Teaching: Dress, Society and Culture:Global Perspectives on Dress; Fundamentals of Fashion Merchandising; Fashion and Fashion Scholarship, Chinese Culture and Fashion, Contemporary Readings on Dress. My courses involve extensive research and analytic writing components.
Interests: My primary research interest is the construction and expression of cultural identity through dress in fashion peripheries. I explore how dress---a modification or supplementation to the body---has been used to transform disempowered segments or entire populations in various social, political and economic contexts. I approach research from an interdisciplinary and global perspective, and I apply feminist and cultural studies theoretical frameworks and methodologies.
Education:
2006 Ph.D. Cultural Aspects of Apparel, University of Minnesota
1999 M.A. Women's Studies, University of Northern Iowa
1980 M.A.s English and Russian, Eotvos Lorand University, Hungary
Selected Publications/Presentations:
Peer-reviewed and invited book chapters since 2006
Medvedev, K. (in press). Crime and fashion in the 1950s, 1960s in socialist Hungary. In J. Turney (Ed.), Fashion crimes: Dressing for deviance. London: I.B. Tauris. (invited).
Medvedev, K. (2012). It is a garage sale at Savers every day: An ethnography of the Savers thrift department store in Minneapolis. In C. Giorcelli & P. Rabinowitz (Eds.), Habits of being (Vol. 2). (pp. 230-253). Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press. (invited).
Medvedev, K. & Moshi, L. (2012). Khangas and socialist ideology. In K.A.Miller-Spillman, A. Reilly, & P. Hunt-Hurst (Eds.), The meanings of dress, 3rd Ed. (pp. 374-379). New York: Fairchild. (invited text book entry).
Medvedev, K. (2011). The Cold War, fashion, and resistance in 1950s Hungary. In S. Totosy de Zepetnek & L. Vasvari (Eds.), Comparative Hungarian Cultural Studies (pp. 208-219). West Lafayette: Purdue University Press. (invited and peer-reviewed).
Medvedev, K. (2009). Divat es “bunozes” az 50-es es 60-as es 70-es evekben Magyarorszagon. [Crime and fashion in Hungary in the 1950s, 1960s, and1970s]. In I. Simonovics & T. Valuch (Eds.), Oltoztessuk fel az orszagot!: Divat es oltozkodes a szocializmusban[ Let’s clothe the country! Fashion and clothing in socialism](pp. 130-147). Budapest, Hungary: Argumentum. (invited and peer-reviewed).
Medvedev, K. (2008). Ripping up the uniform approach: Hungarian women piece together a new communist fashion. In R. L. Blaszczyk (Ed.), Producing fashion: Commerce, culture and consumers (pp. 250-272). Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. (invited and peer-reviewed).
Medvedev, K. (2007). Dress, Hungarian socialism, and resistance. In D. C. Johnson & H.B. Foster (Eds.), Dress sense: Emotional and sensory experiences of the body and clothes (pp. 23-35). Oxford/New York: Berg. (invited and peer-reviewed).
Peer-reviewed journal articles:
Medvedev, K., & Reef, B. (in press). Picking up the threads: Model approach helps Cambodia design a new fashion image. Women's Studies Quarterly.
Medvedev, K. (2012). Fashion, retailing and economic progress: The Women's Institute of Saint Paul, 1939 to 1971. Dress, 38(1), 37-54.
Medvedev, K., & Moshi, L. (2011). Tanzanian sartorial socialism. [Special issue]. Paideusis-Journal for Interdisciplinary and Cross-cultural Studies . Vol. 5. G1-G30.
Lewis, D., Medvedev, K., & Seponski, D. M. (2011). Awakening to the desires of older women: Deconstructing ageism within fashion magazines. Journal of Aging Studies, 25(2), 101-109. (Medvedev and Lewis are both first authors).
DeLong, M., Geum, K., Gage, K., McKinney, E., Medvedev, K., & Park, J. (2011). Cultural exchange: Evaluating an alternative model in higher education. Journal of Studies in International Education. 15(1), 41-56.
Roman, M., & Medvedev, K. (2011). The importance of peer approval in the sartorial purchasing patterns of The University of Georgia students in Athens, GA. College Student Journal, 45(1),164-176.
Medvedev, K., Lee, Y., & Choi, Y. J. (2010). An exploratory study on the relationship between country image and the evaluation of fashion products influenced by the ethnic dress of Asians. Journal of the Korean Society of Clothing and Textiles. 34(12),
2022-2038.
Medvedev, K. (2010). Designing from dumpsters: Cambodians start at grassroots with fashion. Fashion Practice, 2(2), 223-248.
Medvedev, K. (2010). Pointy bras and loose house dresses: Female dress in Hungary and in the United States in the 1950s. AHEA:E-Journal of the American Hungarian Educators Association, Volume 3 (2010). http:ahea.net/e-journal/volume 3(2010)/3
Watson Freeman, A., Blanco, J., Hunt-Hurst, P., & Medvedev, K. (2010). Caregivers’ perceptions of clothing for people with severe and profound intellectual disabilities. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 110(3), 961-964.
Choi Y. J., Medvedev, K., Lee, Y., & Hunt-Hurst, P. (2009). How China, Japan, and Korea are perceived by Vogue USA in the last ten years. International Journal of Fashion Design, Technology, and Education, 2(1), 3-11.
Lee, Y., Medvedev, K., Hunt-Hurst, P., & Choi, Y. J. (2008). How the Korean fashion industry is viewed by Women's Wear Daily USA. Journal of the Korean Society of Clothing and Textiles, 32(12), 1915-1926.
Medvedev, K. (2007) Designing dissent: How fashion helped undo communism. T/here: Journal of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, 3,12-19. (Professional journal article.)
Invited andPeer-Reviewed Encyclopedia Entries--- Original research
Medvedev, K. (2010). Hungary: Urban dress up to 1948. In BergEncyclopedia of World Dress and Fashion, edited by Joanne B. Eicher, Vol. 9, East Europe, Russia, and the Caucasus, edited by Djurdja Bartlett, (pp. 177-182). New York: Oxford University Press. (4000 word essay entry).
Medvedev, K. (2010). Snapshot: Changes in gender in socialism. In BergEncyclopedia of World Dress and Fashion, edited by Joanne B. Eicher, Vol. 9, East Europe, Russia, and the Caucasus, edited by Djurdja Bartlett, (pp. 191-193). New York: Oxford University Press. (1500 word essay entry).
Medvedev, K. (2006). Sifting through layers of satisfaction: Secondhand apparel shopping in South Korea and the United States. Proceedings of the International Commemorative Symposium of the 60th Anniversary of the Hong-IK University (pp. 68-73). Seoul, South Korea: University of Minnesota and Hong-IK University.
Papers in Refereed Conference Proceedings
Lee, M., Medvedev, K., & Smith, D. (2010). A service-learning case study: Collaboration between students, faculty and small local retailers. Proceedings of the Interior Design Educators Council 2010 Annual Conference (pp. 134-139). Atlanta, GA.
Medvedev, K., Lee, Y., & Choi, Y. J. (2009). A qualitative study on American college students’ attitude toward Korean fashion products. Proceedings of the Korean Society of Consumer Studies, Spring, (pp. 183-190). Chungang University, Seoul, Korea.
Lee, Y., Medvedev, K., Hunt-Hurst, P., & Choi, Y. J (2009). Negative messages on the Korean fashion industry in Women’ s Wear Daily, USA. Proceedings of the Korean Society of Clothing and Textiles, Spring, (pp. 77-80). Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea.
Juried Presentations:
International:
Medvedev, K.(2011). Picking up the threads: Model approach helps Cambodia design new fashion image. Paper presented at the Fashion: Exploring Critical Issues, 3rd Global Conference. Oxford, United Kingdom.
Medvedev, K. (2010). Weaving new destinies: Cambodian women change lives at the loom. Paper presented at the Hanging by the Thread International Conference organized by the Costume and Textile Association of New Zealand and the NewDowse Museum, Wellington, New Zealand.
Medvedev, K. (2009). From waste to taste: Cambodian street kids craft stylish items from garbage. Paper presented at the Extra/Ordinary Dress Code: Costuming and the Second Skin in Asia conference, City University, Hong Kong, China.
Medvedev, K. (2009). Retooling retailing in 1939: A women’s group joins businesses to refashion St. Paul. Paper presented at the Fashions: Business Practices in Historical Perspective Conference, 13th Meeting of the European Business History Association, held jointly with the 55th Meeting of the US Business History Conference, Bocconi University, Milan, Italy.
Medvedev, K., Lee, Y. & Choi, Y. J. (2009).A qualitative study on American college students’ attitude toward Korean fashion products.Paper presented at the Spring Conference of the Korean Society of Consumer Studies, Seoul, South Korea.
Lee,Y., Medvedev, K., Hunt-Hurst, P. & Choi, Y. J. (2009). Negative messages on the Korean fashion industry in Women’ Wear Daily, USA. Poster presentation at the SpringConference of the Korean Society of Clothing and Textiles, Seoul, South Korea.
Medvedev, K. (2007). Crimes of fashion in Hungary from the 1950s to the 1970s. Paper presented at the Fashion under Socialism Conference, Budapesti Torteneti Muzeum, Budapest, Hungary. (invited).
Medvedev, K. (2006). Consuming secondhand clothes in the United States and South Korea. Paper presented at theInternational Commemorative Symposium of the 60th Anniversary of Hong-IK University, Seoul, South Korea.
National Presentations:
Reef, B., & Medvedev, K. (2013). An experiential learning approach to increase fashion students’ knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors towards sustainable fashion, with special emphasis on social sustainability. Paper presented at the Fashion and Social Responsibility Symposium. University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN.
Medvedev, K., & Moshi, L. (2010). Sartorial socialism in Tanzania. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Costume Society of America, Southeast Region, Ashville, NC.
Lee, M., Medvedev, K., & Smith, D. (2010).A service-learning case study collaboration between students, faculty and small local retailers. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Interior Design Educators Council, Atlanta, GA.
Medvedev, K. (2009). From waste to taste: Cambodian street kids craft stylish items from garbage. Paper Presented at the 36th Annual Meeting and National Symposium of the Costume Society of America, Kansas City, MO.
Medvedev, K. (2009) Fashion and resistance of the Hungarian socialist woman in the 1950s. Paperat the Annual Conference of the American Hungarian Educators’ Association, University of California, Berkeley, CA.
Rayburn, C., & Medvedev, K. (2009). Expressions of cultural meanings through the modifications of Converse All-Star Chuck Taylor’s. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Popular Culture/American Culture Association, New Orleans, LA. (same as B.3. b. iv.).
Benson, S., & Medvedev, K. (2009). Swagga like us: Hip hop’s influence on the fashion choices of African American female consumers. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Popular Culture/American Culture Association, New Orleans, LA. (same as B.3. b. iv.).
Medvedev, K. (2008). Fashioning the Cold War. Paper presented at theDress, Culture and Communication Costume Society of America Southeast Region Mini-Meeting, Athens, GA.
DeLong, M., Geum, K., Medvedev, K., Park, J., Gage, K., & McKinney, E. (2008). Learning to collaborate across cultures: Evaluating experiences of an extended cultural exchange. Paper presented at the Hawaii International Conference on Education, Honolulu, HI.
Medvedev, K. (2008). Altered tastes: Thrift store shopping runs the gamut from economy to ecology. Paperpresented at the Annual Meeting of the Popular Culture/American Culture Association, San Francisco, CA.
DeLong, M.,Gage, K., McKinney, E., Park, J., & Medvedev, K. (2007). Living on the edge: Experiences of a cultural interchange. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Textile and Apparel Association, Los Angeles, CA.
Medvedev, K. (2007). Black and white and re(a)d all over: Communist message dresses Hungarian women’s magazine in new colors.Paper presented at the Social policy, Social Ideology, Social Change Annual Meeting of the Midwest Sociological Society and North Central Sociological Association, Chicago, IL.
Medvedev, K. (2007). Uniform mass(querade): Socialist women in Hungary show their true colors. Paper presented at the Defining Culture through Dress: Individual Identities Conference, Hofstra University, New York, NY.
Medvedev, K. (2006). Communistcache: How many dresses does it take to unveil a Hungarian story? Paper presented at the 32nd Annual Meeting and National Symposium of the Costume Society of America, Hartford, CT.
Awards for scholarship:
Interior Design Educators Council’s Award of Excellence: Best Presentation paper —Teaching Forum forLee, M., Medvedev, K., & Smith, D. (2010). A service-learning case study collaboration between students, faculty and small local retailers, Atlanta, GA.
A Best Presentation paper award for Medvedev, K., Lee, Y. & Choi, Y. J. (2009). A qualitative study on American college students’ attitude toward Korean fashion products. Paper presented at the Spring Conference of the Korean Society of Consumer Studies. Seoul, South Korea.
Awards for Teaching:
UGA 2013 Undergraduate Research Mentoring Award at the Early Career Level. Center for Undergraduate Research Opportunities. ($750).
TMI's Teacher of the Year, 2010.
Funded Grant Activity:
Medvedev, K. (2013). The University of Georgia Summer Reserach Grant. ($5000).
Medvedev, K. (2012). The University of Georgia Summer Research Grant. ($5000).
Medvedev, K. (2011).The University of Georgia Writing Fellow Grant ($750).
Medvedev, K. (2010). Family and Consumer Sciences Faculty Research Grant at UGA. Title: New directions of retailing in downtown St. Paul: A case study of Heimi’s Haberdashery and Menswear Store. ($2000).
Medvedev, K., (P. I.) & Lee, M. (2009-2010). 2009-2010 Scholarship of Engagement Grant at UGA. Title: Promoting collaboration between small-sized Athens, GA, retailers and career seeking fashion merchandising and furnishings and interior students. ($7,500).
Medvedev, K. (2009). American Council of Learned Societies, East European Studies Program Travel Grant. Travel support to present paper at the Hungarian Educators’ Association Conference at the University of California, Berkeley. Title: Fashion and resistance of the Hungarian socialist woman in the 1950s. ($1000).
Medvedev, K. (P.I. )& Lewis, D. (co-investigator) 2008-2010). UGARF Junior Faculty Research Grant, University of Georgia Research Foundation. Title: Material witness: Cambodian women testify on how textiles shaped their lives. ($4, 500).
Medvedev, K. (2007-2008). Family and Consumer Sciences Faculty Research Grant at UGA. Title: Stitch in time: Two attempts to revive retailing in downtown St. Paul. ($1,515).
Dr. Katalin Medvedev
