PUBLICATIONS
Upcoming 2023
"THE AVENGERS AND EMMA PEEL" "DONFELD" "ERIC DAMAN" "GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO" "LYN PAOLO" "NGLIA DICKSON" "SUPERHERO TELEVISION"
Long form entries for the Encyclopedia of Film and Television Costume
Bloomsbury
Under contract
Upcoming 2022
EVOLUTIONARY WARDROBES: THE SIGNIFICANCE OF COSTUME CHANGES IN ANIMATED TELEVISION
Futures of Cartoons Past: The Cultural Politics of X-Men: The Animated Series
University Press of Mississippi
Under contract
April 2021
NO TIGHTS, NO FLIGHTS: CONSTRUCTING THE TELEVISION SUPERHERO WARDROBE
Film, Fashion & Consumption Journal
Volume 10, Number 1
Intellect
October 2020
THE HOUSE OF VAN DYNE: DEFINING MARVEL'S SUPERHERO FASHION DESIGNER
Film, Fashion & Consumption Journal
Volume 9, Number 2
Intellect
August 2019
SECRET IDENTITIES: MARVEL SUPERHEROES, FASHION TRENDS, AND SUBCULTURAL STREETWEAR
Fashion Institute of Technology Master's Thesis
ProQuest
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
February 2021
CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY
Special Invited Guest Lecture in Superhero Style
Upper Level Fashion History
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
Upcoming July 2022 [rescheduled from COVID-19]
SAVAGE OR SENSATIONAL: PLUS SIZE FASHION AND SEXUALITY WITH MARVEL'S SHE-HULK
The Comics Arts Conference at San Diego Comic Con
San Diego, California
November 2021
THE HOUSE OF VAN DYNE: DEFINING MARVEL'S SUPERHERO FASHION DESIGNER
The Comics Arts Conference at Wondercon
Anaheim, California
September 2020
THE OTHER SPANDEX SUPER SUIT: FASHION IN MARVEL ILLUSTRATED SWIMSUIT
Digital Frontier's Flyover Comics Symposium
February 2020
DESIGNING VAN DYNE: THE WASP, FASHION, AND AN EXCESS OF FEMININITY
Michigan State University Comics Forum
[co-presenter]
East Lansing, Michigan
July 2019
POWER DRESSING: THE SUPERHERO COSTUME AND STREETWEAR AS REBELLION
Comics Studies Society
Toronto, Ontario
July 2019
S&M, SEX AND MARVEL: THE USE OF FETISH GEAR IN THE UNCANNY X-MEN
The Comics Arts Conference at San Diego Comic Con
San Diego, California
**2020 Winner Hillary Chute Honorable Mention for Best Graduate Student Presentation from the Comics Studies Society**
May 2019
DIY-STOPIA: ARCHIZOOM'S DRESSING IS EASY AND THE PARADOX OF HAND SEWING IN TECHNOLOGICAL UTOPIAS
Fashion Institute of Technology Graduate Studies Symposium
New York, New York
April 2019
SEEING DOUBLE: AN INVESTIGATION OF TWO RED OJIBWA JACKETS
Costume Society of America National Symposium
Seattle, Washington
March 2019
SECRET IDENTITIES, MARVEL SUPERHEROES, FASHION TRENDS, AND SUBCULTURAL STREETWEAR
Comics/Fandom Workshop
Cologne, Germany
February 2019
FROM ROMANCE COMICS TO X-MEN, THE PSYCHO-SYMBOLISM OF FASHION AND SEXUALITY IN COLD WAR COMICS
Michigan State University Comics Forum
[co-presenter]
East Lansing, Michigan
June 2018
HEROES FOR HIRE: TEEN SUPERHEROES AND THE MARKET OF IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION
Fashion Costume and Visual Cultures Conference
Zagreb, Croatia
March 2018
THE ANTI-COSTUME: STORM'S MOHAWK AND THE POLITICS OF FASHIONABLE STREETWEAR
The Comic Arts Conference at Wondercon
Anaheim, California
MUSEUM EXPERIENCE
April 2018 - April 2019
MUSEUM AT FIT
The Traphagen School: Fostering American Fashion
Education Coordinator
December 2017 - February 2019
FIDM MUSEUM
26th and 27th Art of Motion Picture Costume Design
12th Art of Television Costume Design
Exhibition Installation
September 2017 - May 2018
MERCHANT'S HOUSE MUSEUM
Textile Collection Intern
December 2016 - April 2017
THE VALENTINE
Hearts on Their Sleeves
Exhibition Installation
January - April 2017
UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND LIBRARY
Special Collections, Rare Books
The HistoryMakers Digital Archive
Intern
May - August 2014
COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG
Historic Trades Division
Millinery, Mantua-maker, and Tailor Shop
Intern
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