Interview with Colbey Reid
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Colbey Reid (she/her) was born in Hawaii. As the daughter of a military man, she has lived in places like Japan, Germany, and Florida. She earned a BA in English and French Literature at the University of Florida, and an MA and PhD in English Literature from the University of Washington. Before coming to Columbia College Chicago, she worked at York College in Pennsylvania and North Carolina State University. Reid is a professor of Fashion Studies and the director of the School of Fashion. She also founded the school’s Fashion Lab in 2019. Outside of teaching, Reid has written articles on fashion and environmentalism, and authored books, her most recent is Designing the Domestic Posthuman. This book explores aesthetic intelligence, detailing how humans can shape everyday commodities for the future. Length: 65:29 minutes. Transcript: 23 pages.
Publication Date
2022
Keywords
higher education, students, Fashion, Fashion Lab, expression, identity, Chicago, Hawaii
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Arts and Humanities | Education | Social and Behavioral Sciences
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Midwa, Peter, "Interview with Colbey Reid" (2022). College Oral Histories, 2022. 4.
https://digitalcommons.colum.edu/ohx2022/4
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This interview was conducted by graduate student Peter Midwa, and is part of the Oral History of Columbia College Chicago project documenting the history of this Chicago, Illinois institution. The biography and interview abstract were composed by undergraduate student Sydney Shelly.