ACSA Faculty Fellowship to Advance Equity in Architecture

The ACSA invites applications for our one-year cohort of up to five Faculty Fellows to Advance Equity and Justice in Architecture. We seek faculty members to help extend the impact of ACSA’s ongoing work forefronting racial equity and climate justice through public programming, outreach, and partnerships. Please note that the fellowship is intended to enhance ACSA’s mission and programs and to support scholarship related to ACSA’s work Evolving Towards Justice: ACSA’s Social and Ecological Shift.

BACKGROUND

The fellowship emerged during ACSA’s recent strategic planning discussions. In assessing the organization’s progress from 2019 to 2022, we learned that although our many existing programs curate content related to equity, social justice, and climate action within architectural education, too often this work sat quietly in its own location (e.g., as a conference session that turns into a chapter in a conference proceeding). We realize that the research our members do as faculty would benefit from additional efforts to externalize the work, moving beyond the confines of conferences and journals.

The position begins September 1, 2024. It is a non-residential fellowship; the recipient does not need to move to Washington, DC, where ACSA is located. The applicant does not need to be located in the United States to apply for or receive a fellowship.

Up to five fellows will receive $13,000 of discretionary funding to be used in pursuit of their research. ACSA will also provide a complimentary registration to the 113th Annual Meeting, March 20–22, 2025, in New Orleans, and up to $1,500 for a reimbursable travel stipend to the conference, where fellows will have the opportunity to share the work supported by this fellowship. The nature of the participation will be decided in the fall of 2024.

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