Ventulett NEXT Generation Visiting Fellowship

Overview

Georgia Tech prides itself on its technological resources, collaborations, high-quality student body, and its commitment to building an outstanding and diverse community of learning, discovery, and creation. We strongly encourage applicants whose values align with our institutional values, as outlined in our strategic plan. These values include academic excellence, diversity of thought and experience, inquiry and innovation, collaboration and community, and ethical behavior and stewardship. Georgia Tech has policies to promote a healthy work-life balance and is aware that attracting faculty may require meeting the needs of two careers.

About Georgia Tech

Georgia Tech is a top-ranked public research university situated in the heart of Atlanta, a diverse and vibrant city with numerous economic and cultural strengths. The Institute serves more than 45,000 students through top-ranked undergraduate, graduate, and executive programs in engineering, computing, science, business, design, and liberal arts. Georgia Tech's faculty attracted more than $1.4 billion in research awards this past year in fields ranging from biomedical technology to artificial intelligence, energy, sustainability, semiconductors, neuroscience, and national security. Georgia Tech ranks among the nation's top 20 universities for research and development spending and No. 1 among institutions without a medical school.

Georgia Tech's Mission and Values

Georgia Tech's mission is to develop leaders who advance technology and improve the human condition. The Institute has nine key values that are foundational to everything we do:

1. Students are our top priority.

2. We strive for excellence.

3. We thrive on diversity.

4. We celebrate collaboration.

5. We champion innovation.

6. We safeguard freedom of inquiry and expression.

7. We nurture the wellbeing of our community.

8. We act ethically.

9. We are responsible stewards.

Over the next decade, Georgia Tech will become an example of inclusive innovation, a leading technological research university of unmatched scale, relentlessly committed to serving the public good; breaking new ground in addressing the biggest local, national, and global challenges and opportunities of our time; making technology broadly accessible; and developing exceptional, principled leaders from all backgrounds ready to produce novel ideas and create solutions with real human impact.

Atlanta, GA

About the School of Architecture at the Georgia Institute of Technology

The School of Architecture encompasses a community of enthusiastic discoverers, creators, and design thinkers whose creative works demonstrate the ability to infuse design culture with new enabling tools and end-product technologies in service to broader social, cultural, and environmental aims. Aligned with the focus areas of the Georgia Tech 2020-2030 Strategic Plan in the areas of expanding access, amplifying impact, and leading by example, the School of Architecture empowers our faculty, staff, and students to address complex problems, leveraging technology to improve our world through projective and optimistic acts of design.

The Georgia Tech architect is an entrepreneur, practitioner, activist, leader, strategist, visionary, and teacher advancing the future of practice, education, and the discipline of architecture.

Information on Georgia Tech and the School of Architecture is best accessed on our website: https://arch.gatech.edu/

The Georgia Institute of Technology's School of Architecture (SoA) invites applications for three Ventulett NEXT Generation Visiting Fellowship positions. The NEXT Fellows is an initiative in the SoA intended to attract candidates who are at the beginning of their careers and interested in interdisciplinary teaching and research that merges design, technology, and culture.

This is a two-year, full-time 9-month non-tenure-track appointment requiring residency in Atlanta, Georgia. This appointment is scheduled to begin in Fall 2027, with an anticipated start date of August 1, 2027. There will be a review and evaluation after the first year. There are three positions.

Georgia Tech prides itself on its technological resources, collaborations, high-quality student body, and its commitment to building an outstanding community of learning, discovery, and creation. We strongly encourage applicants whose values align with our institutional values. These values include academic excellence, freedom of expression and inquiry, innovation, collaboration, and ethical behavior and stewardship. Georgia Tech has policies to promote a healthy work-life balance and is aware that attracting faculty may require meeting the needs of two careers.

Area One:

The successful candidate will, one, advance research in urbanism and urban design with an adjacent focus in architecture; two, demonstrate capacity to lead required courses in History of Urban Form and/or Theories of Urban Design; and three, contribute to studio teaching in the Bachelor of Science in Architecture, Master of Architecture, and Master of Science in Urban Design degree programs.

Area Two:

The successful candidate will, one, advance research in ecology and sustainability, specifically in the area of enhanced energy performance and simulation; two, demonstrate capacity to lead required courses in Climate Change + Design; and three, contribute to studio teaching in the Bachelor of Science in Architecture and Master of Architecture degree programs.

Area Three:

The successful candidate will, one, advance research in representation and computational processes; two, demonstrate capacity to lead required courses in Media + Modeling; and three, contribute to studio teaching in the Bachelor of Science in Architecture and Master of Architecture degree programs.

Areas One, Two, and Three:

In addition to required coursework, NEXT Fellows will have the opportunity to teach a seminar or workshop in the Spring semester to advance their directed research project. The workshops can be used to assist the Fellow in his/her own directed research that will result in a public exhibition and lecture at the School.

NEXT Fellows will be given an unparalleled opportunity to advance their own individual interests through teaching and design research utilizing the full resources of the College of Design including our Digital Fabrication Laboratory that houses a suite of industrial-scale CNC equipment. Fellows will be encouraged to conduct interdisciplinary work with faculty from other schools within the College of Design and across campus. Fellows will also have the opportunity to work with SoA research faculty and Ph.D. students on projects of common interest.

Candidates must have a terminal degree of a Master of Architecture or greater.

A doctoral degree is not required but is preferred. Professional licensure is desired but not required. Candidates should have a demonstrated capacity for the integration of technology and critical thinking into architectural design. While not required, at least two years of teaching experience in design studios is highly desired.

Student Success Criteria:

The ability to adopt teaching strategies that support the learning and success of all students.

The ability to engage students in experiential learning activities and pedagogy that support student success.

The ability to engage in high-impact practices that support deep learning for student success.

The ability to apply expertise in teaching, scholarship, and/or service to advance student success.

Candidates must submit the following:

A letter of interest

Curriculum Vita

Proposal outlining research project including deliverables at the end of year one and year two,

Portfolio of creative work including examples of taught courses and studios

Names and contact information for three references.

Review of applications will begin October 30, 2026.

For more information please contact Julie Kim at julie.kim@design.gatech.edu

The University System of Georgia is comprised of our 25 institutions of higher education and learning as well as the System Office. Our USG Statement of Core Values are Integrity, Excellence, Accountability, and Respect. These values serve as the foundation for all that we do as an organization, and each USG community member is responsible for demonstrating and upholding these standards. More details on the USG Statement of Core Values and Code of Conduct are available in USG Board Policy 8.2.18.1.2 and can be found on-line at https://www.usg.edu/policymanual/section8/C224/#p8.2.18_personnel_conduct.

Additionally, USG supports Freedom of Expression as stated in Board Policy 6.5 Freedom of Expression and Academic Freedom found on-line at https://www.usg.edu/policymanual/section6/C2653.

The Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. The Institute is committed to maintaining a fair and respectful environment for all. To that end, and in accordance with federal and state law, Board of Regents policy, and Institute policy, Georgia Tech provides equal opportunity to all faculty, staff, students, and all other members of the Georgia Tech community, including applicants for admission and/or employment, contractors, volunteers, and participants in institutional programs, activities, or services. Georgia Tech complies with all applicable laws and regulations governing equal opportunity in the workplace and in educational activities.

Equal opportunity and decisions based on merit are fundamental values of the University System of Georgia ("USG") and Georgia Tech. Georgia Tech prohibits discrimination, including discriminatory harassment, on the basis of an individual's race, ethnicity, ancestry, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, disability, genetics, or veteran status in its programs, activities, employment, and admissions. Further, Georgia Tech prohibits citizenship status, immigration status, and national origin discrimination in hiring, firing, and recruitment, except where such restrictions are required in order to comply with law, regulation, executive order, or Attorney General directive, or where they are required by Federal, State, or local government contract.

A successful candidate must be able to pass a background check. Please visit: https://usg.policystat.com/policy/19298143/latest