Associate Dean of Research and Innovation

Associate Dean of Research and Innovation

Lubbock, TX

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The HCOA seeks a dynamic and team-oriented Associate Dean for Research and Innovation to advance scholarly excellence and impact at a unique moment, shaping the future of the college. We seek a candidate who is genuinely collaborative—a team builder—in environments with overlapping authority, and who can provide intellectual and strategic management and growth of college research programs and faculty development processes. This candidate will support, evaluate, and maintain a robust culture of research and shepherd faculty through tenure and promotion processes in the college.

The position is a 12-month, full-time appointment beginning September 1, 2025. The successful candidate will have the appropriate credentials to be a tenured associate or full professor in the college, support the dean’s administrative team and the strategic priorities of the HCOA. The Associate Dean for Research and Innovation will work to support and provide guidance to faculty research development while building and broadening existing collaborative and individual research efforts. These initiatives will advance the college’s continued emphasis on innovation and design excellence. The Associate Dean will serve as a departmental faculty member with a one-course load each semester and include the following administrative expectations :

• Advance the strategic objectives of the university by expanding our research profile, reach, and impact.
• Cultivate collective, open, and productive cultures within the college community by facilitating communication that values knowledge sharing and dialogue.
• Guide and support faculty members at different levels in actively pursuing internal and external funding opportunities including start-up funds for new tenure-track faculty.
• Support development of innovative and rigorous research trajectories and mentor faculty towards successful tenure and promotion processes.

Facilitate research collaboration between faculty and students (e.g., undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral).

Major / Essential Functions

In line with TTU’s strategic priorities to engage and empower a diverse student body, enable innovative research and creative activities, and transform lives and communities through outreach and engaged scholarship, applicants should have experience working with diverse student populations at the undergraduate and / or graduate levels within individual or across the areas of teaching, research / creative activity, and service.

Required Qualifications

About the University

Established in 1923, Texas Tech University is a Carnegie R1 (very high research activity) Doctoral / Research-Extensive, Hispanic Serving, and state-assisted institution. Located on a beautiful 1,850-acre campus in Lubbock, a city in West Texas with a growing metropolitan-area population of over 300,000, the university enrolls over 40,000 students with 33,000 undergraduate and 7,000 graduate students. As the primary research institution in the western two-thirds of the state, Texas Tech University is home to 10 colleges, the Schools of Law and Veterinary Medicine, and the Graduate School. The flagship of the Texas Tech University System, Texas Tech is dedicated to student success by preparing learners to be ethical leaders for a diverse and globally competitive workforce. It is committed to enhancing the cultural and economic development of the state, nation, and world.

About the College

The Huckabee College of Architecture (HCOA) (https : / / www.depts.ttu.edu / architecture / ) currently enrolls close to 900 architecture students and has a reputation for producing technically trained, high performing architects, who value the culture of design. Our mission is to advance the knowledge, discipline, and practice of architecture through innovation, creative teaching, research, and scholarship with regional and global engagement. The Lubbock campus offers four degrees : B.S. in Architecture, M. Arch, M.S. and Ph.D. The M.S. program offers three concentrations : Design Computation & Fabrication, Design & Health, and Urban & Community Design, along with a developing area focused on Ecological Architecture & Design. Additionally, the HCOA has a campus in El Paso, Texas, making it the only college of architecture with a permanent program on the US / Mexico border offering a B.S. in Architecture and M.S. program in Historic Preservation. The HCOA is also globally engaged with a semester abroad program in Seville, Spain.

The HCOA celebrates the diverse perspectives and backgrounds of our faculty, staff, and students, and we are committed to an environment that is welcoming and supportive of people of all races, cultures, sexes, sexual orientations, gender identities, religious affiliations, ages, and abilities. We strive to support a culture of belonging in a diverse community wherein Hispanic students account for 47% of our student body. Our college is actively working to create spaces and expand resources to support broader dialogues about multiple cultural and social views in architecture and the built environment. Successful candidates will be expected to help advance these goals.

Safety Information

Adherence to robust safety practices and compliance with all applicable health and safety regulations are responsibilities of all TTU employees.

Equal Opportunity Statement

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information or status as a protected veteran.

Special Instructions to Applicants

With your application, please include the following documents in PDF form (each upload limited to 5MB, multiple files per section are acceptable) :

Application Process

The deadline to submit applications is midnight on February 15, 2025.

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