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Position Title | Assistant Professor Industrial Design |
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Tenure Status | Tenure Track |
Provide Rank | Assistant |
Position Number | 065531 |
Department | Applied Design - 265310 |
Working Location (City, State) | Boone, NC |
Minimum Qualifications |
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Areas of Interest (No Minimum Level Required) | The department especially seeks candidates with
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License/Certification Required | N/A |
Description of the Department or Unit | The Department of Applied Design offers three NASAD accredited undergraduate majors with nearly 500 students: Apparel Design and Merchandising, Industrial Design with concentrations in Furniture and Product Design and Interior Design. Given faculty retirements and increased student enrollment, the department of Applied Design is hiring several tenure-track positions to fill these needs. The department includes design studios, 12,000 square feet of prototyping space, computer labs and designated classrooms. The Industrial Design program challenges students through industry collaborations and studio projects to develop a comprehensive knowledge base and skill set to succeed professionally. App State IND students' work has been recognized in both national and international venues including WantedDesign, SaloneSatellite in Milan, Designboom Mart Copenhagen, ICFF in New York, Dwell on Design in Los Angeles and the High Point Furniture Market. Additionally, the program has recently conducted sponsored studios with US Forestry Service, Kikkerland, Davis Furniture, GreenLifeTech, Reebok, WestRock Packaging, Wilsonart, and Eastman Chemical. The program currently offers international experiences abroad in Belgium and Prague. For more information, please visit our web page at: http://industrialdesign.appstate.edu/ |
Essential Duties and Responsibilities | Primary responsibilities will include developing and teaching courses in upper and lower-level studios in both furniture and product design, materials and processes courses, as well as other support courses in the industrial design program area. Additional responsibilities will include advising students, recruiting, maintaining labs/materials, program development, providing instruction that fosters student's success in their chosen area of study, as well as participating actively in departmental governance and performing academic service to the university and college. Maintaining a high level of related scholarly/creative work is required. |
Type of Position | Full Time Position |
Appointment Type | 1.0 |
Number Of Months Per Year | 9 |
Physical Demands of Position | Demands are typical of a university professor teaching in a program where student projects are often fabricated |
Description of University | Appalachian State University, in North Carolina's Blue Ridge Mountains, prepares students to lead purposeful lives as global citizens who understand and engage their responsibilities in creating a sustainable future for all. The transformational Appalachian experience promotes a spirit of inclusion that brings people together in inspiring ways to acquire and create knowledge, to grow holistically, to act with passion and determination, and embrace diversity and difference. As one of 17 campuses in the University of North Carolina system, Appalachian enrolls more than 20,000 students, has a low student-to-faculty ratio and offers more than 150 undergraduate and graduate majors. |
Proposed Date of Hire | 08/19/2024 |
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Suggested Salary Range | Salary is competitive and commensurate with qualifications and experience. |
ABD Consideration: | ABD with reduction in rank and salary (see desc. below) |
ABD Description | ABD with reduction in rank and salary: ABD will be considered for this position. Evidence of successful defense of the dissertation must be received by July 31 for a fall hire or November 30 for a spring hire. If confirmation of defense is not provided by the deadline, the candidate will receive a new one-year fixed-term contract and be hired at the rank of Instructor. The candidate's salary will also be reduced to a lower rate commensurate with other full-time instructors in the same department. However, if degree verification is provided before the end of the one-year fixed-term contract, the candidate will be returned to the rank of assistant professor with commensurate compensation beginning July 1 of the following academic year. No ABD consideration: Only candidates with an earned doctorate or terminal degree from an accredited institution will be considered for the position. Since ABD will not meet the minimum requirements, ABD will not be considered. |
Special Instructions to Applicants | For a complete application, please apply and submit all below-required documents electronically through Appalachian State University's job board:
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The initial application review will begin on December 1, 2023, and will continue until the position is filled. For more information contact: Richard Prisco Professor of Industrial Design Search Committee Chair priscors@appstate.edu |
UNC System Code (Section 610(2)) Special Faculty Hires | The continued employment of a special faculty member during the term appointment may be made expressly contingent on items such as the continued availability of funding from any source, on enrollment levels, or any other contingency established by the institution. |
Posting Date | 11/07/2023 |
Closing Date | |
Open Until Filled | Yes |
Evaluation of Applications Begins | 12/01/2023 |
Search Chair Name | Richard Prisco |
Search Chair Email | priscors@appstate.edu |
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Posting Number | FA00381P |
Full Time
$47k-90k (estimate)
02/08/2024
08/19/2024
pm.appstate.edu
Boone, NC
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