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Expert in Fashion Industry, Organizational Culture, Leadership, Marketing, Multicultural Marketing, Branding
Available for your Consulting and Expert Witness Needs
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Summary of Expertise:
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Expert is the author of "Designing Clothes: Culture and Organization of the Fashion Industry." Expert does research on organizational stucture, culture, leadership and the creative process of design and marketing within firms in the fashion industry. Her current work involves branding and the role of fashion and luxury in the global economy.
She received the New Faculty Fund Grant in the amount of $400 (Grants and Fellowships) in 2008. Currently involved in research on marketing in the luxury fashion industry. Management Practices in a Successful Family-run Diner. Eastern Academy of Managerment, North American Case Research Association. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2007 Organizational Culture in the Fashion Industry: Cohesion, Coercion, Resistance? Columbia University Seminar on Content and Methods in the Social Sciences. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2007 Emotions in Organizations. Liberal Arts Colloquium. St. Joseph's College. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2006 The Social, Psychological and Economic Impact of Hurricane Katrina. Panel Discussion. St. Joseph's College. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Contributed Talk) 2005 Designer Logos as Practice and Performance. Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction. Panel Organizer and Presider. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2004 Grievance Committee. Intradepartmental Committe. Expert's Firm (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2007
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Show Secondary and Basic Areas of Expertise | Localities:
Expert may consult nationally and internationally, and is also local to the following cities: New York, New York;
Yonkers, New York;
Newark, New Jersey;
Jersey City, New Jersey;
Paterson, New Jersey;
Elizabeth, New Jersey;
Bridgeport, Connecticut;
New Haven, Connecticut;
Hartford, Connecticut;
and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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2004
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PhD
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Sociology
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Graduate Center City University of New York
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1998
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MA
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Psychology
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New School University
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1995
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Bachelor's
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Sociology
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Hunter College
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2007 to
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(Undisclosed)
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Economics
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Assistant Professor
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She is an assistant professor and advisor. Courses taught: marketing and multicultural marketing. New course for Fall 08: Economy, Marketing and Happiness
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2004 to 2006
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St Joseph's College
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Sociology
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Assistant Professor
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She taught sociology and advised students. Courses taught: sociological theory, popular culture, research methods, senior thesis, family, gender, social organizations
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Associations/Societies
American Sociological Association
Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction
Academy of Management
Case Association
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Publications and Patents Summary
Expert has published a book entitled: Designing Clothes: Culture and Organization of the Fashion Industry (2007). Transaction Publishers. She is currently working on a book on the luxury fashion industry and the aesthetics of branding. She has published an academic article on management and organizational culture in the fashion industry and on American fashion designers.
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Selected Publications and Publishers
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- Transaction
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She constructed and carried out point of purchase research in supermarkets tracking consumer behavior for a well known tea company. A similar study was carried out for a fashion brand and its reception in comparison to other brands in a New York City department store.
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Organizational study of morale in the workplace for an American fashion firm.
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French
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Read and write. Not fluent but moderately proficient.
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Currently studying trends in retail store design and branding strategies in luxury fashion industry.
Worked as consultant in fashion industry. Identified difficulties in organizational culture of the firm and proposed solutions. Field based marketing research conducted for supermarket and retail fashion chains on consumer preferences. semiotic analysis of advertisements.
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Training/Seminars
Currently working on a paper on sexual harassment in the fashion industry and would be able to give a seminar on this topic to executives.
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Other Skills and Services
Point of purchase field based research. Focus group research.
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