Assistant Professor, Beginning Design

Job Description

The Virginia Tech School of Architecture based in the College of Architecture Arts and Design invites applications for a Tenure Track Assistant professor position with a concentration in teaching beginning design in the five-year professional program or graduate degree programs ( 2-year and 3-year).

The College of Architecture Arts and Design at Virginia Tech a land-grant university affirms a collective responsibility to encourage build and embrace the cultural diversity of the world. We do this by acknowledging and addressing our past recognizing our current responsibility and acting in the interests of building and sustaining communities that are safe supportive and inclusive for all. We are committed to continually and proactively engaging in these efforts for the benefit of our students staff and faculty across the college and the communities around the world we aim to serve hence the Universitys motto: Ut Prosim.

The School of Architecture emphasizes learning through making as well as experimentation plus disciplinary and professional engagement combined with cross-disciplinary outreach to develop future architects who will holistically integrate diverse ideas while adeptly responding to shifting challenges within the profession of architecture. The school is large with campuses in Blacksburg Washington-Alexandria and Riva San Vitale Switzerland city labs in Chicago and Boston and study abroad programs throughout Europe. It also has within it many degree programs and research centers.

The primary responsibilities of this position include teaching design studios for graduate or undergraduate students and required coursework in the professional degree programs. Associated service to students and school could include mentoring thesis students and serving as a liaison to professional organizations.

The search committee will look for expertise in design education and complementary areas of research including but not limited to building design material studies fabrication and artificial intelligence.

About Beginning Design Studios at Virginia Tech School of Architecture

The beginning design studio Foundation Design Laboratory at Virginia Tech fosters an environment that places the student at the center of learning. The School of Architecture has dedicated space that fully allows the students to engage the faculty through the managed balance of coordination and autonomy planning and discovery doing and reflecting making and meaning.

Beginning design students explore making with representational tools in multiple media and scales via the drawing board digital space material scale models and 1:1 constructions within the studio as well as through workshops for metalwork woodwork digital fabrication darkroom photography printmaking ceramics and textiles.

This position is based at Virginia Techs campus in Blacksburg Virginia and is a full-time nine-month appointment with an anticipated start date of August 2026.

Required Qualifications

A terminal degree in architecture by the appointment start date

Preferred Qualifications

Previous teaching experience (studio-based or lecture)
A demonstrated record of academic scholarly and/or professional accomplishments

Application Materials

For full consideration interested applicants are required to submit the following:

• Current curriculum vitae
• Brief cover letter that situates their work within the discipline and profession
• Portfolio of creative work and/or research (may be a link to a website or pdf)
• The names and contact information for three current references as an attachment to the application.
• A one-page personal statement of teaching philosophy including the candidates ideas for supporting an educational environment consistent with the Virginia Tech Principles of Community.

Additional materials may be requested and required from shortlisted candidates.

Overtime Status

Exempt: Not eligible for overtime

Appointment Type

Regular

Salary Information

Salary range is $ per year

Hours per week

40

Review Date

January 12 2026

Additional Information

The successful candidate will be required to have a criminal conviction check.

About Virginia Tech

Dedicated to its motto Ut Prosim (That I May Serve) Virginia Tech pushes the boundaries of knowledge by taking a hands-on transdisciplinary approach to preparing scholars to be leaders and problem-solvers. A comprehensive land-grant institution that enhances the quality of life in Virginia and throughout the world Virginia Tech is an inclusive communitydedicated to knowledge discovery and creativity. The university offers more than 280 majors to a diverse enrollment of more than 36000 undergraduate graduate and professional students in eight undergraduate colleges a school of medicine a veterinary medicinecollege Graduate School and Honors College. The university has a significant presence across Virginia including Blacksburg the greater Washington D.C. area the Health Sciences and Technology Campus in Roanoke sites in Newport News and Richmond and numerous Extension officesand research institutes. A leading global research institution Virginia Tech conducts more than $650 million in research annually.

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