Assistant or Associate Professor in Health Built Environment

External Retirement Plan TRS or ORP

Employment Type

, Employee Benefits Eligibility, Benefits Eligible Under utilization, Advertised Salary, Anticipated Start Date 08/01/2026, Effective End Date (for Limited-Term postings), Job Posting Date 12/12/2025, Job Closing Date Open until filled Yes.

• 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.

Location of Vacancy:
Athens Area

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• Classification
  
  Title:
  
  Assistant/Associate Professor
• Open Rank:
  Yes
• FLSA:
  Yes
• Faculty Rank:
  Open Rank
• 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.

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 (for all program areas) and design studios (for Landscape Architecture or Urban Planning and Design candidates).

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.

Candidates may examine 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. Teaching may include preservation planning, cultural landscapes, interpretation, preservation theory, or related coursework.

Candidates may focus on health-supportive design, health care facility design, healthy living, therapeutic landscapes, human-environment interactions, or related areas. Teaching responsibilities may include design studios and seminar or lecture courses aligned with expertise.

Candidates may focus on healthy communities planning, environmental justice, transportation and health, or regional planning. Teaching may include planning studios, methods courses, and seminars related to health and the built environment.

This is a tenure-track, 9-month academic-year appointment beginning August 1, 2026.