Faculty

Carol Adelson, Adjunct Associate Professor, Fashion Design
AAS, Fashion Institute of Technology; BA, MS, Herbert H. Lehman College, City University of New York

Benedetto Alibrandi, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Fashion Design-Apparel 

Barbara Arata-Gavere, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Fashion Design-Apparel
AAS, Fashion Institute of Technology; BA, Certificate, Jersey City State College

Joanne Arbuckle, Dean, School of Art and Design and Professor, Fashion Design-Apparel
AAS, Fashion Institute of Technology; BS, Empire State College; MA, New York University

Alexandra Armillas, Assistant Professor, Fashion Design-Apparel
AAS, Fashion Institute of Technology

Irina Ast, Adjunct Instructor, Fashion Design-Apparel
BFA, Fashion Institute of Technology 

Renaldo Barnette, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Fashion Design-Art
Certificate, Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising

Deborah Beard, Assistant Professor and Acting Associate Chairperson of the Department, Technical Design
AAS, Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising; BS, Empire State College

Leonard Bess, Assistant Professor, Fashion Design-Apparel
AAS, Fashion Institute of Technology; BS, Empire State College

Patrick Boylan, Adjunct Instructor, Fashion Design-Apparel
AAS, Fashion Institute of Technology

Mary Bridgman, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Fashion Design-Art
AAS, Parsons School of Design; BA, Connecticut College

Steven Broadway, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Fashion Design-Art
BFA, Parsons School of Design

Sass Brown, Assistant Professor, Fashion Design-Apparel, and Resident Director, FIT in Florence
BA, Ravensbourne College of Art and Design, England; MA, Fashion Institute of Technology

Michele Bryant, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Fashion Design-Art
BFA, Syracuse University

Mary Capozzi, Adjunct Instructor, Fashion Design-Art
AAS, Fashion Institute of Technology

Nelly Carbonell-Corujo, Assistant Professor, Fashion Design-Apparel
AAS, Fashion Institute of Technology; BS, Empire State College

Michael Casey, Assistant Professor and Assistant Chairperson, Fashion Design-Art
BFA, University of Texas at Austin

Alicia Cerrone, Assistant Professor, Fashion Design-Apparel
AAS, Fashion Institute of Technology; BFA, Empire State College

Chloe Chapin, Adjunct Instructor, Fashion Design-Art
BFA, Cornish College of the Arts; MFA, Yale School of Drama

Medina Charifova, Adjunct Instructor, Fashion Design-Apparel

Carol Chiappardi-Waney, Adjunct Instructor, Fashion Design-Art
AAS, Fashion Institute of Technology

Claudio Cina, Adjunct Instructor, Fashion Design-Art
BFA, Parsons School of Design

Daniel Cole, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Fashion Design-Art
BA, University of Washington; MFA, New York University

Valerie Corr, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Fashion Design-Apparel
AAS, BS, Fashion Institute of Technology

Steven Cutting, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Fashion Design-Art
BFA, Fashion Institute of Technology

Ruben Cruz, Assistant Professor, Fashion Design-Apparel
AAS, Fashion Institute of Technology; BS, Empire State College

Diane De Mers, Professor, Fashion Design-Art
AAS, BFA, Fashion Institute of Technology

Jean-Jacques Demerjian, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Fashion Design-Apparel

Lisa Donofrio, Assistant Professor, Fashion Design-Apparel
BFA, Fashion Institute of Technology; MA, New York University; Certificate, Parsons School of Design

Daria Dorosh, Adjunct Professor, Fashion Design-Art
AAS, Fashion Institute of Technology; PhD, University of East London; Certificate, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art

Jaye Edelstein, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Fashion Design-Apparel
AAS, BFA, Fashion Institute of Technology

Rosalba Emanuel-King, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Fashion Design-Art
AAS, Fashion Institute of Technology; BFA, Parsons School of Design

Castulo Encarnacion, Adjunct Instructor, Fashion Design-Apparel

Rose Fabricant, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Fashion Design-Art
AAS, Fashion Institute of Technology; BFA, MFA, Pratt Institute

Sandi Ferrara, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Fashion Design-Apparel
AAS, Fashion Institute of Technology

Mary Ann Ferro, Assistant Professor, Fashion Design-Apparel
AAS, Fashion Institute of Technology; BS, Empire State College

Lisa Feuerherm, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Fashion Design-Art, and Resident Director, FIT Programs, Milan
AAS, Fashion Institute of Technology

Sandra Frank, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Fashion Design-Art
BFA, Massachusetts College of Art

Wendy Friedman, Adjunct Instructor, Fashion Design-Art
BS, Cornell University

Joanne Galanos, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Fashion Design-Art
AAS (Fashion Design), AAS (Interior Design), BFA, Fashion Institute of Technology; BFA, School of Visual Arts; MFA, New York Academy of Figurative Art

Wildajean Gardner, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Fashion Design-Art
AAS, Fashion Institute of Technology

Janice Giardina, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Fashion Design-Art
BFA, Fashion Institute of Technology

Bernadette Grinley, Adjunct Instructor, Fashion Design-Apparel
AAS, BFA, Fashion Institutue of Technology

Karen Groner, Adjunct Instructor, Fashion Design-Apparel
BFA, Parson School of Design; BFA, Hunter College, City University of New York

Denise Hill, Adjunct Instructor, Fashion Design-Art

Margaret Holt, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Fashion Design-Apparel
AAS, Fashion Institute of Technology; BA, Queens College, City University of New York

Donna Hordes, Adjunct Instructor, Fashion Design-Apparel
BFA, Fashion Institute of Technology

Kim Hryniewicz, Adjunct Instructor, Fashion Design-Art
AAS, Fashion Institute of Technology; BS, Kansas State University

Sabine Illes, Adjunct Associate Instructor, Fashion Design-Apparel
AAS, Fashion Institute of Technology

Eileen Karp, Assistant Professor and International Coordinator, Fashion Design-Apparel
AAS, Fashion Institute of Technology; BS, North Dakota State University; MSEd, Certificate, California State University East Bay

Barbara Kerin, Assistant Professor, Fashion Design-Apparel
BFA, Washington University; MS, Bank Street College of Education, Parsons School of Design

Kenneth King, Adjunct Instructor, Fashion Design-Apparel
BFA, Central State University

Anna Kiper, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Fashion Design-Art
AAS, Fashion Institute of Technology; BFA, Moscow College of Art and Technology, Russia

Yvonne Lee-Urena, Adjunct Instructor, Fashion Design-Art

Dolores Lombardi, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Fashion Design-Apparel
AAS, Parsons School of Design; BA, MA, Brooklyn College, City University of New York

Susanna Luckey, Assistant Professor, Fashion Design-Art
BFA, Parsons School of Design

Mario Lupia, Adjunct Associate Professor, Fashion Design-Apparel
BA, Empire State College

Jose Madera, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Fashion Design-Apparel

Ronald Marini, Adjunct Instructor, Fashion Design-Art
BFA, Pratt Institute

Sandra Markus, Associate Professor, Fashion Design-Apparel
AAS, Fashion Institute of Technology; BA, McGill University; MFA, University of Illinois

Marlene Middlemiss, Assistant Professor, Fashion Design-Apparel
AAS, Fashion Institute of Technology; BS, Empire State College; Certificate, New York School of Interior Design

Karen Middleton, Assistant Professor, Fashion Design-Apparel
AAS, Fashion Institute of Technology; BFA, Parsons School of Design

Linda Muglia, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Fashion Design-Apparel
AAS, Fashion Institute of Technology

Eva Nambath, Adjunct Professor, Fashion Design-Apparel
AAS, Fashion Institute of Technology

Don Newcomb, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Fashion Design-Art
BFA, University of Utah; MFA, Carnegie-Mellon University

Ruth Nier, Assistant Professor, Fashion Design-Apparel
AAS (Fashion Design), AAS (Textile Technology), BS, Fashion Institute of Technology; MS, New York Institute of Technology

Natalie Nizhny, Adjunct Instructor, Fashion Design-Art
BS, Fashion Institute of Technology

Anthony Nuzzo, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Fashion Design-Apparel
AAS, Fashion Institute of Technology 

Tetyana Pazelsky, Adjunct Instructor, Fashion Design-Apparel
AAS, Fashion Institute of Technology

Marie Peppard, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Fashion Design-Art
AAS, Fashion Institute of Technology; BFA, New York Institute of Technology; MA, Long Island University

Sharon Pinckney, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Fashion Design-Art
BS, Howard University 

Karen Pritchett-Neuman, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Fashion Design-Art
AST, Art Institute of Pittsburgh

Tommaso Proscia, Adjunct Instructor, Fashion Design-Apparel
AAS, Fashion Institute of Technology

Meryl Ranzer, Adjunct Instructor, Fashion Design-Art
BFA, School of Visual Arts

Michael Renzulli, Professor, Fashion Design-Apparel
BFA, Pratt Institute; Diploma, National Experimental Center of Cinematography School, Rome, Italy

Karen Rippy, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Fashion Design-Apparel
AAS, BFA, Fashion Institute of Technology

Rosario Rizzo, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Fashion Design-Apparel

Doreen Rivieccio, Adjunct Instructor, Fashion Design-Art

David Roberts, Adjunct Instructor, Fashion Design-Art
BFA, State University of New York College at New Paltz

Richard Rosenfeld, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Fashion Design-Art
Certificate, Parsons School of Design

Ruth Rosenthal, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Fashion Design-Art
Certificate, Parsons School of Design

Sharon Rothman, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Fashion Design-Art
AAS, State University of New York Agricultural and Technical Institute at Farmingdale

Lyla Ruggiero, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Fashion Design-Apparel
AAS, Fashion Institute of Technology

Linda Sands, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Fashion Design-Apparel
AAS, BFA, Fashion Institute of Technology

Karen Scheetz, Associate Professor and Assistant Chairperson Student-Related Activities of the Department, Fashion Design-Art
BA, Empire State College; Certificate, Parsons School of Design

Nancy Schumacher, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Fashion Design-Art
AAS, Fashion Institute of Technology

Barbara Seggio, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Fashion Design-Apparel
AAS, Fashion Institute of Technology

Michael Seiz, Adjunct Professor, Fashion Design-Apparel
Certificate, Reutlingen University, Germany

Caroline Simonelli, Adjunct Instructor, Fashion Design-Apparel
Certificate, Parsons School of Design

George Simonton, Assistant Professor, Fashion Design-Apparel
AAS, Fashion Institute of Technology; BS, Empire State College

Asta Skocir, Assistant Professor, Fashion Design-Apparel
BS, Empire State College; Diploma, Ryersan University; Certificate, Parsons The New School for Design

Wallace Sloves, Adjunct Professor, Fashion Design-Apparel
AAS, Fashion Institute of Technology; BPS, Empire State College

Stacy Smith, Adjunct Instructor, Fashion Design-Art
BFA, School of Visual Arts

Guy Snow, Adjunct Instructor, Fashion Design-Apparel

Pamela Snyder-Gallagher, Adjunct Instructor, Fashion Design-Art
BFA, Kent State University; MFA, New York University

Juliette Solomon, Adjunct Instructor, Fashion Design-Apparel
AAS, Fashion Institute of Technology

Amy Sperber, Adjunct Instructor, Fashion Design-Art
BFA, Fashion Institute of Technology

Steven Stipelman, Associate Professor, Fashion Design-Art
AAS, Fashion Institute of Technology; BFA, Empire State College

Kathy Strack, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Fashion Design-Art
AAS, Fashion Institute of Technology

Rhonda Stubbs, Assistant Professor and Assistant Chairperson of the Department, Fashion Design-Apparel
AAS, Fashion Institute of Technology; BS, Nyack College

Phyllis Stumacher, Adjunct Instructor, Fashion Design-Apparel
AAS, Fashion Institute of Technology

Linda Tain, Professor, Fashion Design-Art
AAS, Fashion Institute of Technology; BA, Queens College, City University of New York

Cynthia Underwood, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Fashion Design-Apparel
AAS, Fashion Institute of Technology

Christopher Uvenio, Assistant Professor, Fashion Design-Art
AAS, BFA, Fashion Institute of Technology

Josephine Vargas, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Fashion Design-Art

Paula Varsalona, Adjunct Instructor, Fashion Design
BFA, Washington University

Rebeca Velez-San Andres, Associate Professor, Fashion Design-Apparel
AAS, Fashion Institute of Technology; BS, Empire State College

Colette Wong, Professor and Chairperson of the Department, Fashion Design
AAS, Fashion Institute of Technology; BS, Empire State College

Raymond Wong, Adjunct Instructor, Fashion Design-Art

Marie Wright, Assistant Professor, Fashion Design-Apparel
AAS, Fashion Institute of Technology; BA, Queens College, City University of New York

Bernard Zamkoff, Adjunct Professor, Fashion Design-Apparel
BFA, Pratt Institute