The School of Design at Carnegie Mellon University welcomes applications for tenure track and/or teaching track positions at the rank of assistant or associate professor for fall, 2015.
The School of Design, situated in a top-ranked university, is one of the oldest and most respected programs in the country. In fall of 2014 we launched all new programs that build on our heritage in Communication, Industrial and Interaction design. Our new programs focus on Design for Interactions at the undergraduate, graduate and doctoral levels and place design for service, design for social innovation and transition design at the heart of curricula.
Our New Programs
The School offers a bachelors degree (BDes) in a flexible undergraduate curriculum with tracks in Communication Design, Product Design and a new track—Environments—that requires designers to have a deep understanding of dynamic spatial relationships at multiple levels of scale in both physical and digital environments. The new BDes curriculum enables students to specialize in one track, or customize an interdisciplinary degree in two of the three tracks.
At the graduate level we offer a two year Master of Design degree (MDes) that culminates in a year long thesis project, and a one year Master of Professional Studies degree (MPS), for people with a design degree or equivalent experience. We also offer a one year Master of Arts degree (MA) for students with no previous design experience. The School of Design was one of the first programs in North America to offer a PhD in Design and, in fall of 2014, we relaunched all new programs.
In addition to our full time PhD in design, we introduced a new, professional doctorate (DDes) for professionals who wish to redirect or deepen their practice while still continuing with full or part time employment. For more on our programs, please visit our website: http://design.cmu.edu/
Qualifications
It is an exciting time for the School of Design and we are looking for tenure and/or teaching track faculty to help us realize our vision for the next decade. We are especially interested in faculty at the entry-level, assistant professor rank.
Successful applicants will teach at all levels of the undergraduate and masters programs, frequently team teach with colleagues from complementary disciplines, and serve as thesis advisors to masters students.
The School invites collaborative applicants with the following qualifications:
1. A design degree or equivalent professional expertise in one or more of the following design disciplines:
• Communication or graphic design (agility in both analog and digital media)
• Industrial or product design
• Architecture or environmental design
• Interaction design
2. University level teaching experience at the undergraduate and/or graduate levels or equivalent professional experience:
We are especially interested in candidates who are eager and qualified to teach at all levels of the curriculum.
3. Additional expertise in one or more of the following areas:
The School’s overarching theme is ‘Design for Interactions’ and refers to the focus on the quality of interactions between people, the built (designed) world and the environment (natural world). Three areas of design focus, Design for Service, Design for Social Innovation and Transition Design represent areas in which projects and student research are situated. See more about the program framework (http://http//design.cmu.edu/content/program-framework) on our website. We are looking for applicants with additional expertise in some of the following areas to help us evolve our curricula:
• Design for service
• Design for social innovation & community-based design initiatives
• Narrative & storytelling
• Design thinking & strategy
• Design studies
• Design for sustainability/eco-design
• User-centered tools & methods
• Design for complex environments (in digital, physical and multi-modal realms)
• Design with and for emerging, multi-media technologies
Our Ethos
The School takes a transdisciplinary approach to design education and its position within a premier research university provides faculty with an unparalleled opportunity to collaborate with colleagues from diverse disciplines. Faculty at the School of Design believe in teaching through making, are passionate about teaching and interact with students at all levels in our program. We have a highly collaborative culture and faculty frequently ‘team teach’ with colleagues with complementary expertise. We are actively engaged in a conversation about the future and the role that design/designers can play.
Research
In addition to teaching, tenure-track faculty (as well as doctoral students) are engaged in research that advances professional practice. Research within the College of Fine Arts is defined as activities that lead to the production of new knowledge; to increased problem-solving capabilities including design and analysis; to original critical or historical theory and interpretations; or the production of innovative professional work (practice-based research). Tenure-track faculty are expected to undertake research and regularly publish as partial fulfillment of tenure requirements.
Application Requirements
Interested individuals should include the following in their application package:
Letter of application that includes:
1) statement of why you are interested in this position and how you see yourself fitting into the program (this could include a description of projects, courses or initiatives you would like to develop in the future),
2) overview of your teaching and research philosophy,
3) statement about where you think the discipline of design is in general, and specifically where your area of interest or sub-discipline is headed.
• Current CV
• 8-10 visual examples and descriptions of student work
• Portfolio that includes 8-10 visual examples and descriptions of personal work and/or research (a digital link to a website with these materials is preferred)
• 8-10 visual examples and descriptions of student work
• 2-3 examples of, or links to, course syllabi and/or research proposals
• 2-3 examples of, or links to, published work/research
• 3 names and phone numbers of references
Rank and tenure are negotiable and all positions include a comprehensive benefits package.
Applicants should state their current and expected salary in the application.
Apply online: http://www.design.cmu.edu/facultysearch/
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Deborah Wilt
Facilities Manager
School of Design, MMC 110
Carnegie Mellon University
5000 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
412.268.6153 ph
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