Assistant Professor of Indigenous Knowledges and Fashion Design
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Assistant Professor of Indigenous Knowledges and Fashion Design (2 positions)Renewable Term/Tenure-Track Appointment School of FashionParsons School of Design Start date: July 1st, 2025Parsons 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. Parsons is dedicated to cultivating curricula rooted in social, racial, gender, disability, and climate justice. As part of this commitment, we are launching six full-time faculty positions focused on Indigenous art and design, specifically in relation to the knowledges and practices of Indigenous Peoples of Turtle Island (North America). This initiative seeks to address the underrepresentation of Indigenous knowledge at Parsons and honor the original place-based scholars, artists, and makers of the land on which Parsons is situated. We encourage applications from candidates whose teaching, research, scholarship, and creative practice engage with the worldviews and practices of Indigenous Peoples of Turtle Island, including but not limited to Native American, First Nations, Mtis, Inuit, Alaskan Native, and Native Hawaiian communities.As part of this cluster search, we invite candidates for Assistant Professor of Indigenous Knowledges and Fashion Design, a renewable term or tenure-track appointment in the School of Fashion beginning July 1st, 2025.We seek candidates whose work in fashion design centers Indigenous worldviews and practices in relation to Turtle Island. For example, a candidate's creative practice may connect Indigenous storytelling and Land relations through fashion. Applicants' creative practice should be developed through research processes and engage in one of the following areas: fashion product through jewelry and accessory design; or fashion design through creative, conceptual, making and/or community-based design approaches. Candidates must demonstrate how their practices are informed by lived experience and embedded in ongoing relationships with Indigenous 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.RESPONSIBILITIESThe 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 coursesor the equivalentper 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.MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• A graduate degree in fashion design, Indigenous studies and/or another art and/or design field, or equivalent professional and/or community experience.
• Active/current professional practice or creative/critical scholarship that is informed by lived experience and embedded in ongoing relationships with Indigenous communities in relation to Turtle Island.
• Two years teaching at college, university, community-based, and/or secondary education level with evidence of engagement with course and syllabus development/planning.
• Strong interest in working collaboratively across Parsons and the University.
• Ability to work effectively as part of a team, as a collaborator or lead.
• Commitment to or evidence of 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/or management.
• Experience teaching English language learners, students from low income backgrounds, and/or 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 MODALITYOn-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. #LI-HYBRIDSALARY RANGEAssistant Professor = $80,000 - $95,000 annuallyPRIORITY APPLICATION DEADLINE: December 1st, 2024SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS TO APPLICANTSTo 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: a 1-2 page statement that describes 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.
• 1 sample syllabus with assignments.
• The names and contact information for three professional and/or community references.

Please visit www.newschool.edu/parsons/academics for a full list of programs.We look forward to receiving your application!