Principal Investigator (PI)
Kyunghee Pyun, History of Art, Fashion Institute of Technology
http://kyungheepyun.com/ | https://www.fitnyc.edu/art-history/faculty/kyunghee-pyun.php
Kyunghee Pyun, Ph.D., Project Director, is an Associate Professor of Art History with extensive grants and fellowship experience. She will serve as a facilitator of programs and provide academic leadership in creating the content. As an experienced online content developer, she created the Bamboo Canvas: Diverse Techniques of Asian Arts and Crafts, funded by the State University of New York’s “Innovative Instructional Technology Grant” [IITG] for two years in 2016-2018. A recipient of the SUNY Chancellor’s “Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities,” she has written numerous books on visual culture and art history. Her involvement with cultural organizations will benefit a larger community, with lingering impact on related disciplines.
Co-Principal Investigators (Co-PIs)
Rebecca Bauman, Modern Languages and Cultures, Fashion Institute of Technology
https://fitnyc.academia.edu/RebeccaBauman
Rebecca Bauman, Project Co-Director, Associate Professor of Italian, received her B.A. from Vassar College and her Ph.D. from Columbia University in Italian, with a specialization in Italian cinema. She is Film and Media Reviews editor at the journal Italian American Review. Bauman’s research focuses on gender in Italian and Italian American cinema and television, and her pedagogy is based on using media representations to teach in areas related to ethnic and cultural studies.
Vincent Quan, Fashion Business Management, Fashion Institute of Technology
https://www.linkedin.com/in/vincent-quan-b106627
Vincent Quan, Project Co-Director, Associate Professor, Fashion Business Management, will consult with other business faculty at FIT and regional community colleges to gauge the need for humanities materials in business programs and help fill that need. As a fashion-industry veteran, his work and interviews have appeared in CNBC, CNN, Bloomberg, Luxury Fashion Retail Management, and Retail Information Systems News. Quan has a B.S. from New York University and an M.B.A. from Empire State College, State University of New York.
Consultants
Daniel Levinson Wilk, Professor of American History at the Fashion Institute of Technology, focuses on the modern service sector in nineteenth- and twentieth-century U.S. history.
Joshua Freeman is Professor of History at the CUNY Graduate Center and Queens College and author of In Transit: The Transport Workers Union in New York City, 1933-1966: Working Class New York; and American Empire, 1945-2000: The Rise of a Global Power, the Democratic Revolution at Home.
Carol Quirke, Professor of American Studies at SUNY, Old Westbury, is a historian of social movements, women’s studies, and photography, and author of Dorothea Lange, Documentary Photography and Twentieth-Century America (2019) and Eyes on Labor: News Photography and America’s Working Class (2012).
Advisors
Albert Romano, Advertising and Marketing Communications, Fashion Institute of Technology
https://www.fitnyc.edu/cet/resources/master-teaching-romano.php
Robin Sackin, Fashion Business Management, Fashion Institute of Technology
https://www.linkedin.com/in/robin-sackin-0bb8859
Richard Turnbull, History of Art, Fashion Institute of Technology
https://www.fitnyc.edu/art-history/faculty/richard-turnbull.php
Amy Werbel, History of Art, Fashion Institute of Technology
https://www.fitnyc.edu/history-of-art/faculty/amy-werbel.php
Faculty Participants
2021-2022
Jean Amato, English and Communication Studies, Fashion Institute of Technology
Zaida Godoy Navarro, Modern Languages and Cultures, Fashion Institute of Technology
Susanne Goetz, Textile and Surface Design, Fashion Institute of Technology
Eileen Karp, Fashion, Fashion Institute of Technology
Su Ku, Fashion, Fashion Institute of Technology
Erica Moretti, Modern Languages and Cultures,, Fashion Institute of Technology
Meeta Roy, Fashion Business Management, Fashion Institute of Technology
Magdalena Sagardia, Modern Languages and Cultures, Fashion Institute of Technology
Bret Tesman, Advertising and Marketing Communications, Fashion Institute of Technology
Core Supporters at FIT
Helen Lane, Assistant Professor-Librarian at the FIT Gladys Marcus Library, is a core participant. Responsible for designing digital-learning resources, maintaining and enhancing the library’s presence in FIT’s Learning Management System, and outreach and engagement with blended and online courses, Lane will provide guidance on how to transform individual lesson plans and classroom activities into Open Education Resources [OER]. She holds a B.A. in English Literature from Earlham College and an M.L.I.S. from Pratt Institute.
Elaine Maldonado, Professor and Director, Center for Excellence in Teaching (CET)
Jose Diaz, Manager of Online Learning and Instructional Design
Praveen Chaudhry, Professor of International Relations
Su Ku, Assistant Professor of Fashion Design
Josh Koury, Associate Professor of Film and Media Studies
Shannon Maher, Assistant Professor and Chair of Home Products
Robin Baxter, Assistant Professor of Fashion Business Management
Patrice George, Professor of Textile Development and Marketing
Joseph Anderson, Digital Initiatives Librarian, Assistant Professor, Gladys Marcus Library
Faculty Participants at Other Institutions
Swan Kim, Associate Professor of English and Writing Across the Curriculum Coordinator at Bronx Community College, City University of New York, CUNY
Minkyung Choi, Assistant Professor in the Education and Academic Literacy Department at Bronx Community College, CUNY
Zhijian Qian, Professor of Art at New York City College of Technology, CUNY
Tomo Imamichi, Professor of Psychology at LaGuardia Community College, CUNY
Elizabeth Wissinger, Professor of Sociology, Borough of Manhattan Community College, CUNY
Eugenia Paulicelli, Professor of Italian, Queens College, CUNY