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Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs


      Greetings and welcome to our website.

Please let me know if you have suggestions for ways I can make this website more helpful to you and the whole FIT community we serve.

Dr. Reginetta Haboucha
Vice President for Academic affairs


Last update, 08/31/2008

New 
Thinking about a grant?  New opportunities are to be found in the online version of The Grants Digest, fall/winter 2008.  When you find one that interests you, the Grants Coordinator Deborah Stein and Research Assistant Ellen Brennan Hearn are available at 7-3620 to help you.

The names and departments of the new full-time faculty introduced at fall semester Convocation are listed in News.

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   Deans and Schools
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About Academic Affairs

Academic Affairs has five Schools that offer 43 degree programs and 8 credit certificate programs. There are 15 Associate degrees; 22 Baccalaureate, BFA, or BS degrees; and 6 Graduate Masters of Arts or Masters of Professional Studies degrees (see Schools and Programs on the college's main website).

The names of the schools, and the Other Academic Units that report to the Vice President for Academic Affairs, are listed in the two sections, below.  Click on the name to open the home page for that unit.  Use the BACK function of your browser to return to this page.



Deans and Schools  

School of Art and Design
   Joanne Arbuckle, Dean; AAS, Fashion Institute of Technology; BS, Empire State College; MA, New York University
   Dr. Erika Dalya Muhammad, Assistant Dean; BA, MA, University of Chicago; PhD, New York University

School of Business and Technology
   Robin Sackin, Acting Dean; BA, Rider College

School of Liberal Arts
   Dr. Scott F. Stoddart, Dean; BA, University of Maine; MA, University of Illinois; PhD, University of Illinois

School of Graduate Studies
   Dr. Steven Zucker, Dean; BA, Bard College; MA, Hunter College, City University of New York; MPhil, PhD, The Graduate School and University Center, City University of New York

School of Continuing & Professional Studies
   Dr. Lisa Braverman, Dean
; BA Brandeis University; MA, PhD, New York University

Curriculum and Instruction
   Dr. Dympna Bowles, Dean; BA, St. John's University; MS, Fordham University; EdD, Teachers College, Columbia University
   Frances Dearing, Assistant Dean;
B.S. and M.B.A Northwestern University



"The Artist in His Studio" by Vermeer.


Other Academic Units


Faculty Services
 
Esther Oliveras, Coordinator; B.A., Lehman College 

Grants Office
  Deborah Stein, Coordinator; BA, Brooklyn College (CUNY); MA, University of Arizona; MPA, New York University

Institutional Research
 
Laylage Courie, Acting Director

International Programs
  Dr. Georgianna Appignani, Director; BS, Cornell University; MA, PhD, New York University


see also FIT in Florence (Polimoda)       
  Sass Brown, Director; BA, Ravensbourne College of Art and Design, England; MA, FIT

see also FIT in Milan (Polimi)
  Lisa Feuerherm, Director; AAS, Fashion Institute of Technology
 
Internship Center
  Jeanne Golly, Director; BS, University of Texas at Austin; MA, Michigan State University

Library and Graphics Lab
 
NJ Wolfe, Director; BS, Kutztown University; MS Drexel University

Presidential Scholars
  Dr. Irene Buchman, Coordinator; BA, Brown University; MA, EdD, Teachers College, Columbia University