Scholarship, including research and creative activities, is central to the mission of The Fashion Archive. We support scholarship from an interdisciplinary perspective and encourage students, faculty, and academic researchers to use this valuable resource at The University of Alabama.
spring 2019 - present
spring 2019 - present
Faculty
Dr. Marcy L. Koontz
Associate Professor Curator, The Fashion Archive |
Dr. Amanda J. Thompson
Associate Professor |
Mr. Brian E. Taylor
Instructor |
Peer-Reviewed Presentations & Workshops
Thompson, A. J., Koontz, M. L., & Taylor, B. E. (2020, March). Paper & plastic: Flapper style re-imaged in the 1960s fashion zeitgeist. Fourteenth International Conference on Design Principles & Practices. Brooklyn, NY, March 16-18, 2020. (paper presentation)
Koontz, M. L., & Thompson, A. J. (2020, January). What color is it? The digital color quandary. New Voices: Georgia Association of Museums and Alabama Museums Association Annual Conference. Columbus, GA, January 26-29, 2020. (workshop)
Koontz, M. L., & Thompson, A. J. (2019, October). What color is it? The digital color quandary. Digitorium: University of Alabama Digital Humanities Conference. Tuscaloosa, AL, October 10-12, 2019. (workshop)
Koontz, M. L., & Thompson, A. J. (2019, June). Is it green? Evoking an objective digital color sense. Fourteenth International Conference on the Arts in Society. Lisbon, Portugal, June 19-21, 2019. (poster presentation)
Invited Presentations
Koontz, M.L., Thompson, A.J., & Pace, J.T. (2019, November). The fashion archive lab. Office for Undergraduate Research at The University of Alabama Inaugural Faculty Research Showcase, Tuscaloosa, AL. *
*denotes research/presentations with undergraduate/graduate students
Undergraduate Research
URCA: The University of Alabama 2019 Undergraduate Research & Creative Activity Conference
John Pace - Freshman Scholar
Research Study: Operation Monkey Coat: A Fashionable Material Culture Approach to Object-based Research in Dress |
Tommie Quinlan - Senior Scholar
Research Study: The Rise & Fall of the Paper Caper First Place: Fine Arts Category |