Assistant or Associate Professor in Health Built Environment

Assistant or Associate Professor in Health and the Built Environment

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• A letter of interest noting your job qualifications and teaching interests;
• Curriculum vita;
• A portfolio illustrating built or designed works (for Landscape Architecture candidates); research productivity; professional practice experience; student work; or other creative work;
• The names of four references with title, email address, and phone number.
• Applicants with prior teaching experience should submit samples of course syllabi, student work, and course evaluations. These may be integrated into the portfolio, if preferred.

Posting Number: F2598P

Working Title:

Assistant or Associate Professor in Health and the Built Environment
Department: CED – Environment & Design
Dean’s Office:
About the University of Georgia – Chartered by the state of Georgia in 1785, the University of Georgia is the birthplace of public higher education in America and the state’s flagship university (https://(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below).).
The University is ranked among the top 20 public universities in U.S. News & World Report. The main campus is located in Athens, with extended campuses in Atlanta, Griffin, Gwinnett, and Tifton. The University employs approximately 3,100 faculty and more than 7,700 full‑time staff. Enrollment exceeds 41,000 students, including over 31,000 undergraduates and over 10,000 graduate and professional students. Academic programs reside in 19 schools and colleges, including the newly established School of Medicine.
College of Environment and Design (CED) is home to the oldest landscape architecture program in the Southeast and one of the largest BLA programs in the United States. In addition to BLA and MLA programs, the College offers Master’s of Historic Preservation, Master’s of Urban Planning and Design, PhDs, certificates, and minors. The College has a global presence including programming at UGA’s campus in Cortona, Italy, and relationships with Nanjing Forestry University and Beijing Forestry University.
Athens is a progressive city noted for its neighborhoods, history, and cultural opportunities. It is consistently named one of the best college towns in the United States and is known for its music scene and college athletics ().

• Title:
  
  Assistant or Associate Professor in Health and the Built Environment
• Rank:
  Open Rank
• FLSA:
  Faculty
• Contract Type:
  Academic (9 mo.)
• Tenure Status:
  Tenure Track
• Minimum Qualifications:
  
  A terminal degree appropriate for appointment within one of CED’s professional program areas.

Position Summary:

The College of Environment and Design (CED) at the University of Georgia invites applications for a full‑time, tenure‑track Assistant/Associate Professor focused on health and the built environment, broadly defined. The successful candidate will contribute to one or more of CED’s professional program areas—Historic Preservation, Landscape Architecture, or Urban Planning and Design—and will teach a variety of courses appropriate to their professional background, including lecture‑ and seminar‑based courses and, where relevant, design studios.

The position provides opportunities to connect with UGA’s emerging health initiatives, including the new Medical School, the new School of Nursing, and a forthcoming horticultural therapy certificate program.
Because this is a CED‑wide search, candidates’ specific teaching and research contributions will vary by professional program area.

• Historic Preservation: Focus on connections between health, community wellbeing, cultural landscapes, environmental justice, adaptive reuse, the heritage of medical‑ and health‑related built environments, or the health implications of historic environments.…