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Fashion Management - Assistant Professor (Full-time, Tenure-Track Faculty) (Fall 2025)

Position Information

Position Title : Fashion Management - Assistant Professor (Full-time, Tenure-Track Faculty) (Fall 2025)

UIW Mission

The University of the Incarnate Word is a Catholic institution that welcomes to its community persons of diverse backgrounds, in the belief that their respectful interaction advances the discovery of truth, mutual understanding, self-realization, and the common good.

Position Summary

The Fashion Management Program invites full-time faculty candidates for Fashion Merchandising Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) within the School of Media and Design beginning fall 2025. The Fashion Management Program offers two concentrations in face-to-face format :

• Apparel Product Development and Design.

Full-time faculty at UIW are expected to teach four courses in the fall semester and four courses in the spring semester. In all matters, faculty are expected to maintain the highest standards of professional ethics consistent with the UIW Mission. Official duties and responsibilities of faculty members at the University include teaching, scholarship, service, and professional activities.

Essential Functions

Qualifications

Knowledge Skills and Abilities :

Required Education :

Earned Doctorate in Fashion Merchandising, Apparel & Textiles, Retailing, or an earned Doctorate in a closely related field with a minimum of 18 graduate hours in a relevant teaching field from an accredited institution of higher education.

Note that ABD status will be considered with degree completion required before date of assignment.

Required Work Experience :

Preferred Qualifications :

Required Certifications, Licenses or Registrations :

None specified.

Work Hours :

Typical for full-time faculty.

Physical Demands :

Typical for faculty in this discipline.

Posting Number : UN835PO

Number of Vacancies :

Job Type :

Full Time

Job Category : Faculty

Desired Start Date : 08 / 11 / 2025

Reports to :

Dean, School of Media & Design

Salary : 75,000 annualized

Open Date : 08 / 01 / 2024

Close Date :

Open Until Filled : Yes

UIW is committed to a policy of equal opportunity in employment, without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, citizenship status, national origin, age, marital status, disability, genetic information, gender identity or expression, veteran status, pregnancy, and religion (except in limited circumstances when religious preference is both permitted by law and deemed appropriate as a matter of University policy).

Title IX :

This position is considered a “Responsible Employee” under Title IX federal regulations and “Mandatory Reporter” under Texas state law and the UIW Sexual Misconduct Policy. As a Mandatory Reporter, this position requires you as the employee to promptly report any incident that you witness or receive information about Title IX violations. These reporting responsibilities are set out in the UIW Sexual Misconduct Policy.

Required Documents :

Optional Documents :

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