Faculty and Staff

Associate Professor, Fashion Design
Director, Fashion Studies
Art & Design
SC Bldg B, First Floor
315-655-7101
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Degrees: AS, Retail Mgmt, Maria Regina College; BS, Clothing Design, Cornell; MS, Vocational Ed, SUNY-Oswego

Mini Bio:
Karen Steen has been an associate professor at Cazenovia College since 1996 and program director of the College's Fasion Design discipline since 1999. She teaches courses in Basic Textiles, Pattern Draping, Fashion Illustration, Apparel Production, CAD for Fashion, Fashion Show Production and Flat Pattern Drafting. Karen had an earlier stint at Cazenovia College as acting assistant director of Fashion Merchandizing in 1989, and between that and her current assignment was an adjunct instructor in the Syracuse University Department of Fashion Design.

Awards/Honors:
2000: Magery A. Pinet Award for Faculty and Staff Development; 1999: Textile/Clothing Technology Corporation Faculty Fellowship; 1999: 21st Century Fund for Innovation.

Publications:
2000: "A Collaborative Project: Team-based Class Assignment to Digitally Print Fabric" with A. Fitzgerald at International Textile and Apparel Association annual conference; 1999: "A Comparative Study of Student Reflective Writing Used as a Tool for Various Self-Assessment in Disciplines" with G. Kozaczka and S. Palmer presented at Writing Across the Curriculum national conference, Cornell University.

Recent Exhibitions:
1999: Ithaca Quilt Show; 1998: Old Forge Quilt Show.

Experience:
Fashion Consultant, 2000-date; Acting Assistant Director of Continuing Education, Cazenovia College, 1994; Retail Manager, SoFro Fabrics, 1981-1986; International Textile and Apparel Association; American Sewing Guild; Central Technical Vocational Center High School Advisor.