Education

Bard Graduate Center: Decorative Arts, Design History, and Material Culture (New York, NY)
MPhil, Field Exams: Decorative Arts and Design, Fashion and Costume, and Film and Design

New York University, Steinhardt School of Education
M.A., Visual Culture, Dean’s Opportunity Scholar

University of California, Berkeley B.A.
Anthropology with Highest Distinction in General Scholarship

Positions

Academy of Art University, School of Fashion (San Francisco, CA)
Adjunct Instructor

The New School, Parsons School of Design (New York, NY)
Director of External Partnerships and Cultural Affairs

Pratt Institute, School of Design (Brooklyn, NY)
Acting Assistant Dean, School of Design
Assistant Chairperson/Associate Professor, Fashion Department, School of Art and Design

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Costume Institute (New York, NY)
Associate Research Curator

New York University, Steinhardt School of Education, Dept. of Art and Art Professions
Adjunct Instructor

Exhibitions

DESIGN IS EVERYTHING: The School of Design Faculty (Selected Works)
Curator: Rubelle and Norman Schafler Gallery, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn Campus

SCHOOL OF DESIGN ALUMNI
Curator: Juliana Curran Terian Design Center Gallery, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn Campus

FASHION STUDIES: Selected Works from Pratt Fashion Faculty
Curator: Rubelle and Norman Schafler Gallery, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn Campus

IMPRINT (NYC): The Evolution of Motifs in Fashion
Consulting Curator/Adjunct Instructor, Graduate Projects in Costume Studies: Exhibition Praxis
New York University, Steinhardt School of Education, Department of Art/Art Professions, Rosenberg Gallery

WILD: Fashion Untamed
Co-curator: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Costume Institute, New York

Cœur Invisible: Fine Art by New York City’s Finest Tattoo Artists
Curator: Philip Alan Gallery, NYC

Sixties Style: Selections from the Research Collection of the Dramatic Art Department
Curator: University of California, Durham Studio Theater, Berkeley, CA

Publications

The Worn Archive: A Fashion Journal About the Art, Ideas, and History of What We Wear
Serah-Marie McMahon (ed.) Midlife Crisis at the Ethical Fashion Show, Paris (reprint). Drawn & Quarterly: US

Paco Rabanne, metal dress, 1967 (2008.305)
Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, Fall: 73

Grunge
Encyclopedia of Clothing and Fashion. Charles Scribner: NY (pp. 153-155)

Wild: Fashion Untamed
Co-authors: Andrew Bolton, Elyssa Dimant. Yale University Press/MMA: US
AAM Publications Design Competition, First Prize

Vivienne Westwood and the Postmodern Legacy of Punk Style
Timeline of Art History. The Metropolitan Museum of Art: NY

Collaborating with Extreme Beauty
Art Education Magazine (Vol. 57, No. 5)
A Partnership Project between The Heritage School and The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Tattooed: A Participant Observer’s Exploration of Meaning
Journal of American Culture (Vol. 22, No. 3). Bowling Green State University Press: OH

Last Updated 2/21/24