Serve as the coordinator of the Textiles, Apparel, and Merchandising (TAM) program and have teaching responsibilities that may include: Textiles, Retail Buying, Fashion Forecasting, Event Planning, Weaving, and Garment Construction. Provide leadership in assessment, curriculum development, academic advisement, and program-related student organization. Maintain textile and construction laboratories. Establish a research agenda in an appropriate academic area, including grant writing and publishing.
Master’s degree in Textiles; Fashion Design; Fashion Merchandising, or a related area required, along with ABD. Ph.D. preferred. Completion of doctorate within two years is required for continued employment. Candidates must also have excellent communication and organizational skills, and be ability to work with a diverse student population. Preference will be given to candidates who possess some or all of the following:
• work experience in the domestic or global fashion markets
• knowledge of fashion merchandising including buying, planning, marketing, retailing, product development, trend forecasting, visual merchandising, and licensing/branding;
• knowledge of industry sewing and garment construction including tailoring, flat-pattern design, embellishing and fashion show production;
• ability to foster key networking opportunities between industry professionals and students to provide field trips, job shadowing, internships, seminars, and industry events;
• experience in event planning and fashion show production;
• ability to develop and adapt curriculum in response to industry needs.
The TAM curriculum prepares students for careers in all three areas of the industry: Design, Textiles, and Merchandising. The program can be personalized to include a double major and/or multiple minors, a semester to study abroad, and internships. Since moving to the College of Technology in 2010, the program has experienced a significant increase in enrollment (over 70 undergraduate majors), has acquired state-of-the-art equipment, and has designed new laboratories for textiles testing and clothing construction. The Department also offers an undergraduate minor. For more information, visit the website: http://technology.indstate.edu/tam
The College of Technology has 38 faculty members and is organized into five departments: Aviation Technology; Applied Engineering & Technology Management; Built Environment; Electronics, Electronics & Computer Engineering Technology; and Human Resource Development & Performance Technologies. The College enrolls approximately 1,500 undergraduate and graduate majors in 21 bachelor-level programs, 7 master degrees, and 1 Ph.D. program. Please review our website: http://technology.indstate.edu/
Indiana State University enrolls approximately 12,114 undergraduate and graduate students in the College of Arts and Sciences; Scott College of Business; Bayh College of Education; College of Nursing, Health, and Human Services; College of Technology; and College of Graduate and Professional Studies. ISU is actively engaged in sponsored research and public service. The University is located in Terre Haute. For the seventh year in a row, Indiana State University has been ranked as one of the best in the Midwest by The Princeton Review and in 2011, has been recognized by Forbes magazine as one of the top colleges in the country.
Indiana State University is building a culturally diverse faculty and strongly encourages applications from underrepresented groups. Given the mission of the university and the student body composition, the College of Technology is committed to increasing its faculty diversity and especially encourages qualified candidates with experience and effectiveness in teaching, mentoring, and inspiring first generation undergraduates to apply. Applicants with experience in ethnically diverse settings, who possess varied language skills, or who have a record of research that supports/benefits diverse communities or a record of teaching a diverse student population are also encouraged.
Submit a letter of application and curriculum vita online at: https://jobs.indstate.edu/. Official university transcripts should be submitted to: Dr. Barbara Eversole, College of Technology, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN 47809. Screening of applications will begin immediately and will continue until position is filled. A writing sample may be requested prior to campus interviews.
