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: habrookshirej@missouri.edu
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: m.abtew@mail.missouri.edu
Bryn Chambers, Academic Advisor
MA, English, University of Missouri
BA, English, University of Missouri
E-mail: bchambers@missouri.edu
Nicole Johnston, MHCTC Curator, Instructor
MS, University of Missouri | BS, University of Missouri
E-mail: johnstonnr@missouri.edu
Caroline Kopot, Assistant Professor
PhD, University of Georgia | MBA, University of Southern California | PA, Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising | BS, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
E-mail: ckopot@missouri.edu
Nicolette Leiby, Assistant Teaching Professor and Career Services Advisor
MS, University of Missouri | BS, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
E-mail: nleiby@missouri.edu
Kerri McBee-Black, Assistant Professor
PhD, University of Missouri | MS, University of Missouri | BS, Columbia College
E-mail: mcbeeblackk@missouri.edu
Jaime Mestres, Assistant Teaching Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies
PhD, University of Missouri
MS, University of Missouri | BS, Fontbonne University
E-mail: mestresj@missouri.edu
Cheyenne Smith, Assistant Teaching Professor
MS, University of Delaware | BS, University of Delaware
E-mail: cmsmith@missouri.edu
Song-yi Youn, Assistant Professor
PhD, Purdue University | PhD, Hanyang University
MS, Hanyang University | BS, Hanyang University
E-mail: syoun@missouri.edu
Li Zhao, Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies
PhD, University of Missouri
MS, Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology | BS, Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology
E-mail: zhaol1@missouri.edu