Associate Dean of Research and Innovation

39742BR

Architecture

Position Description

The HCOA seeks a dynamic and team-oriented Associate Dean for Research and Innovation to advance scholarly excellence and impact at a unique moment, shaping the future of the college. We seek a candidate who is genuinely collaborative-a team builder-in environments with overlapping authority, and who can provide intellectual and strategic management and growth of college research programs and faculty development processes. This candidate will support,evaluate, and maintain a robust culture of research and shepherd faculty through tenure and promotion processes in the college.

The position is a 12-month, full-time appointment beginning September 1, 2025. The successful candidate will have the appropriate credentials to be a tenured associate or full professor in the college, support the dean's administrative team and the strategic priorities of the HCOA.The Associate Dean for Research and Innovation will work to support and provide guidance to faculty research development while building and broadening existing collaborative and individual research efforts. These initiatives will advance the college's continued emphasis on innovation and design excellence. The Associate Dean will serve as a departmental faculty member with a one-course load each semester and include the following administrative expectations:

Advance the strategic objectives of the university by expanding our research profile, reach, and impact.
Cultivate collective, open, and productive cultures within the college community by facilitating communication that values knowledge sharing and dialogue.
Guide and support faculty members at different levels in actively pursuing internal and external funding opportunities including start-up funds for new tenure-track faculty.
Support development of innovative and rigorous research trajectories and mentor faculty towards successful tenure and promotion processes.
Facilitate research collaboration between faculty and students (e.g., undergraduate, master's, and doctoral).

About the University

Established in 1923, Texas Tech University is a Carnegie R1 (very high research activity) Doctoral/Research-Extensive, Hispanic Serving, and state-assisted institution. Located on a beautiful 1,850-acre campus in Lubbock, a city in West Texas with a growing metropolitan-area population of over 300,000, the university enrolls over 40,000 students with 33,000 undergraduate and 7,000 graduate students. As the primary research institution in the western two-thirds of the state, Texas Tech University is home to 10 colleges, the Schools of Law and Veterinary Medicine, and the Graduate School. The flagship of the Texas Tech University System, Texas Tech is dedicated to student success by preparing learners to be ethical leaders for a diverse and globally competitive workforce. It is committed to enhancing the cultural and economic development of the state, nation, and world.
About Lubbock:Referred to as the "Hub City" because it serves as the educational, cultural, economic, and health care hub of the South Plains region, Lubbock boasts a diverse population and a strong connection to community, history, and land. With a mild climate, highly rated public schools, and a low cost of living, Lubbock is a family-friendly community that is ranked as one of the best places to live in Texas. Lubbock is home to a celebrated and ever-evolving music scene, a vibrant arts community, and is within driving distance of Dallas, Austin, Santa Fe, and other major metropolitan cities. Lubbock's Convention & Visitors Bureau provides a comprehensive overview of the Lubbock community and its resources, programs, events, and histories.

About the College

The Huckabee College of Architecture (HCOA) (https://www.depts.ttu.edu/architecture/) currently enrolls close to 900 architecture students and has a reputation for producing technically trained, high performing architects, who value the culture of design. Our mission is to advance the knowledge, discipline, and practice of architecture through innovation, creative teaching, research, and scholarship with regional and global engagement. The Lubbock campus offers four degrees: B.S. in Architecture, M. Arch, M.S. and Ph.D. The M.S. program offers three concentrations: Design Computation & Fabrication, Design & Health, and Urban & Community Design, along with a developing area focused on Ecological Architecture & Design. Additionally, the HCOA has a campus in El Paso, Texas, making it the only college of architecture with a permanent program on the US/Mexico border offering a B.S. in Architecture and M.S. program in Historic Preservation. The HCOA is also globally engaged with a semester abroad program in Seville, Spain.

The HCOA celebrates the diverse perspectives and backgrounds of our faculty, staff, and students, and we are committed to an environment that is welcoming and supportive of people of all races, cultures, sexes, sexual orientations, gender identities, religious affiliations, ages, and abilities. We strive to support a culture of belonging in a diverse community wherein Hispanic students account for 47% of our student body. Our college is actively working to create spaces and expand resources to support broader dialogues about multiple cultural and social views in architecture and the built environment. Successful candidates will be expected to help advance these goals.

About the Department/School/Area

Faculty research at HCOA spans diverse themes, methodologies, and geographic contexts addressing issues of the built environment, past, present, and future. Situated within the arid lands of the Llano Estacado in West Texas and the U.S.-Mexico borderlands, research in the college broadens narratives of architecture, urbanism, and rural development and advances explorations of spatial, social, and ecological justice. Promoting research and collaboration are fundamental goals of the college as we strengthen our unique identity and advance our ambition to become a leading research institution. Integrating research into pedagogy, with a strong commitment to faculty development, is a college goal through investment in innovative research studios, labs, and projects shaping sustainable futures.

Major/Essential Functions

In line with TTU's strategic priorities to engage and empower a diverse student body, enable innovative research and creative activities, and transform lives and communities through outreach and engaged scholarship, applicants should have experience working with diverse student populations at the undergraduate and/or graduate levels within individual or across the areas of teaching, research/creative activity, and service.

Organization

Texas Tech University

Faculty Qualifications

1. A terminal degree in Architecture or in one of the following related disciplines (i.e., Landscape Architecture, Interior Design, Urban/Planning, Geography, Geology, and/or Environmental Design).
2. Experience helping others develop and disseminate high impact research as evidenced in an academic or industry setting.
3. Leadership in positions advancing the wide range of established and emerging types of research and creative practices.
4. Record of identifying, securing, and administrating transformational funded research.
5. Articulation of a philosophy of research support.
6. Record of demonstrated accomplishments in research with a strong record of impact, collaboration, and/or external funding that advances architecture.
7. Record of demonstrated accomplishments and experience in teaching architecture design studios, seminars or lectures.
8. Experience supporting outreach and professional service to architecture and the built environment.

Duty Point

TTU Lubbock, main campus and affiliated facilities

Safety Information

Adherence to robust safety practices and compliance with all applicable health and safety regulations are responsibilities of all TTU employees.

Does this position work in a research laboratory?

No

Special Instructions to Applicants

With your application, please include the following documents in PDF form (each upload limited to 5MB, multiple files per section are acceptable):

1. Cover Letter articulating interest in the position at Huckabee College of Architecture at Texas Tech and how your experience situates you for success.
2. Research Support Philosophy Statement outlining a vision for sustaining and growing successful and collaborative research cultures in a college of architecture with specifics of focus and funding appropriate to a diverse and evolving field. Please also include examples of your experience helping others develop research and the relative impact of that effort.
3. Curriculum Vitaeabbreviated to no more than 15 pages.
4. Research and teaching portfolio abbreviated to no more than 20 pages.
5. List of at least three referenceswith contact information.

Job Type

Full Time

Pay Basis

Monthly

Pay Statement

Compensation is commensurate upon the qualifications of the individual selected and budgetary guidelines of the hiring department, as well as the institutional pay plan. For additional information, please reference the institutional pay plan by visiting www.depts.ttu.edu/hr/payplan.

Travel Required

Up to 25%

Grant Funded?

No

Job Group

Mid-level Officer and Manager

EEO Statement

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information or status as a protected veteran.

Salary Grade

800

Applications must be received by

02/15/2025