FRI-C06: From Practice to Professor: Navigating a Career Switch

Friday, October 27, 2023

1:30pm – 3:00pm CT

1.50 PDH, LA CES/non-HSW, AICP, FL

Lead Speaker(s)

Jessica Canfield, ASLA

Associate Professor
Kansas State University
Manhattan, Kansas

Speaker(s)

Diane Jones Allen, FASLA, PLA

Principal Landscape Architect
DesignJonesllc.com
Arlington, Texas
C.L. Bohannon, ASLA

Associate Dean Justice, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion, Assoc. Prof. Landscape Architecture
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, Virginia

Teaching is tremendously rewarding, but an academic career is a rigorous endeavor that extends well beyond the classroom. In this session, we talk about various pathways into teaching, describe the different types of academic appointments and their requirements, and discuss how to prepare for a career switch.

Learning Outcomes:

Gain awareness about the benefits, opportunities, and challenges for landscape architecture practitioners to switch to a career in academia.
Understand the different types of academic institutions, teaching appointments, and their requirements.
Understand how to find, prepare for, and apply to an academic position in landscape architecture.
Gain awareness about different possibilities for continuing to engage in professional practice while teaching.