Assistant/Associate Professor in Urban Social Sciences and Planning (New Jersey Institute of Technology)

JOB OPPORTUNITY
Job title: Assistant/Associate Professor in Urban Social Sciences and Planning (New Jersey Institute of Technology)
Hiring institution: New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT)
Location: Newark, California | United States
Application deadline: Open until filled

Assistant/Associate Professor in Urban Social Sciences and Planning

Department: Hillier College of Arch & Design

Reports To: Chair

Position Type: Faculty

Position Summary:
The New Jersey School of Architecture (NJSOA) of the J. Robert and Barbara A. Hillier College of Architecture and Design (HCAD) at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) cordially invites applications for a tenure-track or tenured Assistant/Associate Professor. We seek a dynamic and future-focused colleague with a strong research agenda in the social sciences, as applied to architecture, urban planning, and/or the built environment, to contribute to our undergraduate and graduate programs.

Essential Functions:

Develop and teach pedagogically innovative lecture and seminar courses serving its undergraduate programs in architecture, graduate programs in architecture and urban design, and Ph.D. program in urban systems.
Be engaged in, or have interest in developing, an internationally recognized and externally-funded research program that speaks to urgent questions including but not limited to: urban spatial-political issues such as affordable housing, equitable city planning, and social and environmental justice; contemporary challenges related to zoning, land use, and demographic change; sustainable urban infrastructure (transportation, food systems, water, and wastewater); urban adaptation and resilience to climate change; implementation and problematics of artificial intelligence, “smart city” technology, or urban digitalization; spatial dimensions of urban futures responsive to gentrification and post-industrial change; architecture as the site of workplace and domestic life and labor; and space and the formation of individual and collective identities.

Prerequisite Qualifications:

Ph.D. in a social science discipline, urban studies, urban planning, or a related interdisciplinary field. Doctoral students who are on schedule to receive their degree by August 2025 are encouraged to apply.
Affinity for design issues and design culture, and an aspiration to actively contribute to our vibrant college of architecture and design and engage a diverse community of students within and beyond the design disciplines at an urban, public polytechnic university.
At the university’s discretion, the education and experience prerequisites may be exempted where the candidate can demonstrate to the satisfaction of the university, an equivalent combination of education and experience specifically preparing the candidate for success in the position.

Bargaining Unit: PSA

FLSA:
Exempt
Full-Time

Special Instructions to Applicants:

Candidates should submit a curriculum vitae, a cover letter, a one-page research statement, a one-page teaching statement, and a list of three references. For full consideration, applicants should respond prior to December 1, 2024. Questions can be directed to the search committee chair, Dr. Maurie Cohen, at mailto:mcohen@njit.edu (please include “HCAD Search” in the subject line).

EEO Statement:

As an EEO employer, NJIT is committed to building a diverse and inclusive teaching, research, and working environment and strongly encourages applications from individuals with disabilities, minorities, veterans, and women.

Diversity Statement:

As a Minority Serving Institution with designations as an Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institution (AANAPSI) and Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI), NJIT is committed to embracing diversity, centering equity, and practicing inclusion with the goal of sustaining a culture of belonging. NJIT celebrates the diversity of our university community and recognize the cultural and personal contributions each member of the community brings to NJIT. We strive to cultivate a campus culture that promotes inclusive excellence among our faculty, staff, students, and external partners. Sustaining and building upon our diverse community is critical to NJIT’s continuing status as a premier research institution of higher education and a leading polytechnic university.

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