Dyese Matthews
Assistant Professor of Fashion Management and Social Justice
Email
matthewd@newschool.edu
Office Location
Parsons Faculty Hotseat
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Dr. Dyese Matthews an Assistant Professor in Fashion Management and Social Justice. She is a proud Chicago native and an award-winning researcher, author, and curator with a 10+ year academic background in fashion studies. In her research, teaching, curatorial, and community engagement initiatives, Dr. Matthews explores systems of fashion consumption, production, distribution, and archiving through a critical lens. She primarily investigates how fashion is a medium and an embodied practice for liberation and identity expression. Dr. Matthews is the founder of NoireNarratives, a digital oral history project preserving everyday fashion stories across the African Diaspora. She also serves on the leadership board of the Fashion Studies Alliance, a New York-based network for fashion professionals and students.
Degrees Held
PhD, Apparel Design, Cornell University (2024)
MS, Apparel Merchandising and Design, Iowa State University (2020)
BA, Fashion Merchandising, Central Michigan University (2018)