Part-Time Faculty: Introduction to Theory and Critique (71103)

The Department of Social Science and Cultural Studies at Pratt Institute is calling for applicants towards the Fall 2024 semester to join our part-time faculty community. The Social Science and Cultural Studies program is home to an interdisciplinary major and several minors, and serves the Institute by providing courses towards Pratt’s General Education core and post-core curriculum.

The SSCS department is looking for instructors to teach two sections of Introduction to Theory and Critique on Pratt’s Brooklyn campus in Fall 2024. Pratt's Introduction to Theory and Critique course meets once per week for three hours.

The Sections Will Meet

Friday 9:00 am - 11:50 pm.Friday 2:00 pm - 4:50 pm.

Introduction To Theory And Critique

This course is an introduction to core concepts in critical theory from the critical traditions of Marxism, psychoanalysis, feminism, queer theory, postcolonial studies, and critical race studies. Students learn the theoretical foundations of concepts such as critique, ideology, power, subjectivity, freedom, and resistance and discuss their political relevance for understanding gender, class, race, and ethnicity, and the histories of capitalism, colonialism, and migration across geographies and social contexts.

Masters degree in Relevant Academic Field (ABD or PhD preferred).Previous experience teaching is preferred but not required.

Salary is competitive and commensurate with experience and qualifications. Salary range is $2100-2500 per contact hour.

About Pratt Institute

Pratt Institute provides the creative leaders of tomorrow the professional knowledge and experience to make a better world. A world-class and internationally ranked college with programs in art, design, architecture, liberal arts and sciences, and information studies, Pratt offers nearly 50 undergraduate and graduate degree programs.

The Institute’s impact expands beyond its 25-acre residential campus in Brooklyn to cutting-edge facilities throughout the borough, a landmark building and public gallery in Manhattan, as well as an extension campus, Pratt Munson College of Art and Design in Utica, New York. On Governors Island, Pratt is a core partner on the Stony Brook University team selected to develop the New York Climate Exchange, a research and educational hub poised to establish New York City as the global leader for the most pressing issue of our time: climate change. Another extension of Pratt’s campus is the Research Yard, a 20,000-square-foot facility that brings together the research activities of Pratt Institute under one roof in the Brooklyn Navy Yard (BNY).

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