FACULTY POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE Professor (open rank) of Landscape Architecture (tenure track) Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture Purdue University West Lafayette, Indiana

The Landscape Architecture Program in the Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture at Purdue University, West Lafayette campus, seeks to fill a ten-month, tenure track faculty position available at the rank of assistant, associate, or full professor. The Landscape Architecture Program at Purdue University is a five-year professionally accredited undergraduate program leading to a B.S.L.A. degree.

Duties. The successful candidate will be expected to develop a program of innovative and engaging classroom and studio teaching in fundamental aspects of landscape architecture. The successful candidate will be expected to teach undergraduate courses in landscape architecture. Productive involvement in a program of academic scholarship and/or creative endeavor in contemporary issues and emerging practice is also expected. Participation in the application and scholarship of community engagement and service is desired. The individual also will be expected to be instrumental in the development of an emerging graduate program. Intra- and interdisciplinary collaborations are strongly encouraged and supported at Purdue University.

Qualifications. A terminal graduate degree in the candidate’s primary field of expertise is required. At least one degree held by the candidate must be in landscape architecture. A Ph.D. in landscape architecture or a related field is desirable as is notable record of professional and/or academic accomplishment in landscape architecture or a related field.

Salary. Commensurate with professional experience. The position is an academic year (10-month) appointment with an excellent fringe benefits package that includes the TIAA-CREF retirement program, medical, life, and disability insurance, and sabbatical-leave opportunity.

Application. Screening of applicants will begin April 1, 2008, although applications will be accepted until the position is filled. The target date for filling the position is August 2008 or sooner depending on the candidate’s availability. Qualified persons are requested to submit a letter of application that includes the following items: a curriculum vitae; a statement of teaching philosophy and goals; a statement of the applicant’s vision for academic scholarship and/or creative endeavor; relevant examples of professional activity; names and contact information of three individuals who are qualified to assess the applicant’s potential for teaching and academic scholarship and/or creative endeavor. Please submit the application package to:

Rob Sovinski, Chair
Landscape Architecture Program
Purdue University
Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture
625 Agriculture Mall Drive
West Lafayette, Indiana 47907-2010
Phone: (765) 494-1341
Fax: (765) 494-0391
Email: sovinski@purdue.edu

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