Posting Details
Position Information
Title
Assistant Professor-in-Residence, Architecture
Department
Department of Architecture
Division
Architecture & Design
Employment Type
Full-Time
Critical Review Track (similar to tenure track)
No
Position Description
The Department of Architecture, in the Division of Architecture and Design, at the Rhode Island School of Design ( RISD ), invites applications for one full-time faculty member (term appointment) at the rank of Assistant Professor-in-Residence, to commence fall 2026.The position is for a 2-year term appointment (AY 26/27 and AY 27/28).
RISD recognizes principles of social equity, inclusion, and diversity as fundamental to its mission as an art and design school. These principles require sustained attention to a multiplicity of differences and call for an expansion of the forms of knowledge that shape our curricula and pedagogy. RISD is committed to the collective work of institutional transformation and values applicants whose teaching, pedagogical, and professional experiences have prepared them to foster and sustain equitable learning environments. We especially welcome faculty whose pedagogy engages diverse perspectives, expands the forms of knowledge, and fosters a culture of belonging where all students, staff, and faculty can thrive.
The department seeks qualified individuals to offer graduate and undergraduate-level instruction in architectural design. This is a design position, and successful candidates will teach design studios at core and advanced levels. The department is particularly interested in applicants with knowledge and applied experience in drawing and representation, and building assembly and construction systems, as well as applicants with an active professional practice.
Required Qualifications
- A professional degree in architecture (B.Arch, M.Arch, or equivalent)
- A demonstrated record of teaching design and/or representation studios at a college level.
- Ability to support a globally and culturally diverse body of students in development of their design, critical thinking, and leadership skills.
- A creative practice and/or teaching record that upholds diversity, equity, and inclusion, and engages works, cultures, and bodies of knowledge from historically underrepresented communities.
Preferred Qualifications
- A demonstrated record of teaching architectural technology or building assembly and construction systems at a college level.
- A demonstrated record of coordinating curricula (e.g., design, representation, architectural technology, or building assembly and construction systems) at a college level.
- A professional architecture practice and/or licensure in architecture.
RISD/ Department Description
Rhode Island School of Design ( RISD ) is an undergraduate and graduate college of art and design with approximately 2,600 graduate and undergraduate students, and a worldwide network of more than 33,000 alumni. By cultivating expansive and elastic thinking, RISD equips artists, designers, and scholars to generate and challenge the ideas that shape our world. For more information about RISD, please visit www.risd.edu.
RISD Architecture is one of the college’s large departments, with 225 students enrolled in two NAAB -accredited degree paths: a five-year B.Arch and a three-year M.Arch (with the possibility of advanced standing for completing this graduate degree in two years). We are currently a faculty of 11 full-time, 3 visiting professors, and about 37 part-time members. We are fortunate to be one of the few architecture departments in this country housed within a preeminent college of the arts. We approach architecture as a cultural discipline and teach design through experimentation, iteration, and critique. The context of the institution supports this approach, as the exploration of and experimentation with various materials and media serve the development and dissemination of architectural ideas for our students.
Central to the mission of our department and our college is a commitment to making racial, social, and environmental justice foundational to the education of the architect. As a faculty, we are actively engaged in decolonizing our curriculum and proactively addressing canonical silences and omissions through the recovery of marginalized historical narratives and precedents and experimentation and innovation across a wide range of subjects, including: materials, construction methodologies, planning, theories of nature, and the historical positioning of the discipline in the Anthropocene. As an art college, RISD has an activist student culture that drives our community’s desire to make these important and substantive changes to the curriculum. Our students are engaged and creative, and upon graduating, they become advocates for a resilient built environment and for the communities that architecture has historically underserved. We seek faculty to participate in the creation of new approaches and new knowledge through cross-disciplinary collaboration and studio exploration.
Faculty Responsibilities
The teaching load for full-time faculty for AY 26-27 is five teaching units a year, the equivalent of teaching two 6-credit studios, and one 3-credit course. In addition to teaching, full-time faculty are expected to maintain a dynamic professional practice, serve on college committees, advise students, participate in curriculum development and other departmental activities and projects, and contribute to the vibrancy of the college’s intellectual life. As full-time faculty, colleagues who hold term appointments are eligible for the same benefits as critical review track colleagues. Colleagues who hold term appointments are eligible to apply for support to attend conferences and to further their research.
Union
Yes
Salary Information
For information about base pay for this position, please refer to Article XII “Salaries” (p. 19-22) in the Faculty Association Collective Bargaining Contract 2025-2028 . The contract indicates the minimum base salary for each rank.
Pre-employment Requirement
The successful candidate will be required to meet our pre-employment background screening requirements.
Special Instructions to Applicants
Please attach the following to the appropriate links in the section labeled “Documents Needed to Apply”:
1.) Letter of intent – Description of qualifications and reasons for applying to RISD . No longer than one (1) page.
2.) Curriculum vitae
3.) A teaching philosophy that articulates your approach to inclusive pedagogy and relationship between your teaching and professional practice. No longer than one (1) page.
4.) One self-authored syllabus for a design studio or elective course.
5.) Digital portfolio with images or samples of recent professional work (10 pages maximum, as one PDF )
6.) Digital portfolio with images or samples of student work (10 pages maximum, as one PDF ).
Applications may not be edited once they are certified and submitted.
Only materials that have been requested will be considered.
Names and contact information for two references are requested as part of the application process. Requests for reference letters are sent directly to the reference providers when candidates become finalists.
Review of applications begins immediately and continues until the position is filled. Candidates who submit their materials by 04/30/2026 are assured full consideration.
EEO Statement
RISD is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetics, or any other protected characteristic as established by law.
Posting Detail Information
Posting Number
F00128P
Open Date
Close Date
Open Until Filled
Yes
Supplemental Questions
Required fields are indicated with an asterisk (*).
Documents Needed To Apply
Required Documents
- Cover Letter
- Curriculum Vitae
- Portfolio of Professional Work
- Portfolio of Student Work
- Teaching Philosophy
- Sample Syllabi
Optional Documents
