HCD is housed within the College of Human Ecology. Guided by its Vision 2030 priorities — including sustainability and society, technology and human thriving, and health equity — the College is committed to scholarship that connects rigorous inquiry to consequential human questions. HCD brings that orientation to design, policy, and business, and faculty in this position will find an intellectual home that values both analytical depth and real-world relevance.
HCD is a transdisciplinary community spanning creative studio practice, fiber and materials science, environmental design, and fashion business. Formed through the integration of two longstanding departments — Design + Environmental Analysis and Fiber Science & Apparel Design — HCD brings together scholars and practitioners who share a conviction that design is a powerful lever for human and societal flourishing. Faculty work across a wide spectrum, from computational fabrication and textile engineering to spatial design and environmental psychology to consumer behavior and global supply chains, with a shared commitment to human-centered inquiry. Within this community, the department is now seeking to deepen its expertise in fashion management specifically.
Position Description
We want to hear from scholars who can make a compelling argument for how their work extends and advances the department's existing strengths and priorities in fashion design management — researchers with a distinctive point of view about where the field is heading, and the methodological and theoretical tools to contribute to that trajectory.
Successful candidates will articulate a coherent and focused research agenda.
Scholarship in one or more of the following areas is especially encouraged:
- Global supply chain strategy, sourcing, and trade policy
- Brand strategy, consumer behavior, and the economics of fashion cultural production
- The application of big data, machine learning, and quantitative methods to fashion business problems
- Entrepreneurship and innovation in fashion creative industries
The successful candidate will demonstrate an active research program that is nationally and internationally recognized — or, for junior candidates, clear and convincing evidence of the trajectory and momentum to build one — with a publication record in top-tier, peer-reviewed journals appropriate to the discipline.
Empirical and quantitative competence is expected; the ability to bring analytical methods to bear on fashion management problems is central to what we are seeking. We are particularly interested in candidates whose scholarship is rigorous, theoretically grounded, and generalizable to fashion-related industries.
Faculty Responsibilities
Faculty responsibilities center on research and teaching in equal measure, with service understood as an integral part of both rather than a separate obligation.
The successful candidate will:
- Teach undergraduate and graduate courses.
- Advise students across: B.S., M.A., M.S., M.P.S., Ph.D. programs.
Qualifications
A doctoral degree is required.
We welcome scholars from: Management, Fashion, Strategy, Business, Economics, Organizational behavior, Consumer behavior, Related disciplines
Candidates should have doctoral training that includes strong empirical and quantitative foundations and whose work engages meaningfully with the fashion industry.
