Associate Professor of Interior Design

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Job Title Associate Professor of Interior Design
Division Divison of Academic Affairs Department Dean Architecture & Planning
Work Status Full Time Position Category Faculty Faculty Rank Associate Professor FLSA Pay Range Salary Range $90,000 - $100,000 (Based on discipline) Fund Source State Support

The Interior Design Program of the Department of Design and Planning (DDP) in the School of Architecture and Planning (SA+P) at Morgan State University invites applications for a full-time, tenure track or tenured associate professor, who will also serve as the Interior Design program director. The position is a 9.5-month appointment (effective August 2025) with the opportunity to earn an additional one-month stipend to administer the program during the summer.

We seek a dynamic and collaborative educator ready to lead a growing program in an interdisciplinary environment and join SA+P’s community of faculty, staff and students in fulfilling the mission and advancing the strategic goals of the school and university.

Morgan State, an Historically Black Colleges and University (HBCU) is located in the greater Baltimore–Washington metropolitan area. It is an R2 Carnegie‐classified Research Institution and is close to achieving its strategic goal of reaching Carnegie R1 status. As Maryland’s Preeminent Public Urban Research University, Morgan State University’s mission is to address the needs and challenges of the modern urban environment through applied, community‑level study and innovative solutions.

Established in 2018, the Interior Design program is growing in size and stature, with current enrollment over 90 majors, and faculty that include three full‑time and several part‑time interior design and architecture professors teaching the program’s courses. It is the only program in Maryland offering a 4‑year professional degree in interior design. The Bachelor of Science in Interior Design (INTD) is an undergraduate design degree that aims to improve the quality of life of people and their communities through the design of healthy, safe, and environmentally sound interior spaces.

The program of study prepares students to be professional interior designers who have the passion, knowledge, and skills to identify and analyze problems through research and to develop and apply creative solutions for issues and functions related to interior environments.

In addition to serving as the program director for INTD, the responsibilities of this position include teaching interior design courses and building a scholarly research program and service agendas. The ability to teach courses and contribute to the academic discourse of other SA+P disciplines and degree programs, including the BS in Architecture and Environmental Design, is greatly preferred. Along with these teaching and leadership responsibilities, the candidate will build and maintain a research agenda appropriate for a tenure‑track or tenured faculty line, be expected to publish their work in quality peer‑reviewed scholarly journals and books, engage in external grant activity to support their scholarship, and carry out impactful creative work relevant to the field and the mission of the school.

This faculty hire is also expected to contribute service to support the program, department, school, and university and engage in activities that support the profession. They will also be expected to work with program/department/school faculty and stakeholders to further key strategic goals and initiatives.

Primary administrative and leadership responsibilities include administering the INTD curriculum, determining teaching assignments for program faculty, recruitment, advising students within the major, conducting student learning outcomes assessments, guiding the program’s accreditation effort and maintenance, serving as a liaison to the Council for Interior Design Accreditation (CIDA) and other professional and academic bodies related to the field, representing the program in SA+P’s leadership team and university…