Faculty searches across Architecture and Design programs

The Tulane School of Architecture and Built Environment is seeking to fill multiple tenure-track and professor of practice positions across two of its many dynamic academic programs — Architecture and Design. 

The school seeks to expand its faculty not only as it develops new programs and courses, but also as student enrollment has more than doubled in seven years.

Tulane School of Architecture and Built Environment 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 several 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.

All open faculty positions start as early as fall 2027. The search committees will commence its initial screening of applications on December 15, 2026, and conclude their initial review on January 5, 2027. However, applications will be accepted and reviewed until the position is filled. Qualified candidates are encouraged to apply regardless of when application reviews are initiated.

POSITIONS

Professor of Practice in Architecture
Our growing Architecture program seeks candidates whose expertise is integrated into a coherent and compelling design pedagogy, with strong qualifications and enthusiasm for teaching core design studios and core courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels. We are particularly interested in candidates who demonstrate excellence in creative practice-driven research and teaching architectural design studios in one or more of the following areas:

• Computational Design, Media, and Representation
• Energy Modeling, Circularity, and Decarbonization
• Building Tectonics and Structural Design
• Urban Design, Mapping, Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Spatial Analysis

Professor of Practice in Design
The Tulane School of Architecture and Built Environment invites applications for a full-time faculty position in the Design Program at the rank of Professor of Practice. We seek candidates to join our interdisciplinary team with the capacity to teach in their area of specialization, as well as lead coursework across multiple design disciplines, including studios at the introductory level.

Preference will be given to candidates with expressed expertise in industrial design or graphic design. All applicants who can advance design pedagogy and critical discourse are encouraged to apply. In addition to demonstrated excellence in studio teaching and creative practice, ideal applicants will bring an interdisciplinary approach to a program that emphasizes both digital and analog fabrication, creative problem-solving, and synergies between traditional design disciplines. Faculty at TuSABE have the opportunity to collaborate with other programs within the school.

Assistant/Associate Professor of Design
The Tulane University School of Architecture and Built Environment (TuSABE) is seeking qualified candidates within the discipline of either Industrial Design or Graphic Design to fill a position for Assistant or Associate Professor in Design (tenure-track/tenured). We seek candidates to join our interdisciplinary team with the capacity to teach in their area of specialization, as well as lead coursework across multiple design disciplines, including studios at the introductory level.