Jennifer Mower, PhD
Historic and Cultural Textiles and Apparel Collection Manager and Design Instructor
Jennifer earned her Master’s and Doctoral degrees at Oregon State University and taught contemporary fashion history and retail management in the College of Business from 2012-2014. Between 2015 and 2021 she taught in the fashion merchandising and design program at Central Michigan University. She now serves at the collections manager for the College of Business’s Historic and Cultural Textiles and Apparel Collection. Jennifer’s research is focused on historic fashion and retail management and she has publications in Dress, Fashion, Style & Popular Culture, Journal of American Culture, and more.