[Air-L] Cluster Hire: Assistant Professor, "Diverse Voices Creating Just Futures" (Pratt Institute)

[Chris Alen Sula]

Please see below for details about a tenure-track position in critical
information studies / critical design / data justice and tech ethics /
activism / work with communities facing barriers (in the School of
Information) and digital humanities (in the History of Art & Design)

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Pratt Institute invites applications for a cluster of five new tenure-track
faculty positions at the level of Assistant Professor, focused on “Diverse
Voices Creating Just Futures.” We seek applicants from a range of
disciplinary and interdisciplinary backgrounds whose teaching and research
/ creative practices will advance the Institute’s commitment to an
education that centers on justice: “Pratt students make decisions with
consideration of their impact upon individuals, communities, and the earth.
They are compelled into action to resist all forms of discrimination,
inequalities, and supremacism, in order to promote just societal
transformation with frameworks and tools that allow for reflection and
agency” (All-Institute Learning Goals
<https://www.pratt.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Pratt-Institute-All-Institute-Learning-Goals-2021.pdf>).
The faculty hired through this initiative will have the opportunity to work
as a multi-disciplinary cohort with shared interests that cut across
fields, as well as pursue their work as individual scholars and creative
practitioners.

With this initiative, Pratt further elevates its commitment to increasing
the size of its full-time faculty; to recruiting, hiring and supporting
diverse faculty; and to educating artists and creative professionals whose
work has a transformative impact on the world. A top-ranked college with
opportunities in art, design, architecture, liberal arts and sciences, and
information studies, Pratt Institute provides the creative leaders of
tomorrow the knowledge and experience to make a better world.

Each faculty member hired through this initiative will be appointed to a
school / department that serves as their primary home for teaching,
promotion, and tenure at Pratt. We are especially interested in applicants
whose teaching and creative / research practice qualify them for
appointment in one of the following schools/departments:

*School of Art*

   - Film/Video <https://www.pratt.edu/art/film-video/> (MFA or equivalent
   required): Seeking a filmmaker/artist with a practice centered in
   nonfiction/documentary able to demonstrate an active commitment to issues
   of decoloniality, social justice, and/or human rights through their work
   and/or pedagogy. Work/pedagogy should reflect their understanding of core
   values for ethical and accountable nonfiction filmmaking, including
   anti-oppression considerations, transparency, positionality, and power
   dynamics. A focus on advancing the stories of Black and Indigenous
   communities is especially welcome, as are expansive explorations of form.

*School of Architecture*

   - Undergraduate Architecture
   <https://www.pratt.edu/architecture/undergraduate-architecture/> (MArch
   or PhD preferred, experience in other design fields welcomed): Proficiency
   as a designer with civic and community engagement experience. Having and
   exhibiting proficiency in computational fabrication, and design/build
   workflows, with a portfolio/dossier of work completed in the public realm.
   Experience and proficiency in work at both building and urban scales, with
   a knowledge of urban systems, policy, and processes. Experience in
   multidisciplinary collaboration, including but not limited to Graduate
   Design, Planning, and Management programs.

*School of Design *

   - Interior Design <https://www.pratt.edu/design/interior-design/> (MFA
   in Interior Design, a related field, or the equivalent, required):  Focus
   on interior design teaching, practice, and research / creative work that
   serves communities otherwise absent or marginalized in the discipline,
   contributing to a community that works toward a goal of creating spaces,
   environments, and structures that are just, equitable, and accessible to
   all. The faculty member would bring new practices to our classrooms and
   studios building on the interdisciplinary nature of interior design, as it
   draws on and is influenced by allied design disciplines.

*School of Information <https://www.pratt.edu/information/> *

   - Library and Information Science, Information Experience Design, Data
   Analytics and Visualization, and/or Museums and Digital Culture (earned
   doctorate required for all): Focus on critical approaches and engagement
   with areas including, but not limited to, critical information studies,
   critical design, data justice and tech ethics, activism, and communities
   facing barriers (e.g., people who are incarcerated).

*School of Liberal Arts and Sciences *

   - History of Art and Design
   <https://www.pratt.edu/liberal-arts-and-sciences/history-of-art-and-design/>
   (PhD required): Focus on the digital humanities, with attention to how
   digital tools and research methods have contributed to re-visioning the
   histories of art/architecture/design, and to revising and decolonizing the
   curricula through which we teach these histories. Work that focuses on
   Brooklyn and/or Lenapehoking and Lenape cultures—and urban space and
   indigenous cultures more broadly—is especially welcome. The faculty member
   will contribute substantially to Pratt’s vibrant and multi-disciplinary
   General Education curriculum.

Salary is competitive and commensurate with experience and qualifications.
The salary range for this position is $82,500 – $95,000. Pratt Institute
provides a comprehensive benefits
<https://www.pratt.edu/about/offices/finance-and-administration/human-resources/benefits/>
package
with the flexibility to meet the varying needs of a diverse group of
individual employees.

For an extended position description and to apply, please visit
https://apply.interfolio.com/130793. Review of applications to begin
November 1, 2023.

Pratt Institute is an equal opportunity employer and recognizes and values
the benefits of a diverse workforce.