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Current Faculty and Staff at a Glance

The award-winning TAM Faculty offer a wide variety of expertise from global studies of the fashion industry to consumer, historic, technological, or production perspectives. You will find faculty and staff of the TAM Department to be friendly and helpful.

Jung Ha-Brookshire, Department Chair and Professor

PhD, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
MBA, Baruch College, City University of New York | BS, Seoul National University
E-mail: [email protected]

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Mulat Alubel Abtew, Post Doctoral Fellow

PhD, University of Lille |PhD, Gheorghe Asachi Technical University of Iasi | PhD, Soochow University | MFTech in Fashion Technology, National Institute of Fashion Technology | BSc in Textile Engineering, Bahir Dar University
E-mail: [email protected]

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Bryn Chambers, Academic Advisor

MA, English, University of Missouri
BA, English, University of Missouri
E-mail: [email protected]

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Nicole Johnston

Nicole Johnston, MHCTC Curator, Instructor

MS, University of Missouri | BS, University of Missouri
E-mail: johnstonnr@missouri.edu

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Caroline Kopot, Assistant Professor, Cathy Allen Faculty Fellow, Faculty Affiliate – Honors’ College

PhD, University of Georgia | MBA, University of Southern California | PA, Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising | BS, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
E-mail: [email protected]

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Nicolette Leiby

Nicolette Leiby, Assistant Teaching Professor and Career Services Advisor, Dynasty Family Faculty Fellow

MS, University of Missouri | BS, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
E-mail: [email protected]

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Kerri McBee-Black

Kerri McBee-Black, Assistant Professor, Helen Allen Faculty Fellow

PhD, University of Missouri | MS, University of Missouri | BS, Columbia College
E-mail: [email protected]

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Jaime Mestres

Jaime Mestres, Assistant Teaching Professor, Director of Undergraduate Studies, Natalie Reid/Wheeler Faculty Fellow

PhD, University of Missouri
MS, University of Missouri | BS, Fontbonne University
E-mail: [email protected]

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Julie Shea, Business Support Specialist II

BS, University of Missouri
E-mail: [email protected]

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Cheyenne Smith

Cheyenne Staib, Assistant Teaching Professor, Betty Dillard Faculty Fellow

MS, University of Delaware | BS, University of Delaware
E-mail: [email protected]

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Song-yi Youn, Assistant Professor, Doris Saxon Faculty Fellow

PhD, Purdue University | PhD, Hanyang University
MS, Hanyang University | BS, Hanyang University
E-mail: [email protected]

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Li Zhao

Li Zhao, Associate Professor, Director of Graduate Studies, Margaret Mangel Faculty Fellow

PhD, University of Missouri
MS, Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology | BS, Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology
E-mail: [email protected]

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