The

 Fashion

Program

Professors:  Martha Fletcher, Judy Flynn, Irene Foster,

Arlene Handschuch, Rebecca Taylor

Assistant ProfessorsMatthew McGrath, Brianna Plummer

Instructors:  Pamela Sebor-Cable

 

 

Martha R. Fletcher, Professor

mfletch@frc.mass.edu

B.S., M.S., State University College at Buffalo; Ph.D., Florida State

University.

Courses: Principles of Construction, Apparel Development and Evaluation, Consumer Textiles, Flat Pattern Design.

Specialization:  Apparel Production; Textiles.

 

Judith Zaccagnini Flynn, Professor

jflynn@frc.mass.edu           www. framingham.edu/faculty/jflynn

B.S., Framingham State College; M.S., Kansas State University; Ph.D., Ohio State University.

Courses:  Psychological and Sociological Aspects of Clothing and Textiles; World Market: Textiles to Retailing; Case Studies in Fashion; Fashion Merchandising: Theory and Distribution; Cultural Dress; Field Study in Fashion Merchandising.

Specialization:  Consumer Markets: World Trade and Merchandising.

 

Irene M. Foster, Professor

ifoster@frc.mass.edu          www.framingham.edu/faculty/ifoster

B.S., M.Ed., Framingham State College; M.S., Ed.D., University of

Massachusetts, Amherst.

Courses:  Fashion Merchandising: Theory and Distribution; Fashion Merchandising: Planning, Policy, and Implementation; Fashion Promotion; Internship in Fashion Merchandising; History of Costume.

Specialization:  Merchandising; Promotion; Retail Technology.

 

Arlene Handschuch, Professor

ahandschuch@frc.mass.edu     www.framingham.edu/faculty/ahandschuch

B.A., Douglass College; M.A., Syracuse University.

Courses:  Principles of Construction; Flat Pattern Design; Draping; Functional Clothing Design; Apparel Industry Methods; Apparel Design Portfolio.

Specialization: Apparel Design and Construction; Computer Applications in Design (Adobe Illustrator CS); Wearable Art; Historic Costume Reproduction; Flat Sketching.

 

Matthew McGrath, Assistant Professor

mmcgrath1@frc.mass.edu

B.S. University of Rhode Island; M.S. University of Rhode Island; Ph.D. Florida State University; Museum Studies Graduate Certificate Florida State University.

Courses:  Fashion Merchandising, Fashion Promotion

Specialization:  Merchandising; Historic Textiles; Museum Studies; Social

Aspects of Dress.

 

Brianna Plummer, Assistant Professor

bplummer@frc.mass.edu

B.S. Framingham State College; M.F.A. Boston University

Courses:  Fashion Illustration, Draping, Principles of Construction, Consumer Textiles,  Fashion: Designer to Consumer.

Specialization:  Apparel Design and Construction; Theater Costuming; Historic Costume; Bridal; Eveningwear.

 

Pamela Sebor-Cable, Instructor

pseborcable@frc.mass.edu        www.framingham.edu/faculty/pseborcable

B.A. University of Maine; B.F.A. Massachusetts College of Art; M.S. University of Rhode Island.

Courses:  Principles of Construction, Apparel Development and Evaluation, Draping, Tailoring, Design to Consumer

Specialization: Apparel/Costume design and construction

 

Rebecca L. Taylor, Professor

rtaylor@frc.mass.edu

B.S., M.S., Eastern Michigan University.

Courses:  Fashion: Designer to Consumer; Fabric Structure and Design; History of Costume; History of Textiles; Advanced Textiles.

Specialization:  Textiles; Historic costume reproduction.

Faculty Specialization

Framingham State College

Consumer Sciences Department

Framingham, MA 01701