|
|
Job ID |
6576 |
|
Job Type |
On-Campus Jobs |
|
Employer |
3407-Design-Dean's Office |
|
Date Posted |
Jan 30, 2026 |
|
Category |
Graduate Assistantships |
|
Job Description |
GRADUATE ASSISTANTSHIPS - PROJECT 1 -Vessels Project name: Vessels Vessels is a faculty-led research project that explores intergenerational collaboration through garment repair and reworking as acts of care, healing, and resistance. The research examines sustainable and reparative practices through collaborative craft, framing repair as a relational and restorative practice. Working with participants and garments belonging to ancestors and loved ones, the project positions clothing as a site of embodied knowledge, memory, and healing, as we tend to garments left in limbo by supporting their continued care. Please see Vessels.earth for a more in-depth project description. Job description: - The Graduate Assistant will support the Vessels research project through the following responsibilities:
- Assist with participant interview transcriptions, including identifying, extracting, and organizing key themes, excerpts, and insights from longer interview materials
- Support the documentation of participant narratives and reflections
- Support visual and material documentation of original garments, repair and reworking processes, and the reworked garments
- Participate in repair and reworking processes, including collaborative making under faculty mentorship
- Assist in research on feminist craft theory, intergenerational making, and embodied knowledge to inform project methods and documentation
- Assist with the organization and preparation of materials for Pratt Research Open House, as well as zine, booklet, or artist’s book
PROJECT II - CREATIVE FABRIC Creative Fabric SP26 Graduate Assistant Job Description The graduate assistant (GA) will be responsible for undertaking fieldwork research in New York's Garment District under the supervision of the faculty lead (Tessa Maffucci) in support of “Creative Fabric: Mapping New York's Garment District” – a Fashion Studies and Digital Humanities project that employs oral history, spatial mapping, and network analysis to explore New York’s current fashion production system through the microcosm of the Garment District. |
|
Job Requirements |
Skills: VESSELS - Strong listening, transcription, and qualitative research skills, including the ability to identify key themes and excerpts from long-form interviews
- Attention to detail and care in documenting narratives, materials, and processes
- Basic sewing, mending, or garment construction skills, or a demonstrated interest in learning reparative textile practices
- Thoughtful, patient, and respectful engagement with people and materials
- Strong organizational skills, including managing files, images, transcripts, and research materials
- Experience with visual documentation (photography, scanning, or process documentation)
- Interest in intergenerational making, embodied knowledge, and care-centered creative practices
- Ability to hold care, confidentiality, and responsibility when working with personal or emotionally significant objects
- Willingness to learn, ask questions, and work iteratively under faculty mentorship
- APPLY TO PROF. BROOKE GARNER bgarn174@pratt.edu
PROJECT II - CREATIVE FABRICS SKILLS: GA will conduct door-to-door outreach in the Garment District and meet weekly to check in on progress and findings Preferred applicants will be proactive, organized, and community-minded with a grassroots spirit for relationship-building A second language (Spanish, Mandarin, Cantonese, Korean, Haitian Creole) is preferred, but not required If the student is interested, they would be welcome to help with data visualizations and storytelling (photo/video, interviews, web development) aspects of the project
Please send your resume and brief cover email to Tessa Maffucci, tmaffucc@pratt.edu
To Apply: • Send a brief portfolio, series of projects, or link, that shows your best/favorite/creative works and Interests. |
|
NACE Career Readiness Competencies |
Career & Self Development, Critical Thinking, Technology |
|
Available Openings |
10 |
|
Hours |
5.0 to 20.0 hours per week |
|
Compensation |
20.00 |
|
Funding Source(s) |
On-Campus Jobs - Stipends |
|
Time Frame |
Spring 2026 |
|
Contact Name |
Donna Gorsline |
|
Contact Email |
dgorslin@pratt.edu |
|
Work Location |
N/A |
|
Phone |
7186875776 |
|
Fax |
N/A |
|
 |