference will be given to applicants who have demonstrated recognition of excellence in teaching and/or creative practice in architecture or at the intersection of architecture and another related discipline.