University of Minnesota College of Design

Job Description

We seek a highly-qualified individual who can contribute to field-shaping research, teaching, and community-engaged scholarship. This individual will support the Apparel Design undergraduate program and the Apparel Studies track in the Design Graduate Program. Design Justice is an initiative within the College of Design, seeking to create space, policy, and practices that support the inclusion and retention of Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) as well as other communities who have been historically underinvested. We are seeking tenure-track candidates at the Assistant Professor level with a robust research trajectory who are committed to advancing a scholarly, pedagogic, and/or service agenda focused on an area of design justice. Successful candidates will conduct and support their own research and will teach a range of undergraduate and graduate courses specific to apparel design and apparel studies. Priority application deadline is November 15; however, applications will be reviewed until the position is filled. Anticipated start date is August 2025. Regardless of the start date, selected candidates will receive the cluster experience.