EDUCATION

Ph.D., Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea(February 2007)

Major: Aesthetics in Dress in the Department of Clothing and Textiles

Advisor: Prof. Minja Kim

Dissertation topic: Ideal Beauty and Formative Perspectives in Dress: An Analysis of dress in Paintings from the Renaissance to Romanticism

M.A., Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, NY (May 2000)

Major: Museum Studies: Costume and Textiles

Advisor: Dr. Lourdes Font

Thesis topic: Sally Milgrim: America’s Foremost Fashion Creator 1920-1935

B.F.A., Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI(June 1996)

Major: Apparel Design

Awards: RISD Medal of Excellence (1994) and Honor Student (1993-1996)

B.H.E.,Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea(February 1993)

Major: Home Economics