Part-Time Faculty | Integrative Studio Job at The New School in Parsons

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The New School is committed to creating and maintaining an environment that promises diversity and tolerance in all areas of employment, education and access to its educational, artistic or cultural programs and activities. The New School does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, creed, sex or gender (including gender identity and expression), pregnancy, sexual orientation, religion, religious practices, mental or physical disability, national or ethnic origin, citizenship status, veteran status, marital or partnership status, or any other legally protected status.

Please see Special Instructions for more details.

Review of applications to begin immediately. Prepare a CV to Upload. Also prepare the following materials as ONE PDF. (Applications that do not follow this format will not be considered.)

Formatted as ONE pdf document:

• Cover letter which addresses your potential contribution to the First Year Program and course qualifications listed above, and also indicates which semester(s) and inflection(s) you are interested in teaching.
• A CV.
• A 1-page Statement of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion which speaks to your commitment within your teaching philosophy and experiences. The statement should detail your experiences working with traditionally underrepresented students through teaching, mentoring, or administration. Describe your commitments to diversity and approaches to dynamics and issues of power within your pedagogy. Please be sure to include examples and/or evidence of this work in your short statement, as this is critical to the committee's assessment of your experience.
• Three examples of students' or other projects and their process related to the Integrative Seminar 1 and 2 curricula.
• The names and contact information of two professional references.
• A website link or examples of professional work.

Position Information

Position Title: Part-Time Faculty | Integrative Studio

Requisition Number: 0306071266

Location: New York City

Position Type: Part Time Faculty

Position Status: Part-Time

Department: PSD/Faculty

Responsibilities:

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.

The Parsons First Year Program is seeking applications for part-time faculty for the 21/22 academic year. We are collecting interest for the course Integrative Studio.

The Parsons First Year Program serves all entering BFA and BBA students at Parsons. It is a year of exploration and interdisciplinary discovery that prepares students to thrive in a complex and rapidly changing world. In the program, students become resilient and proficient makers, grounded in methods of systems thinking and problem solving that they can apply to their main area of study and future endeavors.

As a year of exploration for all incoming Parsons students, the First Year Program promotes student-forward learning and inclusive pedagogy. The First Year Program seeks candidates with the ability to work with diverse students and colleagues; success in creating inclusive classrooms; and experience with a variety of teaching methods and curricular perspectives. Candidates who have demonstrated a commitment to working with traditionally underrepresented students through teaching, mentoring, or administration are encouraged to apply. We have a strong commitment to equity, inclusion and social justice, and are especially interested in applicants who are from backgrounds and experiences that are underrepresented in higher education, and the fields of art and design.

Students take the Integrative Studio and Seminar in Fall and Spring.

Integrative Studio 1 courses in Fall 2025 each center around one of the following three interdisciplinary themes:

Memory: Memory is an act of imagination. It can be a process of recollecting or commemorating a person, an object, an event. It can be individual or collective. How does memory shape our identity and our understanding of the world? How can we use it as both a tool and a topic for our work?

Shift: A shift is a subtle change which can have enormous consequences. It suggests movement from one place to another, or one idea to another. It can be personal or cultural. What are your stories of shifting? How did they come to pass? How can we talk about them through our work?

Fake: Through the lens of Fake, we will explore the ways that ideas, images, and objects can be used – positively and negatively – to produce alternative forms of knowledge and views of reality. How do we define what is fake and what is real, and what are the various values we attribute to these categories?

The Spring 2026 Integrative Studio 2 sections are assigned inflections that reflect the broader curriculum and programs of study offered at Parsons and which focus on observational research:

Creative Strategies: What meanings and narratives dominate our world and experiences, and how can designers and artists interrupt established practices and ways of knowing to create a world that is more inclusive and equitable? This course will explore our relationships with space, objects, economies, and communities through art and design. Using research, analysis, and hands-on projects, we will examine the interdependence of the elements that shape our world, and experiment with how creative strategies can be used to enact positive change.

Fashion: Fashion refers to popular ways that people costume, decorate, and adorn the body. How does fashion create meaning around identity and culture? How can we learn to see fashion in all its complexity as a system of material, image, body and history? Students will engage with these complexities while interrogating new ways to approach topics such as form, beauty, and sustainability.

Visual Culture: Visual culture refers to images that surround us. Meaning is embedded in the endless images, spaces, and artifacts that make up our visual culture. How can we learn to unearth the ideas being communicated through a broad range of forms – art, advertisements, products, fashion, photography, illustration, architecture, performance, technology, etc.? What new and unexpected forms demand our scrutiny?

Please indicate in your cover letter which of the Integrative 1 and Integrative 2 inflections you feel that you are qualified to teach.

Part-time faculty at The New School bargain collectively through Academics Come Together, ACT - UAW , Local 7902.

Studio Hourly Rate: $120/contact hr

Seminar Hourly Rate: $146/contact hr

Minimum Qualifications:

• A terminal degree in the field of specialty is preferred (MFA, Ph.D, ABD, or equivalent).
• 2-3 years of teaching experience, preferably in college/university/art school settings (Community, teaching artist experience, museum, K-12 teaching experience considered).
• Ability to demonstrate (in curriculum and student work) pedagogical knowledge relevant to the First Year experience including:
• Build community in the classroom as a starting point for all course work and is skilled in inclusive teaching and learning.
• Teach to a classroom of students with a variety of interests and levels by distilling complex concepts into accessible and scaffolded projects.
• A creative and/or scholarly practice that demonstrates currency in the field(s), disciplinary expertise, and interdisciplinary thinking.
• Ability to demonstrate (in curriculum and student work) pedagogical knowledge relevant to the Integrative Studio course:
• Experience using a variety of pedagogic methods to contextualize projects, exercises, and tools, across creative practices.
• Experience, willingness, and interest in working collaboratively with Seminar faculty, and a demonstrated interest in working with others as a part of teaching practice.
• Experience teaching students in group situations, with an emphasis on collaboration and reflection on collaborative experiences is strongly preferred.
• Ability to adhere to University COVID-19 Policy and requirements.

Preferred Qualifications:

Job Family: Parsons

Special Instructions to Applicants:

Review of applications to begin immediately. Prepare a CV to Upload. Also prepare the following materials as ONE PDF. (Applications that do not follow this format will not be considered.)

Formatted as ONE pdf document:

• Cover letter which addresses your potential contribution to the First Year Program and course qualifications listed above, and also indicates which semester(s) and inflection(s) you are interested in teaching.
• A CV.
• A 1-page Statement of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion which speaks to your commitment within your teaching philosophy and experiences. The statement should detail your experiences working with traditionally underrepresented students through teaching, mentoring, or administration. Describe your commitments to diversity and approaches to dynamics and issues of power within your pedagogy. Please be sure to include examples and/or evidence of this work in your short statement, as this is critical to the committee’s assessment of your experience.
• Three examples of students’ or other projects and their process related to the Integrative Seminar 1 and 2 curricula.
• The names and contact information of two professional references.
• A website link or examples of professional work.

Posting Date: 02/27/2025

Closing Date: Open Until Filled No

Supplemental Questions

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