FIT Graduate Studies

In the School of Graduate Studies, you will find a passionate community of creative minds, innovative thinkers, and industry insiders.

Proven professionals and talented peers alike will foster critical thinking, intellectual growth, and business acumen.

08/27/2025

The Dean’s Fellows, Roy Luo + iemi Hernandez-Kim, aimed to create a zine that united all
seven disciplines in the School of Graduate Studies. Check out snippets of their capstone and thesis below!
Iemi, along with her teammate Luji Qiu are creating an app () that aims to
become the leading accessibility review platform.
Roy has created a capsule collection of pieces related to their thesis collection. Editorial
images shot and styled by Roy Luo and modeled by Andrew B.

Grab your copy of Stand Out! at Welcome Event TONIGHT from 4:30-7 on the 8th floor of Dubinsky!

08/14/2025

Sven, a current student in , explains the thesis for his capstone project—an exhibition exploring the history of witchcraft. As he explains the focus of the Exhibition and Experience Design capstone project, “our job is to reach people on a human level.”

Grab a copy of the Stand Out zine during the Welcome Event, August 27, to read more about Laura’s project and experience in the School of Graduate Studies, as well as hear students from all seven programs.

08/12/2025

For her capstone in the program, Chloe led her team to explore the medicalization of beauty. In this interview, she explains the project to Stand Out! Chloe says “Consumers see a lot of beauty treatments and procedures happening right now as medical issues–like Botox, or GLP medications [for diabetes and weight loss]. So seeing the shift from a lot of natural, organic, clean beauty messaging to more like clinical, science-backed beauty.”

Grab a copy of the Stand Out zine during the SGS Welcome Event on August 27 to read more!

08/12/2025

Recent graduate Damian Pilarte’s thesis project tells the story of the colonization of the Caribbean, touching on his personal history.

Grab a copy of the Stand Out zine during the SGS Welcome Event on August 27 to read more!

08/07/2025

Laura De Alvear, student and Fulbright Scholar, spoke with a fellow student and Stand Out on her thesis work, which looks at identity and inclusion in the global art market.

For this issue of Stand Out, students from each of seven programs sat for conversations about their experience in the School of Graduate Studies at FIT- discussing their experience at FIT, sharing a recent project, and describing their dreams for transforming their industries.

Grab a copy of the Stand Out zine during the Welcome Event, August 27, to read more about Laura’s project and experience in the School of Graduate Studies, as well as hear students from all seven programs.

08/06/2025

For this issue of Stand Out, students from each of seven programs sat for conversations about their experience in the School of Graduate Studies at FIT- discussing their experience at FIT, sharing a recent project, and describing their dreams for transforming their industries.

Recent graduate Camille Williams spoke about her capstone project, the conceptualization of a brand extension for the company she works for, NIC + ZOE, developing outerwear for their target market.

Grab a copy of the Stand Out zine during the Welcome Event, August 27, to read more about Camille’s project as well as those from across the School of Graduate Studies at FIT!

08/04/2025

Hot off the press! Stand Out - a brand new zine highlighting students from all seven programs in FIT’s School of Graduate Studies - is launching soon. Make sure to get yours at Welcome Event on August 27th.

Special thanks to Dean’s Fellows Iemi Hernandez-Kim () and Roy Luo (), Film and Media intern Baran Khatib Zadeh, and FIT Chief Storyteller Alex Joseph (), who helped bring this publication to life.

05/08/2025

Professor Zoran Dobric’s () Corporeal Flux installation was recently presented at the IFFTI conference () at the London College of Fashion. This interdisciplinary practice-based research project explores healing through collaborative creative practice. The installation included a hand-painted dress by Dobric and suspended photographic prints of the piece by Stephen Severn (). The garment is informed by Dobric’s refugee experience and expresses disturbing memories through hand-painted abstracted morphing bodies that represent physical and cultural displacement. Severn’s photographs present these memories and experiences as a fluid search for self-realization through community.

05/01/2025

This month’s Hue Magazine focuses on visionaries in their fields, and includes alumna Anahita Mekanik () as the visionary of fragrance, using AI to develop scents. Her company’s custom perfume machine, , allows everyone to be a creator of their own scent. Visit the link in bio to read more about this innovative approach to scent.

04/14/2025

The most recent issue of Hue featured Jacob Coley (), ‘12. He spoke about his career path and the world of auctioning antiquities at Hindman Auctions () in Chicago, where he is vice president and director of antiquities. Visit the link in bio to learn more from Coley.

04/10/2025

Recent graduate Aian Raquel () wrote an article for Hue Magazine on his capstone project, which he presented in December. Raquel’s exhibition proposal examines the problematic Philippine exhibit at the St. Louis World’s Fair of 1904, drawing from his own experiences growing up in the Philippines. Visit the link in bio to read more about his exhibition proposal.

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