Faculty Bio
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Joan Costello Morris, M. Ed.Assistant Professor of Fashion
Office: Donahue Center for Creative and Applied Arts
Tel: 617-243-2345
Email: JMorris@lasell.edu
Department: Fashion
Degrees: M.Ed., Cambridge College; B.F.A., Massachusetts College of Art
Biography:
Joan Costello Morris is a fashion designer, fashion illustrator, and educator. She has worked as an illustrator and designer in the bridal industry, and a designer and business owner in the children's wear industry. Her past designs have been sold in high-end stores and shown in national magazines. Currently, she works as a pattern consultant for children's wear manufacturers. She has also served as reviewer and contributing editor for the fourth edition of the textbook, Pattern Making for Fashion Design, by Helen Joseph-Armstrong.
Professor Morris has served on the Board of Directors of the Boston Regional Chapter of The Fashion Group International. Additionally, her active involvement with the breast cancer awareness advocacy program inspired her to institute a program creating and constructing new style hospital garments designed by her students for use in the Women's Imaging Center of Newton-Wellesley Hospital.
Prior to her position at Lasell College Joan Morris was an adjunct faculty member at Mount Ida College and full time faculty member at Newbury College.
What do you like about teaching at Lasell College?
"After years in the fashion design industry, I was asked to teach part-time. That was the hook that drew me in. Now design has become part-time and teaching is my passion. At Lasell I have found a true support system for the faculty, the students and the fashion program. Creative ideas are implemented to develop a constantly evolving and improving program curriculum."
