Duke University, Pratt Masters Programs
Position Description
The Pratt School of Engineering, Institute for Enterprise Engineering at Duke University is seeking an Adjunct Instructor to serve as a Faculty Mentor-Coach for their Design and Technology Innovation Program. This position is expected to be part time.
This is a temporary one-year appointment with an extension possible based on needs.
The Design & Technology Innovation Mentor-Coach takes a key mentorship role in the program, which involves three responsibilities:
- project advising (60%): providing constructive design critique, technical troubleshooting, and cultivating narrative storytelling in student projects;
- professional development (30%): advising and providing feedback on student professional goals and trajectories, including portfolio development and review for multidisciplinary designers and engineers; and
- design and innovation process advising (10%): encouraging students' use of critical, design, and systems thinking methods and mindsets through 1:1 and small group coaching
Candidates with graduate degrees, especially at the PhD level, are preferred and strongly encouraged to apply, as are candidates with commensurate industry experience/expertise in related disciplines of engineering, design, data and computer sciences, and related fields.
Adjunct Instructor is a non-regular rank faculty position.
Duke University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing employment opportunity without regard to an individual's age, color, disability, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or veteran status. Duke aspires to create a community built on collaboration, innovation, creativity, and belonging. Our collective success depends on the robust exchange of ideas-an exchange that is best when the rich diversity of our perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences flourishes. To achieve this exchange, it is essential that all members of the community feel secure and welcome, that the contributions of all individuals are respected, and that all voices are heard. All members of our community have a responsibility to uphold these values.
Application Materials Required:
- Cover letter
- Curriculum Vitae
- Three references (no actual letters, just names and email addresses
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