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.