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Ms Jema Hewitt

Job: Lecturer in Fashion

School/department: School of Fashion and Textiles

Address: De 51³Ô¹Ïapp University, The Gateway, Leicester, LE1 9BH

T: N/A

E: jema.hewitt@dmu.ac.uk

 

Personal profile

I am an early career academic, having returned to university both to learn and teach after a long career in film, tv and theatre as a costumer. 

Publications and outputs

Working in half scale for economy, efficiency and environmental sustainability. Clothing Cultures, Volume 5, Issue 1, Mar 2018, p. 189 - 191
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Research interests/expertise

I am coming close to the thesis submission for my PhD from Loughborough University, exploring the gendered semiotics of social robots and embodied AI. I am interested in trans disciplinary research and arts based research, to which I bring a feminist lens and methodology from my own practice.

Areas of teaching

  • Pattern Cutting
  • Semiotics
  • Historical dress
  • Costume

Qualifications

  • BA(hons) Theatrical Design from Nottingham Trent University
  • MA Pattern Cutting from Huddersfield University

Courses taught

Fashion Design BA