Job description
A full-time, fixed-term lecturer position beginning August 2026. This is a three-year appointment.
Teaching area will be determined by the successful candidates area of expertise, but will focus primarily on studios and classes with manual and digital components.
The successful candidate must be able to provide on-campus, face-to-face instruction.
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelors degree in Interior Design with two years of industry experience.
- Ability to teach lower-level design studios.
- Effective manual and visual communication skills.
- Competency in industry software.
- Ability to perform the essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodation.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Masters degree in Interior Design or closely related field.
- Ability to teach upper-division interior design undergraduate courses.
- Fluency in industry software, including Revit.
- Fluency in Adobe Creative Cloud software for digital visualizations and presentation.
Message to Applicants:
Central Michigan University is dedicated to fostering an environment that is reflective of the communities we serve. We are especially interested in highly qualified candidates who will advance and promote CMUs mission, vision, and leadership standards.
About the Department:
The Department of Fashion, Interior Design, and Merchandising offers a bachelors degree in Interior Design. The program serves approximately 140 majors and minors with well equipped classrooms, studio space, and CAD lab.
Please visit our department website for more information about our curriculum, student and faculty accomplishments, and about CMU.
Open Until Filled: Yes
About CMU:
Central Michigan University has a more than 125-year legacy of preparing students to become leaders and changemakers in their communities and in their personal and professional lives.
We serve nearly 15,500 students on our Mount Pleasant campus, in satellite locations around the state and throughout the country, and through flexible online programs. Many of our approximately 300 undergraduate, masters, specialist and doctoral programs in the arts, media, business, education, human services, health professions, liberal arts, social sciences, medicine, science and engineering are nationally ranked for excellence.
CMU leads the nation in leadership development programming through our Sarah R. Opperman Leadership Institute, and we are proud to be among only 5% of U.S. universities in the top two Carnegie research classifications. Our faculty work with graduate and undergraduate students in areas such as Great Lakes research, medical innovation, engineering technology and more.
Central is home to 17 mens and womens Division 1 sports including football, basketball, gymnastics, baseball, wrestling and more. Our student-athletes achieve great success in competition and in the classroom, capturing Mid-American Conference championships and maintaining an average cumulative GPA of 3.17.
CMU is located in Mount Pleasant, a community that blends the best of small-town living with big-city amenities. Its part of the culturally varied and vibrant Great Lakes Bay Region that also includes Saginaw, Bay City, Midland and the states largest Native American community, centered on the Saginaw Chippewa Isabella Reservation in Mount Pleasant.
Area residents enjoy the mix of outdoor activities, cultural events, shopping and dining options, and family attractions. Other major Michigan destinations and attractions – Lansing, Grand Rapids, Detroit, Traverse City, wineries, beaches, golf and ski resorts, and many more – are within easy reach of the citys central location in Michigans Lower Peninsula.
CMU employees enjoy access to a nationally recognized wellness program along with health care and benefits that exceed regional, state and national norms.
To apply, visit https://www.jobs.cmich.edu/postings/44214
CMU is an Equal Opportunity Employer and institution. CMU does not discriminate against persons based on age, color, disability, ethnicity, familial status, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, height, marital status, national origin, political persuasion, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, race, religion, sex, sex-based stereotypes, sexual orientation, transgender status, veteran status, or weight.
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CMU does not discriminate on the basis of sex in the education program or activity that it operates, including admission and employment, and is required by Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 not to discriminate in such a matter.
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Phone: 989-774-3253
Office: 103 E. Preston St.
Bovee University Center, suite 306
Mount Pleasant, MI 48858
Email: [email protected]
How to apply
You must submit an online application in order to be considered as an applicant for this position.
Please submit at least one (1) of the following portfolio options under “Work Sample”:
- Portfolio – upload a single PDF with links to 10-15 examples highlighting student outcomes from classes youve taught.
- Portfolio – upload a single PDF with links to 10-15 examples highlighting your personal student design work.
- Portfolio – upload a single PDF with links to 10-15 examples highlighting your professional practice.
