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.

Other Information

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.

Other Information

Teaching Area

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

Research Interests

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Lynda Herrera, EdD

Academic Credentials

Ed.D. in Educational Administration, Hofstra University; M.S. in Secondary Education – Social Studies, Hofstra University; M.A. in 20th Century World History, Villanova University; B.A. in History, Virginia Wesleyan University

Bio

Dr. Lynda Herrera is an adjunct professor in the School of Education. Dr. Herrera began her career teaching secondary social studies in New York. As a military spouse, she has had the pleasure of teaching at multiple Universities in New York, Kansas, Hawai’i, and Virginia. Dr. Herrera strives to prepare pre-service teachers in the art and science of teaching using interdisciplinary, hands-on, higher-level thinking strategies. Her hope is that students leave her class with a toolbox of strategies they can implement in their classrooms to better connect elementary or secondary students to content in an engaging and stimulating way. She has served on the Editorial Board of the Social Studies and the Young Learner Journal for the National Council of Social Studies since 2011. She enjoys gardening, travel, and time with her husband and two children as she follows them around to various Comic-Cons.

Teaching Areas

Elementary Social Studies Methods, Research Methods, Secondary Teaching Methods

Research Interests

Engagement of young learners in social studies education; educational experiences of minority students in middle schools; examination of how pre-service teachers think through their experience as educators.

Publications

  • Costello-Herrera, L. (2010). Diverse Schools Without Multicultural Curriculum. Race, Gender & Class, 88-92.  
  • Costello, L. (2003). I was called a ‘spic’. In S. M. Alan Singer with Maureen Murphy, Teaching to Learn, Learning to Teach: A Handbook for Secondary School Teachers (p. 45). Mahwah, NJ:: Lawrence Erlbaum.
  • Mac Curtain, M., Murphy, M., Singer, A., Costello, L., Gaglione, R., Miller, S., . . . Williams, N. (Spring 2001). Text and Context: Field-Testing the NYS Great Irish Famine Curriculum. Theory and Research in Social Education, 238-260.

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Shannon Melideo, PhD

Academic Credentials

PhD. Educational Leadership and Management, American University;

Graduate certificate in Autism Spectrum Disorders, James Madison University;

Post-Masters, Elementary Principalship, Indiana University of Pennsylvania;

MEd Reading, Kutztown University;

BS Elementary Education, Lock Haven University

Bio

Dr. Shannon Melideo has dedicated her entire career to the education profession. Dr. Melideo is a professor of practice in the School of Education in the College of Health and Education at Marymount University in Virginia, USA. She currently serves as a teaching faculty member and a Lead Doctoral Faculty Mentor for students in the EdD program. Throughout her career, she has presented and collaborated extensively on schoolwide, districtwide, campuswide, statewide, national, and international committees, research projects, and task forces. She taught grades 1, 3, 4, 5, ESOL grades K-5, music grades K-8, and 7th-12th grade biology in high needs schools. She has served as a mentor teacher, cooperating teacher, elementary administrator, and district coordinator of ESOL. On the university level, she has served as university department chairperson, supervisor, and associate dean. She recently returned to the elementary classroom as a lead teacher, and was nominated as teacher of the year thrice at her school. Outside of the world of education, Dr. Melideo enjoys traveling, reading, and dancing.

Teaching Areas 

literacy, collaboration, special education

Research Interests

Her current research interests are in teacher impacts on cultural competence and inclusivity and collaborative leadership.

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Paula Cristina Azevedo, PhD

Academic Credentials

Ph.D in Education, George Mason University; M.A. in Teaching, University of San Francisco; M.A. in Asia Pacific Studies, University of San Francisco; B.A. in History, San Jose State University

Bio

Dr. Azevedo has worked in the field of education for over 15 years with a variety of experiences and expertise. She started her career as a high school social studies teacher. Prior to joining Marymount University, Dr. Azevedo was the Clinical Coordinator for Secondary Education at George Mason University where she collaborated with faculty, local school administrators and teacher leaders while coordinating placements for teacher candidates. As a teacher educator she’s taught numerous courses, supervised, and advised teacher candidates. In addition to her experience in teaching, Dr. Azevedo has supported national research projects about teacher effectiveness and consulted on local school districts’ research projects and initiatives. She is also the founder of The Meditating Teacher where she creates and writes about mindfulness practices for educators and school leaders. In her spare time she enjoys relaxing with her family, gardening, practicing yoga, and walking with her dog, Zoé.

Teaching Areas

Research

Research Interests

Teacher Education; Mindfulness in education; Clinical experiences in teacher education programs; Diversity in education

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