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Assistant Professor of Fashion Management and Social Justice (2 positions)
Tenure Track
School of Fashion
Parsons School of Design
Parsons School of Design, a college of The New School, seeks candidates for tenure-track Assistant Professor of Fashion Management and Social Justice in the School of Fashion.
Parsons’ School of Fashion is committed to educating the next generation of fashion design and business leaders to embed social justice and environmental sustainability in the fashion system.
Parsons seeks candidates who can help them lead a new era of fashion marketing and management education by cultivating a deep understanding of how business practice can advance social and climate justice. Candidates should have general expertise in fashion management with a focus on supply chains, marketing, communications, leadership, digital fashion and technology, business models and/or entrepreneurship in relation to racial justice and Indigenous resurgence; and/or plus-size, disability and/or LGBTQ2S+ communities; and/or environmental sustainability from an intersectional perspective. They particularly invite candidates whose scholarship, research and/or professional practice demonstrates a commitment to intersectional Indigenous, Black, and/or People of Color and/or LGBTQ+ communities.
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.
Responsibility
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 may be expected to teach First Year and undergraduate 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. All faculty are expected to be engaged with scholarship or professional/creative practice at a level commensurate with their faculty rank.
This faculty position is on a tenure track. The terms and conditions of this faculty appointment, including guidelines for advancement, promotion, and tenure, are governed by The New School policies set forth in the The New School Full-Time Faculty Handbook. Tenure-track candidates are expected to demonstrate the potential for excellence in research, scholarship, and/or creative professional practice. All hiring is subject to Provost budgetary approval.
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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
$94,000 – $119,000 per annum
Please visit www.newschool.edu/parsons/academics for a full list of programs.
