Architecture Fellow

Architecture Fellow

Tulane University:

Humanities & Sciences:

School of Architecture and Built Environment Location New Orleans, LA Open Date Oct 29, 2025 Description

POSITION DESCRIPTION

The Tulane University School of Architecture and Built Environment invites applications for the Tulane Architecture Fellowship beginning Fall 2026. This two-year visiting assistant professor position is designed to mentor emerging academics whose presence will advance academic excellence and help foster a welcoming community through varied perspectives, experiences, and approaches to architectural education and research. The successful candidate will support our educational mission by teaching architecture studios and courses aligned with their expertise, while pursuing an independent research trajectory. The position follows the tenure-track effort distribution (40% teaching, 40% research, 20% service). Faculty at TuSABE contribute across the School's programs—including B.Arch, BSA, M.Arch, and M.S.ARC—with opportunities to collaborate with related programs in the built environment and design.

ABOUT THE TULANE SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE AND BUILT ENVIRONMENT AND TULANE UNIVERSITY

The Tulane University School of Architecture and Built Environment provides global leadership through excellence in design, research, and practice in the built environment. The School includes undergraduate and graduate Architecture programs and several other allied programs and degree paths. Faculty members teach coursework and collaborate as appropriate to their expertise across the School's programs including Architecture (B.Arch, BSA, M.Arch and M.S.ARC), Landscape Architecture and Engineering (MLA-MS RCSE), Real Estate Development (BS, MSRED), Historic Preservation (MS), Design (BA), Sustainable Urbanism (BS), Social Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship (Undergraduate Minor), and

Climate Change:

Science and Practice (Undergraduate Minor). Other schools, programs, and centers at the University provide ample opportunities for interdisciplinary research and collaboration. The School is recognized for robust initiatives in community-engaged design (The Albert and Tina Small Center for Collaborative Design), design-build (URBANbuild), interdisciplinary research studios, and research initiatives supported by the Center on Climate Change and Urbanism. Over the past five years, the School has experienced significant growth across all its programs, and in spring 2025, the School returned to its newly renovated home, Richardson Memorial Hall, complete with new studios, fabrication shops, classrooms, exhibition space, and offices. Located in New Orleans, Tulane University is a tier-one research university in the United States and a member of the selected group of top research universities integrated in the Association of American Universities (AAU). Tulane School of Architecture and Built Environment is an innovator at multiple scales, from materials to buildings to neighborhoods and from urban landscapes to regional planning. The City of New Orleans and the Mississippi Delta are our natural domains of research, with the social and ecological challenges of this complex region at the forefront of contemporary discourses in global rural and urbanized territories, cities, and towns. The city's culture and community is steeped in a long history of action and exchange. The University has firm commitments to build a welcoming community and foster opportunity, goals which the School pursues in multiple ways through curriculum, research, and practice. We are dedicated to serving society and to climate action, charting a path for climate change education across each of our representative programs, and recognizing that social equity and climate are interconnected phenomena that demand new approaches to the built and unbuilt environments. Qualifications

QUALIFICATIONS

Candidates should hold a terminal degree in architecture (Master of Architecture) or an equivalent graduate professional degree, doctorate, or Ph.D. in architecture or a related field. Professional licensure in the United States (or an international equivalent) and professional or academic experience are desirable. Candidates should exhibit proficiency in their area of expertise and demonstrable commitment to rigorous design research and innovative curricula. We are interested in candidates whose presence will advance academic excellence and foster a welcoming community through varied perspectives, experiences, and approaches to architectural education and research. Application Instructions

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS

To be considered for the position, please submit the following documentation in a PDF format through Interfolio

• : Current curriculum vitae Letter of Interest describing your research and teaching objectives for the fellowship Sample work or portfolio of research and/or creative work. (
• 20 pages max.) Contact information for three (3) references. Only candidates who reach the final stage of the interview process will have their references contacted.
• Please follow the application website guidelines for maximum upload file size.

The search committee will commence its review of applications January 12, 2026. Applications will be accepted and reviewed until the positions are filled. Application Process This institution is using Interfolio's Faculty Search to conduct this search. Applicants to this position receive a free Dossier account and can send all application materials, including confidential letters of recommendation, free of charge. Apply Now Equal Employment Opportunity Statement Tulane University is an equal opportunity educator and employer committed to providing an education and employment environment free of unlawful discrimination, harassment, and retaliation. Legally protected demographic classifications (such as a person's race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, shared ancestry, disability, genetics, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws) are not relied upon as an eligibility, selection or participation criteria for Tulane's employment or educational programs or activities. Tulane University is responsible for providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities throughout the applicant screening process. If you need assistance in completing an application or during any phase of the interview process, please contact the Office of Human Resources by phone at 504-865-4748 or by email at hr@tulane.edu.