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\ \ Professor of Practice/Director\ \ Department: 3670015010 Arch Planning & Design Dean of\ Job no: 516914\ Employment type: Academic / Faculty - 12 month\ Location: Other\ Worksite: On-site requirement\ Categories: Architecture / Construction / Design\ Pay Grade: 001\ \ \ About This Role:\ Architecture, Planning, and Design at Kansas State University invites applications for Professor of Practice/Director of the Kansas City Design Center beginning as early as mid-July 2024. Located in the heart of downtown Kansas City, the Kansas City Design Center (KCDC) is a nationally recognized, multi-disciplinary, service-learning design center that operates as a nonprofit partnership among local civic leaders, professional designers, and the design programs at Kansas State University. The incoming director will have the unique opportunity to leverage KCDC\'s strong foundation to establish a vision that shapes the center\'s future. The Professor of Practice/Director is a full-time, 12-month appointment reporting to the Dean consisting of 50% teaching, 30% administration, and 20% service directed towards the efforts of KCDC, housed in the Dean\'s Office in the College of Architecture, Planning, and Design (APDesign) reappointed annually by the Dean. Salary will be commensurate with the candidate\'s qualifications.\ \ The successful candidate will serve three important roles in supporting KCDC\'s mission:\ \ Teaching: in their academic role, the successful candidate will teach multidisciplinary studio and seminar-style courses at KCDC to a KC-based student cohort, who typically relocate from K-State\'s Manhattan Campus to attend the program and will include a mix of students from Architecture, Interior Architecture, Industrial Design, Landscape Architecture, and Regional and Community Planning programs. The Director & Professor of Practice will work to develop semester-long or year-long engaged projects with relevant stakeholder groups (public, non-profit, and professional) in the city and the larger region, seeking partnerships and project funding as appropriate to support project success, and disseminating project outcomes through publications, the KCDC website, and public exhibits. The successful candidate will lead the academic side of KCDC, including having responsibility for course management, student instruction and evaluation for courses they teach. In the past KCDC has had strong links to design and planning programs at the University of Kansas in Lawrence and the University of Missouri Kansas City (UMKC) through affiliated faculty and student enrollment. The topics and scope of prior KCDC projects can be found on the KCDC website: https://www.kcdesigncenter.org/kcdcstudio\ \ Administration: the successful candidate will also be tasked with leadership of KCDC on the administrative side: interfacing with the KCDC Executive Board; advancing KCDC\'s goals in consultation with APDesign administration and a faculty advisory committee; and managing operational functions of KCDC with the support of the full-time Program Coordinator. The successful candidate will also promote KCDC\'s programs to on-campus APDesign students as well as potential future students.\ \ Service: the Director & Professor of Practice will also lead the service mission of KCDC, which includes building and maintaining strong relationships with constituencies relating to the KCDC\'s mission and programs; participation on city boards and committees; connecting with local design practices; and enhancing KCDC through public and professional programming such as symposia, lectures, and career fairs.\ \ The successful candidate will have a strong multidisc plinary background, with the ability, perspectives, and energy to drive KCDC\'s mission and shape its future.\ \ Why Join Us:\ The mission of the College of Architecture, Planning, and Design (APDesign) is to be a comprehensive design community comprising all scales of the design and planning endeavor, informed by a culture of inquiry, focused on the significant issues facing our society including environmental stewardship, social equity, economic viability, and aesthetic delight in support of the University\'s mission as a Land Grant institution. The main campus is located approximately 120 miles west of Kansas City in Manhattan, KS. APDesign is a nationally recognized college whose core professional degrees rank consistently in the top 10 public programs in the nation and whose students are among the most successful and successfully employed graduates at K-State, (https://apdesign.k-state.edu/). For decades, the Kansas City Design Center (https://www.kcdesigncenter.org/) has offered an off-campus urban experience for APDesign students, promoting design excellence in the built environment through education and public service initiatives situa