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Job Postings

Professor of Practice Faculty in Interior Design

Date Posted: October 21, 2024
Job Type: Faculty
Employment Type: Full-Time

» Job Description

Summary

The College of Architecture and Design (CoAD) offers undergraduate and graduate degrees in a range of design-related disciplines with emphasis on professional practice and technological innovation. The College cultivates a broader multidisciplinary discussion within its university which presents design as having a central role.

The Department of Design, within the College of Architecture and Design, prepares students to critically engage creative inquiry, visual literacy, and design thinking, with an emphasis upon practical application and social responsibility. This is accomplished through a commitment to history, theory, and making within both traditional and emerging practices. Our methods embrace the dialogue between physical and digital approaches and technologies, and are designed to support the education of a new generation of innovators.

You are interested in reaching beyond the moment and into the future of materials, practice, technologies, human behavior, collaboration, and cross-disciplinary opportunities to bring our outstanding students into the design disciplines of Interior Design, Architecture, Product Design, Transportation Design, Game Design and Graphic Design. The appointment is planned to commence in Fall 2025.

Job Duties

Teaching, service, student advising, and retention.

Preferred Qualifications

You have a deep interest in teaching, collaborative scholarship, and emerging technologies. You have a terminal degree in Interior Design, Architecture or Interior Architecture from a CIDA-accepted interior design program or a NAAB-accredited architecture program; already have, or have the potential of, NCIDQ certification, and have experience practicing in commercial design and the field of interiors.

You’re able to demonstrate a combination of practice-based studio, as well as lecture-based teaching experience at the college level, and the ability to work with, advise, and promote a diverse student body.

You’re great at developing a creative professional network, and you would be excited to build a strong synergy between LTU and the Metro Detroit design scene.

If you can say “Yes, that’s me! I’m right here!” – check out ltu.edu/interiors for more information.

CoAD Statement on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

The College of Architecture and Design believes that human differences enrich innovation, collaboration, and positive impact in a complex, global world. We commit to fostering an educational environment that welcomes and supports the experiences and perspectives from people of various dimensions of personhood. Our commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion guides our approach to planning, teaching, research, and more.

CoAD is committed to fostering an equitable learning culture by:

  • Promoting a culture of respect for people of all races, ethnicities, national origins, gender identities, sexual orientations, citizenship status, disability status, socioeconomic status, religious commitments, and ages
  • Encouraging a civil, open exchange of ideas and dialogue Facilitating greater understanding of people from different backgrounds
  • Developing initiatives that increase access to and support within higher education and into the architecture and design industries
  • Committing to continuing to learn, develop, and be held accountable for DEI-related efforts
Lawrence Technological University (LTU) conducts pre-employment screening on initial candidates for all positions, which may include but is not limited to, a criminal background check, verification of academic credentials, license, certifications, and/or verification of work history. Lawrence Technological University is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

» How to Apply

Application Materials Required
  • Candidates should upload a single PDF using this link.
  • Letter of interest
  • Curriculum vitae
  • List of three references with contact information
  • Portfolio of relevant work that might include: creative work, professional work, and/or student work
  • Statement describing the applicant’s scholarly and pedagogical philosophy

Applications will be reviewed as they are submitted. There is no closing date for the position, however this position is intended to begin in the fall semester 2025.

Any questions may be directed to Jennifer O’Donnell-Jones at jodonnel1@ltu.edu.

» Document Viewer

Use Your Cell Phone as a Document Camera in Zoom

  • What you will need to have and do
  • Download the mobile Zoom app (either App Store or Google Play)
  • Have your phone plugged in
  • Set up video stand phone holder

From Computer

Log in and start your Zoom session with participants

From Phone

  • Start the Zoom session on your phone app (suggest setting your phone to “Do not disturb” since your phone screen will be seen in Zoom)
  • Type in the Meeting ID and Join
  • Do not use phone audio option to avoid feedback
  • Select “share content” and “screen” to share your cell phone’s screen in your Zoom session
  • Select “start broadcast” from Zoom app. The home screen of your cell phone is now being shared with your participants.

To use your cell phone as a makeshift document camera

  • Open (swipe to switch apps) and select the camera app on your phone
  • Start in photo mode and aim the camera at whatever materials you would like to share
  • This is where you will have to position what you want to share to get the best view – but you will see ‘how you are doing’ in the main Zoom session.