The University of Texas at Austin, School of Architecture
Emerging Scholar Fellowship: Race and Gender in the Built Environment of the American City
Institution Type: | College / University |
Location: | Texas, United States |
Position: | Post-Doctoral Fellow, Research Professional |
Cities are complex built environments that integrate the physical, natural, and social worlds of human settlement. The discovery of new solutions to address our most pressing needs and challenges with regard to cities is rooted in the presence of and engagement between residents with diverse knowledge, abilities, and experiences. At the same time, the legacy of slavery and a prolonged history of social segregation and economic and political disenfranchisement of African-Americans continues to undermine the power of urban diversity. Although much has been done to address the negative aspects of this history, much more needs to be done to make American cities more equitable, healthy, fair, safe and beautiful.
The Race and Gender in the Built Environment of the American City initiative establishes an Emerging Scholar Fellowship position, the purpose of which is to support the development of future faculty whose work centers on relationships between race, gender, and the built environment in the fields represented in the School of Architecture at The University of Texas at Austin. While the Fellow will directly contribute to a discipline(s) in the School of Architecture (Architecture, Community and Regional Planning, Architectural History, Historic Preservation, Landscape Architecture, Urban Design, Sustainable Design, and Interior Design), he or she may also engage scholars across campus in programs and departments, such as American Studies, African and African Diaspora Studies, and the Institute for Urban Policy Research & Analysis, in support of his or her research and teaching. Each 9-month fellowship includes teaching related to the candidate’s area of interest (one course), pursuit of creative or scholarly work, and the opportunity to publicly share the outcome of the fellowship with the school (through lectures, exhibitions, etc.).
The successful candidate will hold a Ph.D. or advanced professional degree complemented by current research and/or creative practice that demonstrates a rigorous pursuit of issues associated with race, gender and the built environment. To be considered for the Emerging Scholar Fellowship in Race and Gender in the Built Environment of the American City, please submit the following materials on the Interfolio link provided below: a statement of interest describing your research and teaching objectives for the fellowship, a current cv, a sample of work, and contact information for three references. Review of qualified applicants will begin on April 25, 2016.
The University of Texas at Austin is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. Women and members of traditionally under-represented groups are encouraged to apply.
Please apply at soa.utexas.edu/emerging-scholar-fellowship.
Contact: |
Nichole Wiedemann |
Website: | http://soa.utexas.edu/emerging-scholar-fellowship |
Primary Category: | Humanities |
Secondary Categories: | Architecture and Architectural History |
Posting Date: | 04/14/2016 |
Closing Date | 07/12/2016 |