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Nominations and Applications Open: Dean of the College of Environmental Design
UC Berkeley invites nominations and applications for the position of Dean of the College of Environmental Design.
Since its founding in 1959, the College of Environmental Design has achieved distinction for its integration of architecture, planning, and landscape design with an emphasis on environmental and social justice within the built environment. Ranked #1 public university in the U.S. for architecture and the built environment (2025 QS World University Rankings), CED is renowned for theory, research, innovation, and practice focused on the built environment, with particular attention to design excellence, climate solutions, and new materials and technologies. The College brings together a wide range of disciplines and boasts strong connections with professions and practitioners, positioning its undergraduates to be highly competitive candidates for master’s programs and its graduate students to be sought out by public entities and firms in the private sector.
- POSITION OVERVIEW
The dean will be joining CED at an opportune time for impact—locally, nationally, and globally—as the CED community is eager for its next leader to shape a cohesive and forward-thinking vision. This vision should build upon CED’s pioneering focus on how the built environment can improve lives. The next dean will also help strengthen connections across a college of 211 renowned faculty and committed staff, an extraordinarily talented and diverse student body of just over 1,200 students, and a network of nearly 24,000 distinguished alumni dedicated to an expansive curriculum and connections across disciplines.
Building on CED’s unique identity and strengths, the next dean will be a strategic leader who excels in fostering collaborations and connections among scholars, practitioners, students, alumni, and other stakeholders to unite the various approaches to environmental design. This leader will need to navigate the complexities and opportunities of a public university, serve as a dynamic advocate for both CED and UC Berkeley, deeply value and uphold the principles of shared governance, and thoughtfully balance the College’s teaching, research, and practice priorities centered in design excellence. The next dean will have the opportunity to build on CED’s strong reputation, unique composition of programs, innovative pedagogy, and blend of research and practice, leading the College into its next era of excellence and maintaining its prominence in the Bay Area and beyond.
To lead CED to new levels of success, the dean will address the following opportunities and challenges:
- Inspire, lead, and execute upon an integrative vision that builds on the College’s distinct identity, fosters interdisciplinary collaborations, and supports UC Berkeley’s mission and goals.
- Grow and steward resources to achieve the vision and ambitions of CED.
- Strengthen operational infrastructure and recruit, retain, and support a world-class faculty and staff.
- Promote an equitable learning environment and the academic and professional success of all CED students.
- Serve as a visible intellectual leader locally, nationally, and internationally to elevate CED’s brand and reputation.
Applicants must have a terminal degree at the time of application and submit a CV or resume and a letter of interest addressing the themes in this profile. Screening of complete applications will begin immediately and continue until the completion of the search process.
This position is open until filled; however, for best consideration, please submit materials by August 20, 2025.
Nominations
Inquiries, nominations, and referrals should be sent by contacting the Isaacson, Miller team: Courtney Wilk-Mandel, Ben Tobin, Lauren Wilkes, and Cara Meyers.
Questions? Contact Sumali Tuchrello.
Position Overview
Position title: Dean, College of Environmental Design
Salary range: The posted University of California Deans’ Salary Bands set the pay ranges for deans. The Dean of the College of Environmental Design position is in Band 2: $239,600 –$611,100. The minimum salary that UC Berkeley expects to pay for this position is $375,000.
Anticipated start: July 1, 2026
Open date: June 24, 2025
Next review date: Wednesday, Aug 20, 2025 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Apply by this date to ensure full consideration by the committee.
Final date: Friday, Oct 3, 2025 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Applications will continue to be accepted until this date, but those received after the review date will only be considered if the position has not yet been filled.
Faculty Positions
- Assistant/Associate/Full Professor of Equity & Environmental Justice
The University of California, Berkeley seeks applicants for one open rank faculty position (assistant, associate, or full professor) in “Climate Equity & Environmental Justice,” with an intended start date of July 1, 2026. Successful candidates will be appointed to one or more of the following departments: College of Environmental Design (City & Regional Planning and Landscape Architecture & Environmental Planning); Rausser College of Natural Resources (Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management and Energy and Resources Group); College of Letters and Sciences (Department of Sociology); and College of Engineering (Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering).
Human-induced climate change is transforming our physical and social world, and we are witnessing a ‘climate gap,’ in which the impacts of these changes disproportionately affect vulnerable and marginalized groups due to historically entrenched inequities and recent shifts in the global economy. In addition, climate change has increased migration from disappearing or unlivable land, due to sea level rise, wildfire, drought, etc. These local, national, and global developments have made urgent the study of the socioeconomic, political and health effects of climate change in rural, urban, and refugee communities, and associated impacts on democracy and inequality around the world. This search will expand an engaged multidisciplinary research community of UC Berkeley faculty working in the area of Climate Equity and Environmental Justice to conduct research in areas affected by climate change such as food security and sovereignty, natural resource access, biodiversity loss, energy production and use, water access, water and air quality, land use and scarcity, and human health. Understanding, and proposing solutions to these challenges, is also informed by policy and community-engaged, equity-focused research at local, national or global scales about mitigation and adaptation strategies in the realms of governance, planning/regulation, engineering, design, infrastructure, and housing development, among other areas.
Position Overview
Position titles: Assistant Professor of Climate Equity and Environmental Justice or Associate/Full Professor of Climate Equity and Environmental Justice
Salary range: The current salary range for this position is $80,800–$256,100 (9-month academic year salary), however, off-scale salary and other components of pay, which would yield compensation that is higher than this range, are offered to meet competitive conditions.
Anticipated start: July 1, 2026
Open date: July 11, 2025
Next review date: Monday, Sep 15, 2025 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Apply by this date to ensure full consideration by the committee.
Final date: Monday, Sep 15, 2025 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Applications will continue to be accepted until this date.
Lecturer Pool
| DEPARTMENT | POSITION | APPLICATION |
|---|---|---|
| ARCH | Lecturer Pool: Architectural Humanities & Sciences–Dept. of Architecture | Apply |
| ARCH | Lecturer Pool: Design Studio Classes | Apply |
| CED | Teacher Special Programs (TSP) Pool: College of Environmental Design | Apply |
| CITY | Lecturer Pool: City & Regional Planning | Apply |
| IURD | Lecturer Pool: Environmental Design & Masters in Urban Design | Apply |
| LAEP | Lecturer Pool: Landscape Architecture & Environmental Planning | Apply |
| MRED+D | MRED+D Lecturer Pool : Master of Real Estate Development & Design | Apply |
| MRED+D | Teacher Special Programs Pool: Master of Real Estate Development & Design | Apply |
| Summer Programs | Lecturer Pool: Summer Programs | Apply |
TA/GSI Reader Positions
Looking for student employment opportunities? See Academic Student Employment.
Questions? Email the department manager responsible for the position to which you are applying. Positions are subject to change.