The Interior Design faculty at Indiana University Bloomington seeks a new colleague for a full-time tenure eligible Assistant/Associate Professor to begin August 1, 2025. We seek applications from individuals whose perspective, scholarship, and/or built work advances the understanding of interior design as a human-focused, culturally contextualized, and ecologically aware discipline. We believe design unites humanity.

The Interior Design faculty is currently comprised of ten full-time colleagues and additional dedicated adjunct faculty members committed to providing insightful, engaged, contextualized, innovative, and inspiring teaching and learning. The new colleague will add an eleventh full-time faculty member to support continued enrollment growth in the Program. Our faculty and students benefit from our diversity of experience, including strong contributions from individuals who transitioned to teaching from professional practice. The Interior Design faculty is widely recognized for pedagogical excellence, including university-level teaching awards.

The Interior Design faculty is also focused on developing and sharing design and design scholarship that informs, alters, and enhances interior design for people and society.

The Interior Design program is situated within the Eskenazi School of Art, Architecture + Design and the College of Arts & Sciences. This location contextualizes our approach to design with a rich liberal arts background and a deep, cross-disciplinary exploration of art and design. The Eskenazi School of Art, Architecture + Design (Eskenazi School) (https://eskenazi.indiana.edu/) is composed of diverse scholars and practitioners at the forefront of integrative design thinking and practice. The Eskenazi School houses six undergraduate degree programs in art, design, and merchandising, as well as graduate degree programs in art, architecture, and merchandising. This is where art, merchandising, architecture, and design merge to shape the future of creativity from imagination to implementation.

Founded in 1820, Indiana University Bloomington is the flagship campus of IU’s eight campuses statewide. Innovation, creativity, and academic freedom are hallmarks of our world-class contributions in research and the arts.

The Eskenazi School actively upholds diversity, equity, and inclusion as critical principles of our research, teaching, and service. We validate the voice and potential of every member of our community, strive to create a culture where difference is valued, and celebrate multiple perspectives within and beyond the School. We believe social and cultural consciousness inspires meaningful dialogue and empowers all to become influential and fulfilled citizens of the world.

Position details

We realize this position announcement appears to describe an extraordinary human. We expect candidates to be ordinary humans—just as we are—who value balancing work and life. We hope you will cherish exploration of ideas and believe passionately in design education.

Position responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Maintaining professional and academic expertise
• Teaching an annual course load of four courses during the 10-month academic year
• Developing and sustaining a scholarship agenda disseminated through appropriate national or international venues
• Mentoring undergraduate interior design students
• Participating in curriculum development and accreditation processes (i.e., CIDA, NASAD)
• Participating in faculty governance at the program, school, and university levels

Candidates must demonstrate the ability to teach upper-division interior design studios addressing contemporary design theory, emerging social issues, and/or critical community engagement AND courses addressing one of the following:

• Design processes (based in design thinking, collaborative design strategies, or design research methodologies)
• Design detailing, construction, and building systems
• Emerging technologies (e.g., augmented/virtual reality, digital modeling and construction, building technologies)
• Topics in interior design that challenge long-standing professional, disciplinary, and social inequities

We are looking for a new colleague who will challenge, complement, and extend our existing strengths in ways we may not yet realize would improve our program.

Candidates must have:

• At least one (1) degree in interior design (undergraduate or graduate)
• A terminal degree in a relevant field completed prior to the start date of employment
• NCIDQ certification (or eligibility to complete the certification prior to tenure)
• Professional experience in a design-related setting (e.g., firm, in-house team, industry or manufacturing, public service, facilities management, construction management)
• Working knowledge of three-dimensional modeling software
• Demonstrated ability (or potential) to sustain a scholarship agenda suitable for earning tenure at Indiana University

Preferred Qualifications include:

• Demonstrated commitment to addressing intellectual freedom and intellectual diversity related to interior design and/or higher education
• PhD degree in a design discipline
• LEED-AP, WELL-AP, EDAC, and/or other relevant certifications
• Engagement with professional or disciplinary organizations

Applicants will submit:

1. Cover letter succinctly explaining how their experience and perspective aligns with the position requirements, as well as describing: How their own learning has been improved by someone who challenged their understanding of the world, and How they intend to help students prepare to work in a global, uncertain, and evolving professional setting
2. Curriculum vitae
3. Scholarship statement concisely summarizing topic, methodologies, and goals
4. Teaching philosophy statement evocatively addressing their view on scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) literature
5. Portfolio containing evidence of expertise in design, design process, and communication of design ideas (Note: Please provide clarity about individual contributions to any collaborative projects presented in the portfolio.)

Interested candidates should review the application requirements and submit applications to https://indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/25368

For questions, contact Kim Jones, Eskenazi School of Art, Architecture + Design at Indiana University, Mies van der Rohe Building: 321 N. Eagleson Ave. Bloomington, IN 47405 Phone: 812-855-2319. Email: soadhr@iu.edu
Review of applications will begin on October 14, 2024, and will continue until the position is filled.

Indiana University is an equal employment and affirmative action employer and a provider of ADA services. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment based on individual qualifications. Indiana University prohibits discrimination based on age, ethnicity, color, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, national origin, disability status or protected veteran status.