Cultural Landscape Fellow

The Danette Gentile Kauffman Cultural Landscape Fellow is a paid fellowship that takes place at HOCKER Design's office in Dallas, TX. The recipient will learn valuable skills related to the research, documentation, and advocacy of cultural landscapes. The Fellow will work alongside HOCKER Managing Partner Biff Sturgess, TCLF’s president and CEO Charles A. Birnbaum, and the rest of the staff on TCLF’s core programming, with a special focus on the What’s Out There program. The work will be an engaging mix of research and content development and will also offer the opportunity to pursue professional interests. The fellowship requires an eight-week commitment through the summer. The start date is somewhat flexible.

Required Skills/Background:

• Excellent writing and editing skills;
• Excellent research skills, particularly involving historic-preservation documents, academic journals, and online sources;
• A good photographic eye;
• Photoshop experience;
• Experience with or knowledge of landscape architecture and its history;
• A graduate student (or recent master’s degree recipient) in landscape architecture, historic preservation, or a closely related field.