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Tenured/Tenure-Track: Assistant Professor or Associate Professor (Urban Planning) Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning

Location College Station, Texas

Open Date 10/6/2025

Position ID 169286

Description

The Department of Landscape Architecture & Urban Planning (LAUP) in the College of Architecture at Texas A&M University invites applications for up to two (2) full-time tenure-track or tenured (Tenure Review Upon Hire) faculty positions with a 9-month academic appointment to commence in Fall of 2026. Applicants will be considered at the rank of Assistant Professor or Associate Professor. The successful candidates will conduct original research in their specialty area(s); teach core and elective courses in our undergraduate and graduate programs in Urban Planning; mentor and advise PhD students; and provide service to the department, college, university, and community. We seek candidates whose research and teaching build upon or complement our faculty's strengths.

We are particularly interested in candidates who can teach transportation, GIS, spatial analytics, methods, land use, and/or planning law . We welcome candidates who use rigorous research methodologies to conduct community-engaged scholarship that serves our land grant mission of applying knowledge to benefit society. An ideal candidate will work closely with faculty and students within Bachelor’s, Master’s, and Ph.D. programs and may also teach across the disciplines found in the department.

The Department of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning is one of the few in the country that is home to three disciplines—urban planning, landscape architecture, and land and property development—all of which are critical in the creation and delivery of healthy, efficient, resilient, and accessible places. Each program’s faculty is composed of nationally and internationally recognized scholars. Each year, they contribute millions of dollars of funding to support students through a variety of research centers, laboratories, and institutes at the university.

The Department of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning includes 41 full-time faculty members and offers the following six degrees: the Bachelor of Science in Urban and Regional Planning, the Bachelor of Landscape Architecture (accredited), the Master of Urban Planning (accredited), the Master of Land & Property Development, the Master of Landscape Architecture (accredited), and the Ph.D. in Urban and Regional Science. We also offer a number of articulated and dual degrees. This combination of disciplines offers unparalleled opportunities for interdisciplinary research and teaching. The Department has strong ties to the world-renowned Hazard Reduction & Recovery Center, Texas A&M Transportation Institute, Center for Geospatial Sciences, Applications, and Technology, Center for Housing and Urban Development (including one of four HUD Centers of Excellence in Hispanic Housing Studies), Texas Target Communities (an award-winning outreach and engagement program), Center for Health Systems & Design, Center for Heritage Conservation, Texas Sea Grant, Texas A&M Real Estate Center, and other centers and certificate programs in related fields within and beyond the College of Architecture. Support for sponsored research is excellent.

The College of Architecture at Texas A&M University is one of the largest of its kind in the United States. Over 130 faculty members in the departments of Landscape Architecture & Urban Planning, Architecture, and Construction Science serve over 2,000 students in 15 degree programs. These cover the entire spectrum of disciplines related to the built environment.

Texas A&M University, the second-largest university in the United States by in-person enrollment, is home to approximately 60,000 undergraduate students and nearly 17,000 graduate students. As both a Hispanic-Serving Institution and an Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institution, more than 6,000 students come from 50+ countries other than the United States. Texas A&M University is a land-, space-, and sea-grant institution; one of only 24 institutions in the nation to hold this triple designation. It has the largest and most active network of former students in the world.

With a population of over 300,000, Bryan/College Station offers a high quality of life with a relatively low cost of living. The Bryan/College Station area is in the center of the Texas Urban Triangle—home to more than 13 million people in four metropolitan areas (all within easy driving distance): Houston, Dallas, Austin, and San Antonio, all of which are among the top twelve cities in the nation in population. The challenges currently facing Texas related to transportation, climate change, natural hazards, demographic composition, and economic change foreshadow the changes that the rest of the nation will experience over the next 30 years, making it a perfect laboratory for testing hypotheses related to urban and land development and management.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

+ At a minimum, the successful candidate must have a Ph.D. in urban planning, urban design, geography, public policy, or a closely related social science. Candidates who have completed all Ph.D. requirements except the dissertation (ABD) will be considered, provided they demonstrate clear progress toward completion.

+ The candidate must be qualified to teach core and elective courses in the planning curriculum.

Preferred Qualifications

+ Professional experience as a planner (or in an allied discipline) and AICP designation are highly valued.

Salary is commensurate with qualifcations and experience.

Application Instructions

Applications will only be accepted at apply.interfolio.com/173834. Applicants must s ubmit the following: 1) Cover Letter; 2) Curriculum Vitae; 3) One publication/writing sample; 4) Personal Statement to include Teaching, Research and Service (maximum two pages, single-spaced, font 11) that address how your teaching philosophy, research and/or professional experience, and service experience will complement our programs ; and 5) Names and contact information for three references (academic or professional).

Review of applications will begin on November 3, 2025, and will continue until the position is filled. The appointment will commence in Fall 2026.

After an initial review, non-returnable samples of professional reports, publications, and/or design work may be requested.

Questions regarding the position should be directed to search committee co-chairs Dr. Wei Li ( [email protected] ) and Dr. Siyu Yu ( [email protected] ). Questions about the application process should be directed to Ms. Debby Heckler ( [email protected] ).