| 2016 | ||
| Wednesday, February 17th | ||
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| 4:00 PM |
Naomi Thompson, Chief Diversity Officer, University of Rhode Island 4:00 PM |
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| Wednesday, February 24th | ||
| 4:00 PM |
Linda Welters, University of Rhode Island 4:00 PM |
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| Wednesday, March 2nd | ||
| 4:00 PM |
Gay Dress & Identity in the 20th Century J. Raul Cornier, University of Rhode Island 4:00 PM |
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| Wednesday, March 9th | ||
| 4:00 PM |
Fashion History: A Global View Abby Lillethun, Montclair State University 4:00 PM |
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| Wednesday, March 16th | ||
| 4:00 PM |
Dressing with Pride: Clothing for the Elderly and Disabled Evelyn Kennedy Commentucci, Sewtique 4:00 PM |
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| Wednesday, March 30th | ||
| 4:00 PM |
Young, White, Happy Girls: How Stock Photographs Depict Fashion Designers and Why it Matters Sara Jablon, Iowa State University 4:00 PM |
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| Wednesday, April 6th | ||
| 4:00 PM |
Safietou Sagna, University of Rhode Island 4:00 PM |
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| Wednesday, April 13th | ||
| 4:00 PM |
The History of Jews in the American Apparel Industry Phyllis Dillon, Independent Scholar, NYC 4:00 PM |
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| Wednesday, April 20th | ||
| 4:00 PM |
Liberated Threads: Black Women, Style & the Global Politics of Soul Tanisha C. Ford, University of Massachusetts Amherst 4:00 PM |
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| Wednesday, April 27th | ||
| 4:00 PM |
Why Are Most Couture Designers Men? Heather Levinson, University of Rhode Island 4:00 PM |
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| Monday, May 9th | ||
| 4:00 PM |
Barbie: Moving Towards Diversity Jean Portocorrora, University of Rhode Island 4:00 PM |
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| 4:00 PM |
Enma Cabrera, University of Rhode Island 4:00 PM |
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| 4:00 PM |
“Model” Society: The Lack of Diversity in Fashion Models Aisha Clements, University of Rhode Island 4:00 PM |
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| 4:00 PM |
Sizable Subject: The Plus Side of Fashion Allyson Ancona, University of Rhode Island 4:00 PM |
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| 4:00 PM |
What To Wear When You Say ‘I Do’? Danielle Vachon, University of Rhode Island 4:00 PM |
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| 4:00 PM |
“You Can’t Stand With Us”: The Fashion Industry’s Effect of the Body of People with Disabilities Caitlyn Pallas, University of Rhode Island 4:00 PM |
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This year's seminar topic explores diversity as it applies to the textile and fashion industry. Diversity includes, but is not limited to, issues of race, sex, religion, age, color, creed, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, and socio-economic class. Speakers from a variety of companies and associations have been invited to address the topic. The seminar is an advanced class designed to bring together subject matter from the entire TMD curriculum.