Position Announcement – Department Chair
Clemson University
College of Architecture, Arts and Humanities
Department of Planning & Landscape Architecture
The Clemson University Department of Planning and
Landscape Architecture seeks a Departmental Chair at the rank of Full
Professor to begin August 2010. Candidates should be senior scholars with
a doctorate or appropriate terminal degree and professional registration/certification
credentials as well as a distinguished teaching, research/practice, and/or
public service‑applied professional record. The successful candidate
should have excellent interpersonal skills and experience in academic strategic
planning; fiscal and personnel management; consensus building; external funding
and sponsored projects; communication with leaders in the private, public,
and non‑profit sectors; capital and departmental fundraising; and alumni
relations. Chairs are expected to continue limited teaching, research/practice,
and public service.
The Department of Planning and Landscape Architecture
is a uniquely interdisciplinary department in a highly diverse College. The
Department offers a Bachelor of Landscape Architecture (BLA), Master of City and Regional Planning (MCRP), Master of Landscape Architecture (MLA), Master of Science in Historic Preservation (MSHP, a joint program with the College of Charleston in Charleston,
SC), a Master of Real Estate Development (MRED, a joint program with the Department of Finance) and
participates in the multidisciplinary Ph.D. in Planning, Design & the
Built Environment (PDBE). These unique and diverse programs
allow the department to engage in a full spectrum of land use decisions as
well as community management, planning, design and development studios. Currently,
the department has over 20 faculty members and 230 students. The department
has direct links to both the national leadership and South Carolina chapters
of APA, ASLA, ULI and other professional organizations providing a rich access
to practitioners in the state and region.
Clemson University is building a culturally
diverse faculty committed to working in a multicultural environment and encourages
applications from minorities and women. For
full consideration, applications should be received by December 1, 2009 although
applications will continue to be accepted until the position is filled. Salary
will be competitive based on background and discipline.
Applicants should submit via email a letter of application that addresses the
job description, curriculum vita, two samples of your best scholarship/creative
work and the names of three references including their snail mail and e‑mail
addresses, telephone and fax numbers to kreva@clemson.edu. If you must use snail
mail, please send them to:
Barry Nocks
Chair of the Department Chair Search and Screening Committee
Department of Planning and Landscape Architecture
Box 340511, Clemson University,
Clemson, SC 29634‑0511
Clemson University,
the land‑grant institution of South Carolina, is located mid‑way
between Atlanta and Charlotte. For more information about the university,
please visit http://www.clemson.edu/about/clemsonataglance.html, the college, http://www.clemson.edu/caah/, and the department, http://www.clemson.edu/caah/pla.
Clemson University is an Affirmative Action/Equal
Employment Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any individual
or group on the basis of age, color, disability, gender, national origin,
religion, sexual orientation, or veteran status.
