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The Massachusetts Institute of Technology seeks a dynamic and visionary academic leader

Closes: May 16, 2014 at midnight Eastern Time
(GMT-4 hours)

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology seeks a dynamic and visionary academic leader to be the next Dean of the School of

Architecture and Planning. The School comprises five main divisions: Department of Architecture; Department of Urban Studies

and Planning; Media Lab; Center for Real Estate; Program in Art, Culture and Technology.

Reporting to the Provost, the Dean serves as the chief academic and administrative officer of the School, overseeing a range of

undergraduate and graduate degree programs and promoting excellence in all research, teaching and service activities across

the School. The Dean oversees the management of the School’s fiscal operations, human resources, and physical facilities.

The Dean is expected to have a distinguished record of achievement?scholarly or professional?that would merit the rank of a

Full Professor in one or more of the fields represented in the School. The Dean must possess the intellectual agility to understand

and engage with areas of scholarship that lie beyond her or his own area of expertise. Candidates should have an

outstanding record of academic leadership that demonstrates an ability to work collaboratively with a wide variety of constituents

and to foster diversity and inclusion among faculty, students and staff. The Dean must be able to work with other academic leaders

in the School and the Institute to continue to attract and retain the best faculty while ensuring the highest standards for faculty

promotion and tenure within the School. The Dean must be an articulate and effective spokesperson for the strategic agenda of

the school both within MIT and outside of the Institute, and also must have the ability to identify and attract resources that help the

School to fulfill its mission.

Web sites: MIT // School of Architecture and Planning

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS

For materials, please supply a letter of interest, a research statement, and a CV by the 15th of May 2014. Please refrain from

including additional items.

Applications should be submitted through the Interfolio web site with the letter addressed to: Professor Mark M. Jarzombek,

Chair: Advisory Committee to the Provost, MIT School of Architecture + Planning. For technical issues, please contact Interfolio

staff (877-997-8807, [email protected]). Other questions can be directed to Douglas Pfeiffer, [email protected] (please do not

send materials by email).