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Alexandra Thelin
Web and Digital Media Manager, Dean's Office, College of the Arts
- Office:
- Morehead Hall 239
- Email:
- thelinal@montclair.edu
- Phone:
- 973-655-6926
- Degrees:
- MA, Montclair State University
- MA, Fashion Institute of Technology
- BA, Montclair State University
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Profile
Alexandra is the Web and Digital Media Manager for the College of the Arts and previously worked in the College of Education and Human Services and University Communications: Web Services. Her responsibilities include developing content for social media channels, web sites, newsletters, events, digital screens, and press releases.
Her past video project, "Monday Morning View," which she filmed, edited and produced, received an Award of Distinction from the Communicator Awards in 2012. The "Monday Morning View" featured video interview segments that asked questions to the campus community. She is also a recipient of a MarCom Award for web site design, a Red Ribbon Award for achieving division goals and an Iris Award from the International Association of Business Communicators: NJ Chapter.
Alexandra also was an adjunct professor in the Fashion Studies Department. Alexandra instructed ARTX321: Dress and Fashion History, ARTX308: Independent Study, and ARTX409: Internship in Fashion.
Specialization
Alexandrar recently completed a PhD in History & Culture at Drew University. Her areas of concentration are fashion history, graphic novels, and Victorian history.
Research Projects
Greater Philadelphia and the Nation
Contributed essay on the musical 1776 within Greater Philadelphia and the Nation, volume 2, published by University of Pennsylvania Press in 2025. Edited by Charlene Mires.
"Louboutin's Red: Using Color to Connect France's Past and Present," in Storytelling Luxury Fashion: Brands, Visual Cultures, and Technologies
Book chapter within Storytelling Luxury Fashion: Brands, Visual Cultures, and Technologies, published by Routlege in 2021 and edited by Amanda Sikarskie
Worn on This Day: The Clothes that Made History
Book review for The Journal of Dress History on the book Worn on This Day: The Clothes that Made History by Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell. Volume 5, No. 2, June 1, 2021. pages 174-177.
Fashion Victims: The Dangers of Dress Past and Present
Book review for Popular Culture Studies Journal on the book Fashion Victims: The Dangers of Dress Past and Present by Alison Matthews David. Volume 6, Nos. 2 & 3, 20-18. pages 505-507.
The World of Antebellum America: A Daily Life Encyclopedia
Contributed ten entries on topics such as fashion plates, wedding clothes, standards of beauty, men's fashion and children's clothing. Published by ABC-CLIO in fall 2018. Edited by Alexandra Kindell.
Sneakers: Fashion, Gender, and Subculture
Book review for The Journal of Popular Culture on the text Sneakers: Fashion, Gender, and Subculture by Yuniya Kawamura. Volume 50, No. 2, April 27, 2017. pages 415-417.
Social Networking: Redefining Communication in the Digital Age
Book review for Studies in Popular Culture on the text Social Networking: Redefining Communication in the Digital Age, edited by Anastacia Kurylo and Tatyana Dumova. Volume 39, No. 2, Spring 2017. pages 95-97.
Conservation treatment and historical analysis of an eighteenth century woman's calash bonnet
Describes the history and conservation process of work performed in the conservation lab at the Fashion Institute of Technology of this eighteenth century headgear and was published by FIT.
1776 (The Musical): The Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia
Wrote encyclopedia entry on 1776 (The Musical). July 2019.