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Robin Wagner
Academic Credentials
A.A., Art Institute of Atlanta
B.A., M.A., Marymount University
Other study: Northern Virginia Community College
Biography
Robin Wagner studied graphic illustration and layout and wass active within the graphic design field for ten years before beginning her interior design career. Her previous design perspective has helped Robibn to bring an interdisciplinary look toward design and its relation to the built environment.
With more than a decade of interior design teaching experience at Marymount, Robin now oversees the graduate thesis research and defense aspects of the program.
She holds an NCIDQ certificate and is the 2007 NCIDQ Louis Trege Award recipient, recognized for her work in promoting NCIDQ’s mission. Additionally, Ms. Wagner is the co-recipient of the 2009 USADesign In-house Design Award for Environmental Graphic Design, awarded for her interior design work at Marymount’s Reston Center.
Prior to and during Ms. Wagner’s academic career, she has provided professional design consultation and work for commercial and residential projects. Some commercial projects have included the following: Alexandria City Public Schools; Fairfax County Public Schools; the city of Charlottesville, VA; The Miller School, Crozet, VA; Fairfax County Katherine Henley Shelter, Centreville, VA; Loudoun Design Center, Leesburg, VA.
Other Information
Teaching Area
Undergraduate Interior Design Courses
- ID 122: Sketching and Rendering for Ideas
- ID 305: Practice Studio
- ID 408: Senior Capstone I
- ID 409: Senior Capstone II
Graduate Interior Design Courses
- ID 626: Graduate Seminar
- ID 684/685: Master Studio I and II
- ID 698/699: Thesis or Design Research Project I or II
Research Interests
- Environmental graphic design
- Visual Literacy through sketching
- Concept development and pattern language
- Programming
Publications
Books
Christine Piotrowski Text/Professional Books
Professional Practice for Interior Designers, 2007 and 2013,. Contains samples of interior work for
Oak Hill Residence and Couture Home Retail Store.
Becoming an Interior Designer, 1 st and 2 nd Edition. Sample work for Alexandria City Public Schools
and interview comments on the design profession.
Designing Commercial Interiors – October 2014 Edition. Provided Outline Content for new
practices. Major content information on brand identity in design for corporate offices, hospitality and
retail built environments.
Newspapers
The Washington Post
“A Grand Reopening”, Virginia Metro Section. Annie Groer, April 4, 2004.
“A Show House Showered with Care.” Home Section. Annie Groer, April 22, 2004.
“Showhouse Solutions”, Home Section. Jeff Turrentine, September 30, 2004.
The Washington Times
“House that gives new starts gets one of its own.” Metropolitan Life Section. Adrienne Washington.
April 2, 2004. Page B2.
Magazines
Home & Design, Summer 2004, New Beginnings. Page 242 – 244.
GDUSA, July 2009, American In-house Design Award Winners, Environmental Graphic Design Division
Marketing Video
Artspace in Reston, June 2009. Reston Center Environmental Graphic Design, “A point of
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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.
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
Publications
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Latisha Winston
Academic Credentials
B.S., Philadelphia University
M.F.A., Academy of Art University
Biography
LaTisha Winston is a native of Washington, D.C. She has over 20 years in the Fashion Industry as a Senior Technical Designer. She has worked for several apparel brands for example: Tommy Hilfiger, Under Armour, Ralph Lauren, Jones New York, Nautica, Macy’s, and Phillip Van Heusen to name a few.
After more than a decade working for other designers in New York, LaTisha decided to make a dramatic change in her life and in 2010 she returned to her hometown of DC to start her own business “Keeping You in Stitches”. KYIS focuses on fashion business consultant, and fashion education. In 2012 & 2013, LaTisha was awarded a federal mini-grant to start a “”Joi- Keeping You in Stitches foundation”” a fashion/sewing program targeting the Ward 8 Washington DC Community. “”Keeping You in Stitches”” is a program that teaches individuals body shape awareness/confidence building skills through the use of fashion and sewing. LaTisha is currently a fashion mentor to the District of Columbia Fashion Incubator (DCFI) at Macy’s and the DC Fashion Foundation.
Other Information
Teaching Area
- Product Development
- Patternmaking
- Fashion Construction
- Apparel Quality Analysis
- Fashion Design
Research Interests
- Fashion Technology
- Tambour Beading
Publications
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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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