Faculty

Anya Kurennaya is a design scholar with a background in fashion theory and culture and media studies. She have taught and advised on a range of subjects: from communication and culture to art and design history, writing, thinking, and studio practice. She currently teaches in the MA Fashion Studies program and in the ADHT First Year program. Her doctoral work was about revival and adaptation within design, specifically the contemporary revival of craft cocktail culture and notions of authenticity in contemporary tiki bars. Her current research focuses on the ways food intersects with fashion, media, and culture. 

Ph.D., Communication, Culture and Media, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA Dissertation: “Imagined Places and Immersive Spaces: Negotiating Place, History, and Identity in the Twenty-First Century Tiki Bar.” Committee Chair, Dr. Brent Luvaas.    M.A., Fashion Studies, Parsons School of Design, The New School, New York, NY Master’s Thesis: “‘Look What the Cat Dragged In’: Gender, Sexuality, and Authenticity in 1980s Glam Metal.” 

“Food and Fashion.” Fashion Theory 28:2 (2024): 251–59. doi:10.1080/1362704X.2023.2295639.

“Intersectionality Map Assignment.” In Teaching Fashion Studies, edited by Holly Kent, 157-164. New York: Bloomsbury, 2018.

“An Exercise in Reflecting on Daily Dress Practices.” In Teaching Fashion Studies, edited by Holly Kent, 219-226. New York: Bloomsbury, 2018.