Posting Number: F-1044
College/Unit: College of Education & Human Services
Home Department: Department of Fashion, Interior Design, and Merchandising
Employee Group: Fixed-Term Faculty - Academic Year
Employment Status: Full-Time
Position Type: 9 month (Academic Year)
Position Classification: Fixed-Term Faculty
Position Begin Date: 08/24/2026
Position End Date:
Position Summary
A full-time fixed-term lecturer position beginning August 2026. This is a one-year appointment. Teaching area will focus primarily on fashion merchandising.
The successful candidate must be legally authorized to work in the United States by the start date of the appointment. Employment is contingent upon verification of work authorization in accordance with federal law. The successful candidate must be able to provide on-campus, face-to-face instruction.
Required Qualifications
- Master’s degree in Fashion Merchandising or related area.
- Ability to teach a variety of fashion merchandising classes, including retail management, visual merchandising, and styling.
- Solid background in Adobe Creative Cloud software.
- Ability to perform the essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodation.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with teaching in an online environment.
- Ability to teach upper-division undergraduate and graduate courses.
- Familiarity with visual merchandising software such as Visual Retailer and SketchUp.
Message to Applicants
Application Procedures
- Curriculum vita (CV).
- Contact information for two references.
- Teaching evaluation(s) from either on-campus or online course(s) taught within the past 2 years.
Submit at least one (1) of the following portfolio options:
- Portfolio – upload a single PDF with links to 5-10 examples highlighting student outcomes from classes you’ve taught.
- Portfolio – upload a single PDF with links to 5-10 examples highlighting your personal student work.
- Portfolio – upload a single PDF with links to 5-10 examples highlighting your industry practice.
Screening for all applications will begin immediately and will continue until position is closed.
Questions for this position may be directed to Tanya Domina via e-mail at domin1t@cmich.edu.
About the Department
The Department of Fashion, Interior Design, and Merchandising offers a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Fashion Merchandising & Design both on-campus and online. The program serves approximately 140 majors with well equipped classrooms, studio space, and CAD lab.
Please visit our department website for more information about our curriculum, student and faculty accomplishments, and about CMU.
Posting Begins: 06/15/2026
Posting Ends:
Open Until Filled: Yes
About CMU
Central Michigan University has a more than 125-year legacy of preparing students to become leaders and changemakers in their communities and in their personal and professional lives.
We serve nearly 15,500 students on our Mount Pleasant campus, in satellite locations around the state and throughout the country, and through flexible online programs. Many of our approximately 300 undergraduate, master’s, specialist and doctoral programs in the arts, media, business, education, human services, health professions, liberal arts, social sciences, medicine, science and engineering are nationally ranked for excellence.
CMU leads the nation in leadership development programming through our Sarah R. Opperman Leadership Institute, and we are proud to be among only 5% of U.S. universities in the top two Carnegie research classifications. Our faculty work with graduate and undergraduate students in areas such as Great Lakes research, medical innovation, engineering technology and more.
Central is home to 17 men’s and women’s Division 1 sports including football, basketball, gymnastics, baseball, wrestling and more. Our student-athletes achieve great success in competition and in the classroom, capturing Mid-American Conference championships and maintaining an average cumulative GPA of 3.17.
CMU is located in Mount Pleasant, a community that blends the best of small-town living with big-city amenities. It’s part of the culturally varied and vibrant Great Lakes Bay Region that also includes Saginaw, Bay City, Midland and the state’s largest Native American community, centered on the Saginaw Chippewa Isabella Reservation in Mount Pleasant.
Area residents enjoy the mix of outdoor activities, cultural events, shopping and dining options, and family attractions. Other major Michigan destinations and attractions — Lansing, Grand Rapids, Detroit, Traverse City, wineries, beaches, golf and ski resorts, and many more — are within easy reach of the city’s central location in Michigan’s Lower Peninsula.
CMU employees enjoy access to a nationally recognized wellness program along with health care and benefits that exceed regional, state and national norms.
CMU is an Equal Opportunity Employer and institution. CMU does not discriminate against persons based on age, color, disability, ethnicity, familial status, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, height, marital status, national origin, political persuasion, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, race, religion, sex, sex-based stereotypes, sexual orientation, transgender status, veteran status, or weight.
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CMU’s Title IX Coordinator can be reached at:
Phone: 989-774-3253
Office: 103 E. Preston St.
Bovee University Center, suite 306
Mount Pleasant, MI 48858
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