Assistant Professor - Landscape Architecture and Planning

Position: Assistant Professor - Landscape Architecture and Planning - (2 Positions)
Location: Kingston

Position Information

Job Title Assistant Professor - Landscape Architecture and Planning - (2 Positions)

Job Description Summary , Duties and Responsibilities,

Required Qualifications and

Preferred Qualifications

The search will remain open until the position has been filled. First consideration will be given to applications received by December 31, 2025. Applications received after (this date) December 31, 2025 may be reviewed depending on search progress and needs but are not guaranteed full consideration.

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The Department of Landscape Architecture and Planning in the College of the Environment and Life Sciences (CELS) at the University of Rhode Island (URI) invites applications for two academic year, tenure-track Assistant Professor positions specializing in Environmental Planning or Urban Design and Transportation Planning. URI is the State's flagship land and sea grant research university located in Kingston, Rhode Island, a beautiful seaside community that is well connected by car, bus, and rail.

URI is approximately 40 minutes from Providence, an hour from Boston and 3 hours from New York City.

URI is leveraging departments of Planning, Landscape Architecture, and Geosciences, creating a hub where faculty tackle urgent community and environmental challenges through innovative, inclusive, and resilient approaches. The departments consist of 13 full-time faculty members engaged in teaching and research focused on understanding, restoring, and sustainably managing Earth's dynamic systems and landscapes. Our work combines geophysical analysis, hydrologic and water quality modeling, and climate science with sustainable, community-based design to address pressing environmental issues like climate change impacts, coastal hazards, and equitable access to green spaces.

Our departments have over 140 undergraduates majoring in either Landscape Architecture or Water and Climate Science, or Geology and Geological Oceanography. Our faculty mentor graduate students enrolled in either the interdisciplinary Biological and Environmental Sciences graduate program at the M.S. and Ph.D. levels, or the professional Master of Environmental Science and Management (MESM) program.

We seek individuals with an emerging record of impactful research, as well as demonstrated commitment to teaching, experiential learning, and mentorship at the undergraduate and graduate levels. The successful candidates will develop a recognized program of research excellence and scholarship in either Environmental Planning or Urban Design and Transportation Planning that provides potential for research synergies with existing disciplines and faculty on campus.

These areas provide opportunities to develop teaching and research programs that bridge theory and practice.

Environmental Planning Position
- The Environmental Planning position focuses on the intersection of ecological systems, land use, and community resilience. The successful candidate will advance research and teaching in areas such as climate adaptation, ecological restoration, nature-based solutions, coastal resilience, just transitions and environmental justice. This position will contribute to the department's strengths in sustainable design and environmental management, with opportunities to collaborate across URI's Land and Sea Grant programs, the Coastal Institute, and interdisciplinary initiatives addressing climate change impacts in Rhode Island and beyond.

Teaching responsibilities may include core courses in planning and environmental planning, land use, planning law, sustainability, and climate resilience, along with mentorship of student research and applied studio projects.

Urban Design and Transportation Planning Position
- The Urban Design and Transportation Planning position emphasizes the spatial, social, and technological dimensions of mobility and urban form. The successful candidate will engage in research and teaching that explore sustainable transportation systems, smart growth, complete streets, equitable community development, and design rooted in local…