Accepting Applications for Assistant Professor in Architecture: AI and Time-Based Media
Position Title: Assistant Professor in Architecture: AI and Time-Based Media
Location: Austin, Texas
Deadline: Application review will begin January 15 and will continue until position is filled.
Grounded in innovative practices in time-based media and creative approaches with AI technologies, the individual hired will bring a collaborative spirit to both studio teaching and design practice. The successful candidate will demonstrate spatial design skills and clearly articulate a future research and creative practice trajectory that contributes to the advancement of a School of Architecture (SOA) design discipline and time-based media.
We seek candidates who demonstrate a proficiency in using current and emerging technology and software for the modeling, simulation, and analysis of systems visualized in scenario planning and storytelling. This description includes expertise in time-based media that shapes narratives of dynamic spatial environments through AI tools reliant upon robust data sets. The successful candidate will be expected to teach design studios and courses related to their qualifications at both the core and advanced levels of our undergraduate and graduate SOA curricula. We are seeking expertise in design that may emphasize dynamic environmental modeling, sensory-related studies, building technology integration, data and spatial visualization, gaming and/or storytelling.
Candidates should expect to collaborate with colleagues in the Colleges of Fine Arts and Communication, while inhabiting a design-specific home within the School of Architecture.
Qualifications
Candidates are expected to hold a terminal professional design degree from an accredited institution. Their background will show impressive design capabilities evidenced by studio teaching and design practice. The successful candidate will demonstrate spatial design skills and clearly articulate a future research and creative practice trajectory with plans for contributing to the advancement of the field. We seek candidates who demonstrate a proficiency in using current and emerging software and technology for the modeling, simulation, and analysis of systems visualized in scenario planning and narratives. This description includes expertise in time-based media that shapes narratives of dynamic spatial environments through AI tools reliant upon robust data sets. The successful candidate will be expected to teach design studios and courses related to their qualifications at both the core and advanced levels of our undergraduate and/or graduate architecture curricula.
Application Instructions:
Review of applications will begin on January 15, 2026, and continue until the position is filled. Applicants should submit the following materials though Interfolio:
Cover letter summarizing experience in the areas of teaching, research, design, including technology expertise;
Statement of interest describing the candidate’s research/creative practice objectives, teaching philosophy, and overall academic trajectory;
Curriculum vitae;
PDF portfolio of creative work (practice-based or speculative proposals) and/or scholarly research, and teaching examples related to AI, time-based media, environmental or architectural design studies (syllabi, briefs, and student work);
Names and contact information for three references.
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
The University of Texas at Austin, as an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer, complies with all applicable federal and state laws regarding nondiscrimination and affirmative action. The University is committed to a policy of equal opportunity for all persons and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, disability, religion, or veteran status in employment, educational programs and activities, and admissions.
APPLICATION REVIEW BEGINS JAN. 15