Dissertation topic: 
In my dissertation, I investigate the origins of masculine evening dress as a way to consider relationships between sartorial conformity and power, and, in doing so, argue that men's suits were materially complicit in white American racial formation.

Research methods:
Visual analysis, archival research

Areas of interest:  
Fashion and cultural history, material culture, fashion theory, masculinity studies, feminist theory, queer theory, cultural studies, visual studies, art history.

Additional information: 
MFA in Costume Design from the Yale School of Drama
MA in Fashion and Textile Studies from the Fashion Institute of Technology
AM in History from Harvard University