Fashion Studies Faculty and Staff

Fashion Studies Director

Dr. Robb Hernández is a Professor in the English department. He earned is BA/BS from the University of Colorado at Boulder, MA University of California, Los Angeles, and PhD from University of Maryland, College Park

His research and teaching interests include Latinx literary and visual culture studies; queer of color and trans of color critique; archive theory and practice; contemporary art; performance studies; speculative aesthetics and public humanities.

Fashion Studies Advisor

Allison PfingstAllison Pfingst is a fashion historian and archivist. She earned her master’s degree in Dress and Textile Histories from the University of Glasgow and her undergraduate degree in Art History from Fordham University at Lincoln Center. She holds a professional designation in Collections Management for Costume and Textiles for which she completed her training at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute. Her research focuses on the use of dress in constructing and perpetuating female archetypes and stereotypes throughout history.

 

 

  • Sonya Abrego, Ph.D.
    Art History
    Courses Taught: Introduction to Fashion History

    Amy Aronson, Ph.D.
    Communication and Media Studies
    Courses Taught: History of Women's Magazines

    Jennifer Clark, Ph.D.
    Communication and Media Studies
    Courses Taught: Fashion Costuming in Film, Fashion in British Film & Television

    Gloria Garcia
    Anthropology
    Courses Taught: Intro to Fashion & Culture

    Robbie Myers
    Journalism
    Courses Taught: Fashion Journalism

    Patrick Tormey, MBA
    GSB Marketing
    Courses Taught: Business of Fashion

    Kara Van Cleaf, Ph.D.
    Communication and Media Studies
    Courses Taught: Fashion & Digital Media

    Nina Vartarian
    Theatre
    Courses Taught: Intro to Fashion Design

    Katherine Wilson, Ph.D.
    Anthropology
    Courses Taught: Intro to Fashion & Culture

    Laurel Ann Wilson, PhD
    Medieval Studies
    Courses Taught: Medieval Fashion & Its Meanings

    Claira Zambon Versland
    GSB Marketing
    Courses Taught: Business of Fashion