Director of Preservation Studies and Full Professor, History of Art & Architecture, College of Arts & Sciences

Tracking Code23599932660908Job Description

The Department of History of Art and Architecture and American and New England Studies Program at Boston University are seeking to hire a new Director of Preservation Studies at the rank of tenured Full Professor. The Director oversees the MA program in Preservation Studies, a leading program in the field of historic preservation since its founding in the 1970s.

We seek an ambitious leader in the field who will enhance the stature of the Preservation Studies Program and contribute to Boston University’s commitments to the diversity of its faculty, staff, and students. Candidates with expertise in sites and communities traditionally underrepresented in the heritage field are especially encouraged to apply. Program responsibilities will include duties such as management, communication, strategic program and curriculum planning, course staffing, budgeting, student advising, and advancing an active preservation research agenda. The new Director will also maintain the program’s ties to heritage institutions in the Boston area and New England region, as well as the wider heritage and preservation field.

Required Skills

Applicants must have previous academic administrative and management experience and the ability to teach courses in historic preservation, architectural history, and related fields such as American Studies, Architectural Studies, Museum Studies, Archaeology, History, and Urban Studies.

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Please submit in PDF or Word form to https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/25529 and address them to Professor Becky Marin, Search Committee Chair (srmartin@bu.edu): 1) a curriculum vitae; 2) three recommenders’ contact information; 3) a cover letter that describes your research accomplishments and plans, your teaching principles, and approaches, and your program management experience. Review of applications begins September 29, 2023.

Boston University expects excellence in teaching and in research and is committed to building a culturally, racially, and ethnically diverse scholarly community.

BU conducts a background check on all final candidates for certain faculty and staff positions. The background check includes contacting the final candidate’s current and previous employer(s) to ask whether, in the last seven years, there has been a substantiated finding of misconduct violating that employer’s applicable sexual misconduct policies. To implement this process, the University requires a final candidate to complete and sign the form entitled “Authorization to Release Information” after execution of an offer letter.

We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, military service, pregnancy or pregnancy-related condition, or because of marital, parental, or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We are a VEVRAA Federal Contractor.

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Job LocationBoston, Massachusetts, United StatesPosition TypeFull-Time/Regular