Part-Time Faculty: Intro to Fashion Design, Department of Theatre and Visual Arts

About the role

Fordham University seeks a skilled, experienced part-time non-tenure-track adjunct faculty to teach Introduction to Fashion Design, a required course for the Fashion Studies Minor, for the Fall 2025 semester. Fordham Theatre is committed to cultivating an expansive vision for the program that assures its preeminent standing, elevates its profile as an innovative leader in undergraduate theater training, and centers social justice in all aspects of its work. The Theatre Program is based at Fordham’s Lincoln Center Campus in Manhattan and is housed academically within a department alongside Visual Art. The Fashion Studies Minor is a popular interdisciplinary program with a curriculum shared by faculty in the College of Arts and Sciences and Gabelli Business School. It weaves together the industry's cultural, creative, and commercial components.

Responsibilities

• Guide students in fashion design principles and techniques
• Prepare course materials and assessments aligned with the curriculum
• Conduct lectures and workshops
• Mentor students while fostering a creative learning environment
• Bring industry experience of current trends into the classroom
• Teach two courses: Tuesdays 11:30am–2:15 PM and Tuesdays 2:30–5:15 PM beginning Fall 2025 (semester runs August 27–December 9, 2025)

Course Description

THEA 1210 – Introduction to Fashion Design

This course explores the art and the business of fashion design by tracing its history in Europe and America, understanding the contribution of fibers to the medium, communicating design details through several modes of drawing, and investigating the market factors that shape the contemporary fashion industry around the globe.

Pay

$9,050 per course. The per-course rate for new instructors as of March 24, 2025 is $8,500.

Schedule

• Two courses: Tuesdays 11:30am–2:15 PM and Tuesdays 2:30–5:15 PM
• Semester dates: August 27–December 9, 2025
• Location: Lincoln Center Campus

Requirements

• Terminal degree (PhD or MFA) in fashion design, or a related field
• Minimum of one year experience teaching relative subject matter at the college or university level
• Experience successfully working with and teaching culturally and linguistically diverse students
• Demonstrated commitment to student-centered teaching and a joy and passion in sharing knowledge and learning with students