Opt For Healthy Living is hiring: Assistant Professor of Fashion Merchandising a

Assistant Professor of Fashion Merchandising and Fashion

Apply now Job no: 541441
Work type: Instructional Faculty – Tenured/Tenure-Track
Location: Long Beach
Categories: Unit 3 - CFA - California Faculty Association, Tenured/Tenure-Track, Full Time, Faculty - Family/Consumer Sciences

Position: Assistant Professor of Fashion Merchandising and Fashion
Effective Date: August 18, 2025 (Fall Semester)
Salary: The Assistant Professor (Academic Year) classification salary range is $71,100 - $151,128/per year. The anticipated hiring range is $90,000 to $102,000/per year. Salary offered is commensurate with qualifications and experience.
Application Deadline: Review of applications to begin September 18, 2024. Position opened until filled (or recruitment canceled).

California State University, Long Beach (CSULB) is a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) and an Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institution (AANAPISI). It also earned the prestigious Seal of Excelencia in 2023, joining a distinctive group of colleges and universities who have been recognized for its commitment to Latine/x student success. CSULB is committed to serving diverse students and has established and actively supports the Black Excellence Collegium, dedicated to promoting Black excellence and advancing Black Student Success, and El Concilio for Latinx Success at the Beach, whose mission is to build capacity and promote inclusive servingness across initiatives and efforts towards Latine/x student, faculty, and staff success across campus.

• Ph.D. in Fashion Design or a relevant field: Ph.D. in Fashion Design or closely related field such as Apparel Studies, Fashion Product Development; Ph.D. equivalent degree with additional qualifications: Ph.D. in a non-Fashion Design field must also hold at least one degree in Fashion Design or a closely related field. Acceptable degrees include: M.S., M.A., or M.F.A. degree in Fashion Design, Apparel Studies, Fashion Product Development. Degree at time of application or official notification of completion of the doctoral degree by August 1, 2025.
• Relevant industry experience or professional practice
• Demonstrated potential for effectiveness in teaching at college level
• Demonstrated potential to develop and sustain a productive line of research and/or scholarly activities
• Demonstrated commitment to working successfully with a diverse student population, including Black/African American, Latine/x, Native American/Indigenous, low-income, first-generation, and minoritized students

Preferred Qualifications:

• Expertise in creative/innovative design, functional clothing design and/or activewear/knitwear
• Proficiency in fashion/product design software (e.g., Adobe suite, Tukatech, and/or 3D Fashion design Software such as 3D CLO)
• Experience in the fashion industry and/or curating fashion collections
• Evidence of research, scholarly and creative activities that advance inclusive excellence
• Experience of successfully working with populations demographically and/or socioeconomically similar to the CSULB student body
• Experience mentoring or supporting students with minoritized identities or experience using inclusive and culturally relevant teaching strategies in a diverse classroom

Duties:

• Teach in-person design courses such as capstone, functional clothing design, and pattern-making/draping in the Fashion Design area within the Department [Mode of instruction may include in-person, hybrid, online, and/or any combination thereof.]
• Actively pursue a program of scholarship that emphasizes research and creative activities
• Advise undergraduate students and mentor students for activities such as design competitions and fashion shows
• Participate as a faculty advisor for student group
• Participate in curriculum development and keep content current
• Assist in maintaining lab equipment and facilities
• Actively participate in department, college, and university level service
• Actively participate in relevant professional organizations and with industry entities
• Participate on the advisory board for the program, partner institutions, and/or disciplines related community or professional organizations

CSULB seeks to recruit faculty who enthusiastically support the University’s strong commitment to the academic success of all of our students, including students of color, students with disabilities, students who are first generation to college, veterans, students with diverse socio-economic backgrounds, and students of diverse sexual orientations and gender expressions.

How to Apply - Required Documentation:

• An Equity and Diversity Statement about your teaching or other experiences, successes, and challenges in working with a diverse student population (maximum two pages, single-spaced).
• Letter of application addressing the required and preferred qualifications
• CV
• Names and contact information for three references (to be contacted for verbal references should you reach the finalist stage)
• Scholarship Portfolio (maximum 20 images of creative design works)
• Finalists should be prepared to submit an official transcript (e-transcript preferred, if available)

How to Apply: Click Apply Now icon to complete the CSULB online application

Requests for information about the position and/or process should be addressed to:

Virginia Gray, Ph.D., Department Chair
California State University, Long Beach
Department of Family and Consumer Sciences
1250 Bellflower Boulevard
Long Beach, CA 90840-0501

A background check (including a criminal record check and telephone reference check with most recent employer) must be completed satisfactorily before any candidate can be offered a position with the CSU. Failure to satisfactorily complete the background check may affect the application status of applicants or continued employment of current CSU employees who apply for the position.

The person holding this position is considered a “mandated reporter” under the California Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act and is required to comply with the requirements set forth in CSU Executive Order 1083 Revised July 21, 2017 as a condition of employment.

CSULB is committed to creating a community in which a diverse population can learn, live, and work in an atmosphere of tolerance, civility and respect for the rights and sensibilities of each individual, without regard to race or ethnicity (including color or ancestry), nationality, religion or religious creed, gender (or sex), gender identity (including transgender), gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, disability (physical or mental), medical condition, genetic information, age, veteran or military status. CSULB is an Equal Opportunity Employer.