Author Biography

Jaclyn Marcus is a PhD student at Toronto Metropolitan University and York University’s joint Communication and Culture program in Toronto, Canada, researching intersections between fashion, literature, and material culture.

Under the supervision of Dr. Irene Gammel, Jaclyn studied the impact of dress on social identity in twentieth-century adolescent literature as part of her MA in Fashion at Toronto Metropolitan University, and continues to demonstrate the interdisciplinary connections between dress and literature. Jaclyn holds the role of editorial assistant for the open access, academic journal Fashion Studies, co-edited by Dr. Ben Barry and Dr. Alison Matthews David, and is honoured to have joined Toronto Metropolitan University’s Modern Literature and Culture Research Centre in 2016. Jaclyn has shared her research at international conferences and was presented with the Spoke Gives Back Graduate Award in Fashion at Toronto Metropolitan University for the 2018/2019 year.

Article Citations

MLA: Marcus, Jaclyn. “Review: Diversity NOW! Fashion & Race with Kimberly Jenkins.” Fashion Studies, vol. 1, no. 2, 2019, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.38055/FS010203.

APA: Marcus, J. (2019). Review: Diversity NOW! Fashion & Race with Kimberly Jenkins. Fashion Studies, 1(2), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.38055/FS010203 

Chicago: Marcus, Jaclyn. “Review: Diversity NOW! Fashion & Race with Kimberly Jenkins.” Fashion Studies 1, no. 2 (2019): 1-9. https://doi.org/10.38055/FS010203.