Joseph Hicks

Academic Credentials

B.A., Shippensburg University
M.F.A., George Washington University

Biography

Joe Hicks received a BA in Art from Shippensburg University in 2000, and his MFA in Ceramics at The George Washington University in 2005.  He sustained residence in Washington, DC to begin his academic teaching career as an Adjunct Professor in the ceramic programs at both The George Washington University in 2006, and at Gallaudet University in 2008.

Currently, Joe maintains the appointment of Assistant Professor of Studio Art at Marymount University in Arlington, VA.  There, he developed and continues to grow the ceramics and 3D design program in the Department of Fine Arts, including the establishment of a ceramics minor in 2016.  The ceramics program at Marymount also focuses on developing community relationships, and exploring new methods associated with product design and industrial production techniques.

Joe retains a serious commitment to producing high quality ceramic vessels and functional pottery, and has exclusively focused on experimenting with shino glazes for the last 10 years.  He participates in exhibitions and craft shows on regional and national levels, and enjoys building constructive relationships throughout the artist community.

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Teaching Area

  • Ceramics
  • 3D Design

Research Interests

  • Discovering the collaboration between different firing strategies and their effects on shino glazed ceramic vessels
  • Developing new design and production strategies for industrial ceramic practices

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David Carlson

Academic Credentials

B.F.A., Murray State University

M.F.A., University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Biography

David Carlson is an artist, teacher, and community activist. As an artist and abstract painter, his works are considered ‘in the words’ of Kristen Hileman, a painter’s painter. He has collaborated with composers, artists, and dancers in video projects that have taken in humanistic concepts that are international in scope.

His paintings are represented in numerous collections both private and corporate, nationally and internationally. He has participated in artist exchanges with Central Asia, West Africa, and North Africa, and Europe. He has had 18 solo exhibitions and participated in numerous group shows since 1986. His works have been shown in the Pretoria Art Museum, Wichita Falls Museum of Art, Ludwig Forum, John Cabot University, Korean Embassy Cultural Service, Yunnan Art Institute, Yacine Art Gallery, Asilah Arts Festival, Musee Des Tapisseries, Tutun Deposu, the Itturia Foundation, Arlington Arts Center, McLean Project for the Arts, and the Washington Project for the Arts.
Numerous works are included in local, national and international collections. Since 2000, David has shown his digital videos and video collaborations in venues from Senegal, Egypt, Belgium, South Africa, Turkey, France, Uruguay, Italy and the United States.

He has taught design, drawing and painting over 30 years at Marymount University, private companies and various local art enrichment programs including McLean Project for the Arts. He has worked with artists to foster two non-profit organizations, the Central Asian Cultural Exchange and Take Me to the River both based in Washington, DC. He currently serves on the Arlington Commission for the Arts.

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Teaching Area

  • Drawing 1
  • 2-D Design

Research Interests

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Julia Ravindran

Academic Credentials

B.A., Marian College of Fond du Lac
M.F.A., Academy of Art University

Biography

Professor Ravindran joined the Marymount University faculty in 2015, having previously worked in New York City for various high-profile fashion designers such as Reem Acra, Bibhu Mohapatra and Carole Hochman. Some of her career highlights include developing both bridal and eveningwear collections annually showcased at New York’s Fashion Week, being a liaison to celebrities and high-end customers, and directly engaging with couture clients in order to produce custom made gowns from concept to finish. She has extensive knowledge in patternmaking, draping, embroidery design and digital design using Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator.

Professor Ravindran is a member of The International Textile and Apparel Association. She is also an advisor to Marymount’s Patternmaking Club and all online social media for the fashion department.

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Teaching Area

  • Digital Textile Design
  • Digital Presentation
  • Apparel Design: Patternmaking and Draping
  • Advanced Problems in Fashion Design

Research Interests

  • 3D digital printing in fashion design
  • Wearable Technology using digital textile design and 3D body scanning
  • Fabric manipulation and surface design
  • The transformation of technology and social media in Fashion

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Dr. Jennifer Yang

Academic Credentials

Ph.D. in Apparel Business and Economic Analysis

Bio

Jennifer Yang is an Assistant Professor of Fashion Merchandising and Marketing. She has many years of experience in teaching various business and fashion merchandising/marketing courses. Her research focuses on Consumer Behaviors in Fashion, Innovative Fashion Merchandising Strategies, and Interdisciplinary Pedagogical Research. She is the faculty liaison for the National Retail Federation.

Teaching Areas

Merchandise Planning and Analysis, Omni-channel Retailing, Fashion in the Global Marketplace, Promotion and Digital Marketing, Business Experience

Research Interests

  • Fashion Consumer Behaviors
  • Fashion Entrepreneurship
  • Pedagogy

Publications

  • Chen-Yu, J. & Yang, J. (2020). Consumer characteristics as predictors of purchase intentions and willingness to pay a premium for men’s mass-customized apparel. Journal of Global Fashion Marketing, March 2, 2020. Retrievable from https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/20932685.2020.1728702?scroll=top&needAccess=true
  • Yoo, J., & Yang, J. (2016). A Sociocultural-cognitive model of body-tanning behaviors. Clothing Cultures, 3(2), 129-141.
  • Bahng, Y., Yang, J., & Reilly, A. (2016). Resources, barriers, and strategies for export marketing performance: A qualitative study in Hawai’i. Journal of Export Marketing, 1(1), 96-113.
  • Yang, J., Kincade, D., & Chen-Yu, J. (2015). Types of apparel mass-customization and levels of modularity and variety. Clothing and Textiles Research Journal, 33(3), 199-212.
  • Bahng, Y., Kincade, D. H., & Yang, J. (2013). U.S. college students’ apparel shopping orientation and brand/product preferences within the context of college major, Journal of Fashion Marketing and Management. 17(3), 367-384.

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William Allen

“Academic Credentials
2004 – Awarded DAWIA Level III Certification in Government Contracting and Acquisition
1999: MS Degree in Textile Engineering & Product Development, Philadelphia University, Philadelphia, PA
1984: BS Degree in Apparel Production Management, Fashion Institute of Technology, NY, NY
1982: BS Degree in Applied Science, Majored in Fashion Design, Fashion Institute of Technology, NY, NY
1980: AS Degree in Applied Technology, Fashion Design/Tailoring, Clarissa School of Design, Pittsburgh, PA

Biography
Bill Allen is an award-winning fashion designer who attended some of the top design schools in the United States. He has worked as a Fashion Designer and Director of Business Development over the past nearly 30 years in the public, private (both in the U.S. and Paris France) and nonprofit sectors of the fashion industry. He is considered an expert in CAD/CAM technology where he was Team Leader of the Pattern Making Department, at the Defense Logistics Agency’s Philadelphia Troop Support Philadelphia in charge of manual and technical patternmaking technology in conjunction with all five military services: Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guards, and Air Force.  He has chaired the federal government’s Patternmaking Standardization Committee where he led the effort in developing various standardization processes and procedures that are still being used today.  He also led the effort to increase productivity in processing 25,000 requisition/year regarding Special Measurement MTM patterns for all five military services.  And was instrumental in converting technical specifications into Commercial Item Descriptions (CIDS)

Finally, he has written technical manuals for CAD/CAM Technology, for Distributions Processes, Blue Penciling, Defects in Manufacturing, 40 Point Quality Checking Systems, Creating Made-to-Measure and Marker Making tricks of the trade concepts.

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Teaching Area

  • Apparel Design I
  • Fashion Illustration II
  • CAD/CAM Fashion Design Fundamentals 

Research Interests

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