Steven Faerm is an Associate Professor of Fashion at Parsons School of Design. A Parsons alumnus and Designer of the Year Nominee, he has been teaching for over twenty years and is the author of Fashion Design Course: Principles, Practices, and Techniques (3rd edition, 2022), and Creating a Successful Fashion Collection (2012). His work has been translated into nine languages and his scholarly research has been published in leading academic journals and other publications.

Section I Design Industries 1. Introduction to Design Industries: Growth, Responsibility, and Uncertainty 2. A Study of the Fashion Industry as a Model of Widespread Systemic Change 3. The New Design Entrepreneurs 4. The Future of the Design Industries Section II Design Education 5. Introduction to Design Education: The Historical and Contemporary Contexts of US Higher Education 6. The Design School Experience 7. Speculations on the Future Design School Structure 8. The Future of Design Education 9. Global Directions: Unique Approaches to Design Education Section III Design Pedagogy 10. Introduction to Design Pedagogy 11. Young Adult Development 12. Students' Transition from High School to Design School 13. Developing Competent Pedagogy: A Web of Practices Section IV Design Classrooms 14. Introduction to Design Classrooms: A Workbook of Effective and Strategic Teaching Methods for Design Educators 15. A Practical Guide to Teaching the New Design Undergraduates 16. Teaching as Performance 17. Classroom Dynamics: Trust and Conflict 18. Motivation and Design Students 19. The Inclusive Design Classroom 20. Designing the Learning Experience: The Syllabus 21. Assessment as Learning 22. Faculty Mentorship