FDGA Award Recipients

 

Aaron Duncan | Global Fashion Management 
Attended the 2025 Executive MBA Council Conference in Atlanta, GA.

Andrea Diodati | Fashion Design 
Presented paper "Digital Fashion Interventions in Sustainability and Activism" at the NIFT conference in Mumbai, India.

Andrew Weinstein | History of Art 
Presented a paper, "Scientific Research Subjects in Nazi Times and the Present: Contemporary Artists Respond," at the 17th Bioethics World Conference in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Army Werbel | History of Art 
Moderated a panel discussion on "The Elephant in the Statuary Garden: Celebrating the 250th Birthday of the United States" at College Art Association Conference in Chicago, IL.

Audrey Nasar | Science & Mathematics 
Presented paper "The Art of Math and Science: Bringing Pixar's Imagined Worlds to Life," at G4G16 in San Francisco, CA.

Beth Clancy | History of Art 
Presented a paper, "To Raise His Head: Fashioning the Neo-Assyrian King's Headdress," at the ASOR (American Society for Overseas Research) annual meeting, held in Boston November 2025.

Calvin Williamson | Science & Mathematics 
Co-presented paper "Making Al Tutors Teach Like You," at the 2026 International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics (ICTCM) in Houston, TX.

Chloe Martin | Social Sciences 
Presented a research paper, "Negative Cancer Stereotypes and Psychological Symptoms in Cancer Patients: A Scoping Review" at 23rd Annual APOS (American Psychosocial Oncology Society) conference in New Orleans.

Christina Lee | Illustration and Interactive Media 
Exhibited a collection of zines, prints, and comics at Short Run, an annual comics festival in Seattle.

Christopher Morris | English and Communication Studies 
Presented research talk on risk communication, digital design and communication ethics at the 2026 Association of Teachers of Technical Writing (AATW) conference in El Paso, TX.

Dahlia Schweitzer | Film, Media & Performing Arts 
Presented a chapter of their book "Dead Bombshells: The Afterlives of Popular Culture's Most Glamorous Corpses" at the 2026 Society for Cinema and Media Studies (SCMS) annual conference in Chicago, IL.

Dan Shefelman | Illustration and Interactive Media 
Gave a talk about career as an animator, cartoonist and educator at The Collegian Journalism Conference at Kenyon College in Gambier, OH.

Daniel Levinson Wilk | Social Sciences 
Presented a paper, "Hotels Killed Servitude and No One Noticed" at the 2026 Business History Conference.

Darra Landman | English and Communication Studies 
Presented paper "Going to the Source Sustainable Business Practices for the Fashion Workforce" at the International Foundation of Fashion Technology Institutes (IFFTI) Conference in Vietnam.

David Drogin | History of Art 
Presented a paper on "Donatello's Toes" and chair the session "Style and Meaning in the Early Modern Figure, 2" at the annual conference of the 16th Century Society in Portland.

David Drogin | History of Art 
Chaired and moderated a session titled, "Bologna circa 1400," at the Renaissance Society of America Conference in San Francisco.

Dominique Norman | Social Sciences 
Presented paper, "Not For You-For Us: How Telfar's Marketing Speaks to the 'Urban' Consumer" at the Popular Culture Association National Conference in Atlanta, GA.

Dong Yang | Fashion Business Management 
Presented paper "The Value of Absence - Luxury Brands Challenges in Maintaining Brand Essence and Exclusivity on Social Media Platforms" at the 2025 Global Marketing Conference in Hong Kong, China.

Eleanor DiPalma | Film, Media & Performing Arts 
Facilitated a session at the American Dance Therapy Association (ADTA) in Raleigh, NC.

Elizabeth Balla | English and Communication Studies 
Attended the Association of Writers & Writing Programs (AWP) Conference & Bookfair.

Evie Joselow | Art Market Studies 
Presented paper "Al, Art History and Valuation" at TIAMSA conference in Poznań, Poland.

Helen Lane | Gladys Marcus Library 
Presented paper "Designing for an Intersection of Literacies" at the SUNY General Education Conference in Saratoga Springs, NY.

Huipu Gao | Textile Development and Marketing 
Presented research titled "Developing Reusable and Antiviral Face Masks from Plastic Waste" at AATCC & SEAMS Annual Conference in Savannah, GA.

Isabella Bertoletti | Modern Languages and Culture 
Presented research paper, "Rocco and His Brothers Share Bread: Food, Migration, and Disintegration in Visconti's Rocco e i suoi fratelli (1960)" at the 2025 Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association Conference, held in San Francisco from November 20-24.

Jaclyn Hilberg | English and Communication Studies 
Co-chaired a roundtable discussion titled, "Deep Reading with/against Generative AI" at the Northeast Modern Language Association regional Conference.

Jacquelyn Peterson-Grace | Fashion Textile Studies 
Presented paper, "Imposter Phenomenon in Conservation" at the American Institute for Conservation's 2026 Annual Meeting & Conference in Montreal.

Jennifer Shloming | Science & Mathematics 
Co-presented paper "Making Al Tutors Teach Like You," at the 2026 International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics (ICTCM) in Houston, TX.

Jerilyn Zulli | English and Communication Studies 
Presented paper on Al in early American fiction, "Hawthorne's Feathertop as Artificial Intelligence" at the SFAM conference in Los Angeles, CA.

Justine De Young | History of Art 
Presented paper "Louise Abbéma, the forgotten Impressionist?" at the Getty Research Institute, Norton Simon Museum, and Caltech.

Katelyn Prager | English and Communication Studies
Presented survey findings "Anxiety and Radical Transformation: Student Perspectives on Al and a Pedagogical Revolution" at SUNY Council on Writing on Queensbury, NY.

Keith Fraley | Fashion Business Management 
Presented a paper, "Reimagining Fashion Education Through Executive Leadership and Collaborative Pedagogy" at IFFTI Conference in Vietnam.

Kyunghee Pyun | History of Art 
Presented paper "Lee Mingwei's Critique of Heritage and Memory: Subverting Essentialism of Styles" at International symposium held at the University of Edinburgh.

Kyunghee Pyun | History of Art 
Presented paper "Regenerating School Uniforms: Toward Ethical Civic Fashion" at IFFTI's annual conference in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

Laticha Brown | Fashion Business Management 
Presented paper, "Re-threading the Roots: Re-connecting and Re-locating Fashion through Black Cultural Practices" at the IFFTI Conference in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

Laticha Brown | Fashion Business Management 
Presented paper, "The Beyoncé Effect: The Impact of Black Culture on the Fashion Industry" at the Popular Culture Association National Conference in Atlanta, GA.

Luke Hellwig | Science & Mathematics 
Presented a talk titled "The Current State of Color Appearance Model Research" at the Colour Leeds 2025 conference in Leeds and at the Midterm Meeting of the International Commission on Illumination in Vienna, Austria.

Matthew Petrunia | English and Communication Studies 
Presented research, "Transforming Pain into Understanding: Sarah Silverman's Invitational Response to Online Misogyny," at the Southwest Popular/American Culture Association Conference (SWPACA) in Albuquerque, NM.

MD Imranul Islam | Textile Development and Marketing 
Presented a collaborative research project, "Quantitative Assessment of Jacquard Fabric Structures: Comparing Knit and Woven Cotton Designs" at the 2nd International Textile and Fashion Congress (ITFC) in Istanbul.

Meg Joseph | Academic Affairs-Faculty Development 
Presented research "Assessing Internship Courses: Career Development or Enhancing Human Capital?" at the Center for Research on College-Workforce Transitions conference in Madison, WI.

Meg Joseph | Academic Affairs - Faculty Development 
Presented research papers, "Beyond Journals: Scaffolding the Entire Experiential Learning Cycle in Internship Courses" and "Human Capital: the Missing Piece to Enhancing Student Employability in Internship Programs" at the 2026 CEIA (Cooperative Education & Internship Association) annual conference in Alexandria, VA.

Nancy Hightower | English and Communication Studies 
Presented photography in a panel, "Writing and the Visual Arts: a multimedia reading" at International Conference for the Fantastic in the Arts.

Natasha Degen | Art Market Studies 
Presented at the University of Bologna's International Workshop "Tools for the Future - Researching Art Market Practices from Past to Present in Bologna, Italy.

Nurhayat Bilge | English and Communication Studies 
Presented paper, "Intercultural and Intergroup Communication Challenges: Translating Theory to Practice" at the Central States Communication Association's annual conference in Minneapolis.

Paul Clement | Social Sciences 
Presented paper, "Populism and Autocratization in Latin America: The Case of Brazil" at the 28th IPSA World Congress of Political Science in Seoul, South Korea.

Paul Melton | Art Market Studies 
Moderated a panel on "Producción Artística y Tecnologia" (Artistic Production and Technology) with the Comité Científico in Spain.

Praveen Chaudhry | Social Sciences 
Presented paper, "Visual Politics in Global Electoral Campaigns" at the 28th IPSA World Congress of Political Science in Seoul, South Korea.

Preeti Arya | Textile Development 
Served as guest speaker and presented paper "Cotton com blend yarn a sustainable textile material for the fashion industry" at the ICBPS conference held in Paris.

Pushpi Paranamana | Science & Mathematics 
Co-organized an AMS Special Session titled "Creating, Doing, and Sharing Modeling Approaches to Teaching Differential Equations." at the Joint Mathematics Meetings in Washington, DC.

Ramona Dunlap | Fashion Business Management 
Presented a paper, "Reframing Sustainability: Black Storytelling and Planetary Stewardship through Community Centered Media" at the IFFTI Conference in Vietnam.

Richie Narvaez | English and Communication Studies 
Presented research on "Crossing Genres & Defying Convention," at 2026 AWP Conference & Bookfair in Baltimore, MD.

Sebba Alqetrani | Communications Design - Pathway 
Served on the judging panel for the Pentawards design competition in London.

Sebba Alqetrani | Communications Design - Pathway 
Presided over The Pentawards in Amsterdam as member of the judging panel.

Soroush Marouzi | Social Sciences 
Served as a discussant at the annual meeting of the Allied Social Sciences Association (ASSA) in Philadelphia.

Susanne Goetz | Textile Surface Design 
Co-presented with Theanne Schiros, "From cell culture to material culture-microbial biofabrication of fashion fabrics" at IFFTI Conference in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

Theanne Schiros | Science & Mathematics 
Co-presented with Susanne Goetz, "From cell culture to material culture-microbial biofabrication of fashion fabrics" at the IFFTI Conference in Vietnam.

Walter Temple | Modern Languages and Cultures 
Presented paper "Instructional Practices in the L2 Classroom: Writing Strategies and Meaningful Al Implementation" at the Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association conference in San Francisco, CA.

Warren Satchell | Fashion Business Management 
Attended Collegiate DECA (Distributive Education Clubs of America) International Career Development Conference in Louisville, KY.

Yanhong Zuo | Educational Skills 
Presented paper, "Expanding EAL Writers' Identities Through Digital Multimodal Composing in Writing Classrooms, at the American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) conference in Chicago, IL.

Yanhong Zuo | Educational Skills 
Presented paper, "Caught in the Middle: Writing Tutors' Multiple Identities in Cultivating Tutees' Al Literacy," at the 2026 CCCC Annual Convention in Cleveland, OH.

Yao Xiao | Illustration and Interactive Media 
Presented and debuted a 28-page nonfiction graphic memoir and award-nominated graphic novel, "Everything Is Beautiful, And I'm Not Afraid," at the Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo.

Yevgenia Nayberg | Illustration and Interactive Media 
Served as panelist in discussion about collaborative graphic novel "Chernobyl, Life and Other Disasters," at the Bologna Children's Book Fair.

Yuniya Kawamura | Social Sciences 
Presented a paper on "Young Male Prostitutes Dressed in Female Kimono in Ukiyo-e" at the Fashion, Feminism, and Fear: A Symposium at Princeton University.

Yuniya Kawamura | Social Sciences
Presented paper, "Ukiyo-e as a Fashion Catalogue during Japan's Edo Period" at the Associate of Art History 2026 Annual Conference at University of Cambridge.

Zoran Dobric | Fashion Design MFA 
Presented a practice-based research project, "Crochet Chronicles, a wearable art piece" and to showcase the works of FIT Fashion Design MFA gradates at the The International Textiles and Apparel Association Conference. 

Aaron Duncan | Global Fashion Management 
Presenting on strategies faculty can use to clarify where Al supports learning and where student authorship must remain central at the SUNY Conference on Instruction and Technology (CIT) at Stony Brook.

Tiffany Nixon | Gladys Marcus Library 
Attending the 54th Annual ARLIS (Art Libraries Society of North America) conference in Montreal.

 

Daniel James Cole | Fashion 
Conducted field research in Malaysia on the work of designers utilizing the traditional clothing of the country.

Deborah Hernandez | Textile Surface Design 
Conducted field research in Bangkok, Thailand on the development of fully circular models for artisanal rug making with a focus on MONSILK, an innovative fiber.

Evelyn Rynkiewicz | Science & Mathematics 
Collaborated with Tyson Research Center at Washington University in St. Louis to adapt the "Drawing to Learn" classroom activity to research communication application to enhance science communica and visuals in scientific publications.

Jason Stopa | Fine Arts 
Participated and exhibited work during residency at CCAndratx in Mallorca, Spain.

Jennifer Lee | Fashion Business Management 
Conducted research on the cultural pattern reconstruction of traditional textiles from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Korea, and the United States, using Al diffusion models.

Justine De Young | History of Art 
Conducted archival research on 19th century French artist Louise Abbéma in Paris and Normandy coast.

Kristen Laciste | History of Art 
Conducted archival research, "Conversations and Collaborations: Researching the Society of Ambiance Makers and Elegant Persons in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Praveen Chaudhry | Social Sciences 
Conducted field research in Kashmir and Ladakh, India on nomadic weavers' communities of the region.

Preeti Arya | Textile Development and Marketing 
Conducted research project on non-wood biomass as a very promising alternative textile material.

Ron Amato | Photography 
Attended a Wet Plate Workshop taught by John A. Coffer in Dundee, NY.

Ruth Jeyaveeran | Textile Development 
Participated in a residency at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts to support practice focused on fiber-based material exploration and traditional craft.

Anna Blume | History of Art 
Conducting research about animal made architecture, such as spider webs and seashells, at the Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz.

Larry Tung | Marketing Communications 
To travel to Hong Kong, China research for a documentary project, "I Want to Get Married: Hong Kong's marriage equality movement" NY.

William Low | Illustration and Interactive Media 
Curating a solo exhibition titled "Island Light: Coastal and Urban Landscapes" at the Gallery North in Setauket, NY.