Adjunct Lecturer

About the Tulane School of Architecture and Built Environment and Tulane University

The Tulane University School of Architecture and Built Environment provides global leadership through excellence in design, research, and practice in the built environment. The School includes undergraduate and graduate Architecture programs and several other allied programs and degree paths. Faculty members teach coursework and collaborate as appropriate to their expertise across the School’s programs including Architecture (B.Arch, BSA, M.Arch and M.S.ARC), Landscape Architecture and Engineering (MLA-MS RCSE), Real Estate Development (BSRE, MSRED), Historic Preservation (Undergraduate Minor, Graduate Certificate, MSHP), Design (BADes), Sustainable Urbanism (BS SURB), Social Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship (Undergraduate Minor), and Climate Change: Science and Practice (Undergraduate Minor). Other schools, programs, and centers at the University provide ample opportunities for interdisciplinary research and collaboration.


The School is recognized for robust initiatives in community-engaged design (The Albert and Tina Small Center for Collaborative Design), design-build (URBANbuild), interdisciplinary research studios, and research initiatives supported by the Center on Climate Change and Urbanism. Over the past five years, the School has experienced significant growth across all its programs, and in spring 2025, the School returned to its newly renovated home, Richardson Memorial Hall, complete with new studios, fabrication shops, classrooms, exhibition space, and offices. Located in New Orleans, Tulane University is a tier-one research university in the United States and a member of the selected group of top research universities integrated in the Association of American Universities (AAU). Tulane School of Architecture and Built Environment is an innovator at multiple scales, from materials to buildings to neighborhoods and from urban landscapes to regional planning.


The City of New Orleans and the Mississippi Delta are our natural domains of research, with the social and ecological challenges of this complex region at the forefront of contemporary discourses in global rural and urbanized territories, cities, and towns. The city’s culture and community is steeped in a long history of action and exchange. The University has firm commitments to build a welcoming community and foster opportunities, goals which the School pursues in multiple ways through curriculum, research, and practice. We are dedicated to serving society and to climate action, charting a path for climate change education across each of our representative programs, and recognizing that social equity and climate are interconnected phenomena that demand new approaches to the built and unbuilt environments.

Responsibilities:

The Adjunct Lecturer will teach courses in architectural conservation, conservation science, and conservation technology. Teaching responsibilities may include:

•    Introducing students to the composition, properties, and deterioration mechanisms of historic building materials, including stone, brick, terra cotta, earth, mortars, plasters, concrete, metals, wood, paints, finishes, and related materials.

•    Teaching basic conservation science principles as they apply to architectural materials, including porosity, permeability, capillary action, adhesion, cleaning, coatings, and 

repair materials.

•    Leading hands-on laboratory exercises, field demonstrations, and material analysis activities.

•    Teaching students to identify building materials and assess causes of deterioration through observation, documentation, testing, and conditions assessment.

•    Guiding students in the preparation of conservation documentation, including drawings, elevations, sections, details, conditions assessments, and treatment recommendations.

•    Teaching students to develop and interpret preservation specifications, project manuals, and conservation treatment protocols.

•    Leading hands-on exercises that train students to understand and communicate appropriate means and methods for conservation work.

•    Teaching practical conservation treatments and related techniques, which may include masonry wall construction, repointing, stucco and plaster preparation, masonry repair, stone 

cleaning and treatment, decorative plaster replication, wood window surface preparation, glazing, and painting.

•    Introducing students to the role of mock-ups in construction, conservation, quality control, and design communication.

•    Helping students understand the relationships among owners, architects, conservators, contractors, subcontractors, and tradespeople in preservation projects.

•    Coordinating site visits, demonstrations, and field-based learning experiences as appropriate.

•    Evaluating student work through readings, discussions, lab assignments, mock-ups, quizzes, exams, documentation assignments, and/or conservation specifications.

There are no service requirements associated with this adjunct appointment.

Required Qualifications:

Applicants should have:

• Professional experience in architectural conservation, historic preservation, building conservation, materials conservation, preservation trades, architecture, construction, or a closely related field.


• Demonstrated knowledge of historic building materials and their deterioration, repair, and conservation.


• Ability to teach both conceptual and hands-on aspects of conservation practice.


• Experience with field documentation, conditions assessment, preservation specifications, and/or construction communication.


• Ability to work safely and professionally with students in laboratory, studio, field, and hands-on demonstration settings.


• Strong communication skills and the ability to teach students with varying levels of technical background.
  
   

Preferred Qualifications:

Preferred candidates will have one or more of the following:

• Graduate degree or advanced professional training in historic preservation, architectural conservation, architecture, materials conservation, conservation science, construction technology, or a related field.


• Experience teaching at the college, graduate, workshop, field school, or professional training level.


• Experience with conservation laboratory methods, material testing, microscopy, mortar analysis, wood identification, metals identification, paint/finish analysis, or related techniques.


• Experience preparing preservation specifications, treatment plans, conservation reports, or project manuals.


• Demonstrated experience with traditional materials and methods, including lime mortars, plaster, masonry, stone repair, stucco, wood windows, coatings, and finishes.


• Familiarity with digital documentation, 3D scanning, or related documentation technologies.

Knowledge of Gulf South, New Orleans, Caribbean, or subtropical building materials and conservation challenges.

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS:

To be considered for the position, please submit the following documentation in PDF format through Tulane’s Academic Positions website: 

 

• Current curriculum vitae (CV)  


• Lett of interest expressing your interest in conservation and teaching


• Sample work: syllabus, teaching materials, workshop outline, conservation report, specifications, or portfolio of relevant work. (20 pages max.


• Contact information for three (3) references. Only candidates who reach the final stage of the interview process will have their references contacted. 

Review of applications will begin on 15 August 2026 and will continue until the position is filled. If applicants have questions or need assistance in completing the application, please email Heather Veneziano at [email protected].

*Please follow the application website guidelines for maximum upload file size 

CONTRACT AND COMPENSATION

• Duration: Positions are offered on a semester basis and can be recurring.


• Compensation: $$2,500–$3,000 per credit, depending on experience and qualifications. The instructor will teach 9–12 credits over the academic year.


• This appointment does not include benefits.