Assistant/Associate Professor of Fashion Management and Justice (Job Vacancy)

Renewable Term/Tenure-Track Appointment

School of Fashion

Parsons School of Design

Start date: July 1, 2024

Parsons School of Design, a college of The New School, acknowledges the ancestral and traditional territories of The Lenape People on which our faculty, staff and students work, learn, and create. We recognize that New York City has the largest urban Indigenous population in the United States.

We invite candidates for a renewable term or tenure-track faculty appointment at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor of Fashion Management and Justice in the School of Fashion beginning July 1, 2024.

We seek candidates who can help us lead a new era of fashion management education by cultivating a deep understanding of how the fashion sector can advance social and climate justice. Candidates should have general expertise in fashion studies, management, branding, marketing and/or communications in relation to global, decolonial, Indigenous and/or non-Western fashion systems. We particularly invite candidates whose scholarship, research and/or professional practice demonstrates a commitment to intersectional Indigenous, Black, and/or People of Color communities.

Parsons’ School of Fashion leads the industry into a future where access, equity and sustainability are the standard. Consistently ranked as one of the top design schools in the world, we offer a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Fashion Design, Associate Degrees in Fashion Design as well as in Fashion Marketing and Communication, a Master of Fine Arts in Textiles, a Master of Professional Studies in Fashion Management, and a Master of Fine Arts in Fashion Design and Society. Our students, faculty, and staff are committed to supporting Indigenous worldviews; honoring the beauty of all bodies; and living in harmony with animals and the earth in ways that advance climate justice.

Responsibilities

The work of this faculty member is divided between (1) teaching, (2) scholarship or professional/creative practice, and (3) university service. The standard teaching load is five courses––or the equivalent––per academic year. Within their field of expertise, the faculty member will be expected to teach undergraduate, including First Year, as well as graduate courses, to majors and non-majors. They will hold regular office hours, and participate in extracurricular teaching activities such as critiques, review panels, thesis supervision, independent study, and advising. University service includes program, Parsons, and New School assignments on committees and task forces, and as program directors or associate directors with a reduced teaching load in graduate and undergraduate programs, including the undergraduate First Year. All faculty are expected to be engaged with scholarship or professional/creative practice at a level commensurate with their faculty rank.

The New School is strongly committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace and particularly seeks applications from members of underrepresented groups, as well as candidates who share this commitment.

Minimum Qualifications

• A PhD and/or Master’s degree in fashion studies, fashion management, fashion communications, fashion merchandising or a relevant fashion or business discipline; or equivalent professional experience (such as experiences in the fashion industry, fashion entrepreneurship and/or community work).
• Active/current professional practice or creative/critical scholarship that demonstrates commitment to the inquiry, development and advancement of decolonial, Indigenous, global and/or non-Western fashion systems.
• Two years teaching at college, university, community-based, and / or secondary education level with evidence of engagement with course and syllabus development /planning.
• Candidates seeking a position at Associate level must demonstrate equivalent teaching, research/practice experience, service and successful completion of academic review.
• Strong interest in working collaboratively across Parsons and the University.
• Ability to work effectively as part of a team, as a collaborator or lead.
• Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills, including the ability to meet deadlines, communicate and motivate effectively.
• Evidence of a commitment to educational equity in teaching, research, scholarship, professional/creative practice, or other contexts.
• Evidence of cross-cultural communication skills in teaching, research, scholarship, professional/creative practice, or other experience.
• Evidence of demonstrated interest in/building the ability to mentor and support students from diverse backgrounds, to develop and nurture the individual student’s abilities, and a strong commitment to progressive education. This evidence can be in a candidate’s teaching, research, scholarship, professional/creative practice, or other experience.
• Evidence of a commitment to diversity and inclusion (in classroom, campus, community) in teaching, research, scholarship, professional/creative practice, or other contexts.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in higher education academic setting, with a working knowledge of curriculum development, student support, and management.
• Experience teaching English language learners, students from low income backgrounds, and first generation college students.
• University-level teaching that includes a combination of studios, seminars, and tutorials, at the undergraduate and graduate levels.
• Experience with / commitment to curricular and community-building work for first-year college students; capacity to lead in the context of a first-year studies program.

WORK MODALITY

On-Campus Position: Faculty are expected to work on-campus due to the nature of the work in accordance with the University policies as set forth in the Full-Time Faculty Handbook.

SALARY RANGE

Assistant Professor: $94,000 - $109,000

Associate Professor: $108,000 - $123,000

Priority Application Deadline: February 29, 2024

SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS TO APPLICANTS

To Apply, Please Submit

• A current CV
• A cover letter: 1-2 pages summarizing experiences as related to the requirements of this job description
• A teaching statement: 1-2 pages describing artistic / design / research practice and teaching philosophy. Please include in the statement an articulation of your approach to inclusive pedagogy and demonstrated evidence of commitment to equity, inclusion and social justice.
• The names and contact information for three professional references
• 1 sample syllabus with assignments

Please visit www.newschool.edu/parsons/academics for a full list of programs.

We look forward to receiving your application!