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The Department of Industrial Design, in the Division of Architecture and Design, at Rhode Island School of Design ( RISD ), invites applications for two full-time faculty members (term appointments) at the rank of Assistant Professor-in-Residence, to commence fall 2024. These positions are for 1-year term appointments (AY 24-25).

RISD recognizes principles of social equity, inclusion, and diversity as fundamental to its academic mission as an art and design school. We understand these principles to require ongoing attention to differential embodied experience and expansion of the forms of knowledge from which our curricula originate. RISD is engaged in the collective work of institutional

transformation and would value applicants whose pedagogical and professional experiences have prepared them to foster equitable teaching and learning environments. We seek applicants whose teaching and professional work (creative practice and/or academic scholarship) attends to embodied difference as intersectional and centers on bodies of knowledge from historically underrepresented communities. We particularly encourage applicants who can help advance the institution’s social equity, inclusion, and diversity goals and those from groups whose underrepresentation in the American professoriate has been severe and long standing, including Black, Indigenous, Latinx, and other People of Color, people who identify as LGBTQIA+, veterans, people with disabilities, and first-generation college students.

The department seeks applicants who demonstrate excellence in the field of industrial design to bring their expertise to RISD’s Industrial Design (ID) Department. We invite applicants from diverse backgrounds and experiences to contribute to the collegial culture that defines our department and to our efforts to advance curricular innovation. While dedication to teaching and student development is paramount, candidates must also be engaged in ongoing development of their own professional practice. In the RISD ID Department, we guide students to discover their potential and practice through a pedagogy that unifies thinking and making. Applicants should demonstrate the capacity to inspire students to develop a unique personal design approach, and be prepared to advise students on navigating their skill-building track. They should be able to support students through the process of creating highly resolved work from concept to finished object, being open to various topics from diverse cultures and methodologies for research and design.

In AY 24-25, appointed candidates will teach a six-credit core studio in the undergraduate or graduate curriculum, a six-credit Advanced Studio in their area of expertise, and a three-credit course in the core curriculum. Professors-in-Residence also have student advising responsibilities and college and departmental committee service responsibilities during their term.

International candidates: RISD can sponsor a J1 visa or a TN visa for this term Assistant Professor-in-Residence position. RISD does not sponsor other types of employment visas for term appointment positions and cannot hire STEM OPT holders.

Job Qualifications Required:

• A BFA or BID in Industrial Design

• Demonstrated experience teaching at the college or university level as an instructor of record

• Demonstrated commitment to undergraduate or graduate teaching, with a clear ability to teach a diverse student body and employ inclusive pedagogies

• A clear research, or design, agenda, which can be demonstrated through academic publications, organized symposia, curated exhibitions, installations, and/or a record of professional work

Job Qualifications Preferred:

We are particularly interested in applicants who can contribute in one of the following three areas:

1) Materiality, Making and Fabrication

• Demonstrated ability to integrate the core principles of making with advanced fabrication technologies like CNC and 3D printing

• Evidence integrating technical learning with larger learning outcomes in formal or informal teaching

2) Sophomore year design curriculum (the first year students are in industrial design)

• Experience teaching introductory undergraduate studio courses

• Expertise in industrial design pedagogy

• An ability to demonstrate various making methods and techniques as it relates to a diverse range of student projects

3) Graduate teaching

• Experience teaching practice-based graduate studio courses

• Experience advising graduate students in idea conceptualizing, developing a methodology, and thesis writing

Employment Type: Full-Time

Department: Industrial Design