The Department of Urban and Regional Planning within the University of Florida’s College of Design, Construction and Planning invites applications for a nine-month, tenure-accruing faculty position at the rank of Assistant Professor to begin in August 2026.

The Department encourages applications from candidates with background in the planning field and expertise in housing. The Department has particular interest in candidates whose work incorporates real estate finance and/or policy aspects, such as understanding housing markets, taxation, housing policy effectiveness, and promising innovations. Preferred candidates will look to the future and engage with public interest concerns, such as health and well-being, built environment resilience, socio-economic sustainability, and community development. Ideal candidates will collaborate with other disciplines, bring professional experience, and have interest in relating their work to Florida communities.

The selected candidate will conduct research and publications commensurate with a tenure-track position and be entrepreneurial in obtaining research grants. The candidate should be open to collaborating with other faculty and researchers, such as in research centers across and beyond the College (see below), and establishing relationships with related discipline programs on campus, such as business (real estate) and political science.

The position requires teaching a total of four courses per year (two in fall and two in spring), which may be graduate and upper-level undergraduate courses delivered in-person and online, in the candidate’s areas of expertise and in general planning topics. Anticipated courses include housing public policy and planning, housing and real estate finance, and at least one core general planning course. The successful candidate should have a well-developed pedagogy that includes methods to engage a multicultural student body.

The candidate would also be expected to conduct community outreach and service consistent with the missions of the Department and the land-grant University.

Kathryn Frank