Office Address: 213 Human Ecology Building, SUNY Oneonta, 108 Ravine Parkway, Oneonta, NY 13820
Email: Arienne.McCracken@oneonta.edu
EDUCATION
PhD in Apparel, Merchandising and Design, 2019
Iowa State University
Concentration: Socio-psychological Aspects of Dress
Minor: Women’s and Gender Studies
Dissertation: Visibility, transgression, and community: An exploratory study of plus-size fashion YouTubers
Co-major Professors: Dr. Mary Lynn Damhorst and Dr. Eulanda A. Sanders
Master of Communication Management, 2009
University of Southern California
Concentration: Digital Social Media/Online Communities Program
Capstone: Member of a four-person self-managed team that successfully launched a new online community in four months with a $10,000 budget
Master of Arts, 1995
The Ohio State University
Two degrees: Slavic Studies and History of Art
Thesis: Correlations and Harmonies: Similarities in the Work and Beliefs of Kazimir Malevich and Vasilii Kandinsky
Major Professor: Dr. Myroslava Mudrak
Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude, 1988
The Ohio State University
Major in Russian, minor in German, member of the Honors Program
TEACHING
- Retail merchandising
- Apparel quality analysis
- Dress history
- Cultural and societal perspectives of dress
- Fashion styling
RESEARCH
- Internet studies and dress
- Consumer behavior
- Socio-psychological aspects of dress
- Gender studies
- Scholarship of teaching and learning
Arienne McCracken, Ph.D. 