Research:
Historic Clothing and Textiles; Late 20th Century fashion (emphasis on male fashion); pop culture and fashion; Jungian archetypal analysis; fashion and art.

Teaching:
TXMI 4580/6580: History of World Textiles TXMI 4270/6270: History of Dress: Antiquity to 19th Century TXMI 4290-6290: History of Dress and Fashion: 19th Century to Present TXMI 4900/6900: Museum Issues in Historic Clothing and Textiles TXMI 4240/6240: Fashion Promotion and Visual Merchandising TXMI 5810/7810: Historic Collection Management

Interests:
I am an Assistant Professor in the Textiles, Merchandising and Interiors Department at the College of Family and Consumer Sciences and manager of the college's Historic Clothing and Textile Collection. I am originally from Costa Rica and I have a Ph.D. in Theater from Florida State University. My current research focuses on dress and popular culture in the second half of the twentieth century with an emphasis on male fashion and I am also very interested in the relation between fashion and art and the applications of Jungian archetypal analysis to fashion. Currently, I am working on a project developing museum education materials for visually impaired patrons. Since my background is in Theater Arts, I have also worked as an actor, director, and designer in several theater productions in Costa Rica and The United States. I am also involved in activities involving the use of popular theater in health education with migrant farm workers and other disadvantaged communities.

Education:

Selected Publications/Presentations:

Recent Publications:

Overview of Central America. Berg Encyclopedia of World Dress. Volume II. (In Press)

Dress of Caribbean Islanders in North America. Berg Encyclopedia of World Dress. Volume III. (In Press)

“Punk Male Fashion and the Aesthetic of Entropy.” In The Men's Fashion Reader. Edited by Andrew Reilly and Sarah Cosbey. New York: Fairchild Books, Inc., 2008.

The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Clothing through American History 1900 to the Present Volume II. . By Jose Blanco F., Scott Leff, Amy T. Peterson, and Ann T. Kellogg. Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing Group, 2008.

“The Postmodern Era” in The Fashion Reader. Edited by Linda Welters & Abby Lillethun. Oxford: Berg Publishers, 2007.

El Juego del Anima y el Animus en El Anillo del Pavo Real de Miguel Rojas. ESCENA. San José, Costa Rica, 2006.

Victor Hugo Rascón Banda. Dictionary of Literary Biography. Volume 305. Thomson Gale Publisher, 2004.