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Current Faculty 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-BrookshireJung 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

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Nicole JohnstonNicole Johnston, MHCTC Curator, Instructor
MS, University of Missouri | BS, University of Missouri
E-mail: johnstonnr@missouri.edu

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Caroline KopotCaroline 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

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Nicolette LeibyNicolette Leiby, Assistant Teaching Professor and Career Services Advisor
MS, University of Missouri | BS, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
E-mail: nleiby@missouri.edu

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Kerri McBee-BlackKerri McBee-Black, Assistant Professor
PhD, University of Missouri | MS, University of Missouri | BS, Columbia College
E-mail: mcbeeblackk@missouri.edu

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Jaime MestresJaime 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

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Cheyenne SmithCheyenne Smith, Assistant Teaching Professor
MS, University of Delaware | BS, University of Delaware
E-mail: cmsmith@missouri.edu

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Song-yi YounSong-yi Youn, Assistant Professor
PhD, Purdue University | PhD, Hanyang University
MS, Hanyang University | BS, Hanyang University
E-mail: syoun@missouri.edu

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Li ZhaoLi 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

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