Faculty

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.

PhD, Apparel Design, Cornell University (2024)

MS, Apparel Merchandising and Design, Iowa State University (2020)

BA, Fashion Merchandising, Central Michigan University (2018)