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As a student at Columbia University in 2010, Dawnn Karen began pioneering 

her Fashion Psychology Field®, after realizing
the American Psychological Association nor the British Psychology Society recognized it as a field. See Ted Talk and read Dress Your Best Life for full story. Similar to APA which owns all 54 divisions of the psychology discipline, Dr. Dawnn Karen solely owns the 55th division through the

United States Trademark and Patent Office.

She has been a victim of academic theft for several years and has appeared in the

United States District Court, Southern District, and the Court of Appeals (United Kingdom) testifying to this, entering both into the legal systems for justice and vindication.
See The New York Times investigative article.

She has been referred to as the

"Mother of Fashion Psychology" and pioneering mind behind this global field since then, paving the way forward in fashion academia. 

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Dr. Dawnn Karen dubbed by The New York Times as "The Dress Doctor" and "The World's First Fashion Psychologist" by The Times holds a Master of Arts degree in counseling psychology from Columbia University and is also a former candidate for a Masters in Education from Columbia University. There she has taken 121 credit hours at the graduate level in the psychology discipline which is equivalent to a doctoral degree. She is a former model, fashion public relations representative, freelance writer and designer. She traveled to the Middle East and Asia to extend the research on her theories under the Fashion Psychology Field® and she worked extensively with clients to expand her field.

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She decided to turn her focus toward lecturing and speaking engagements since she returned to the United States. She became a Professor at the Fashion Institute of Technology teaching over 1500+ students. She has lent herself as Primary Source for students at more than 69+ universities worldwide.
Her speaking engagements include the

Teachers College, Columbia University, Bowling Green State University,  Kyiv Security Forum per request of Former Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatensyuk and Former First Lady Tereza Yatensyuk, United Nations' Empower Women just to name a few.

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She has also contributed to major networks as an international media expert in more than 40+ countries. Her most notable interviews include Vogue Germany, Vogue Australia, Vogue Business, Vanity Fair (Italia), Hello Mag (India), Damernas Vard (Sweden) Tatler (Hong Kong),  Bazaar (Kuwait), The Globe and Mail (Canada), The Financial Times (United Kingdom), Talk Radio Europe (Spain), Style Rotate (South Africa), The Morning Show (Australia), Good Morning Britain, Good Morning America, Guten Morgen Deutschland, etc.

 

Ultimately, she has made history as the pioneer of the Fashion Psychology Field®, as one of the youngest professors and the first black psychology professor in the Social Sciences Department at the Fashion Institute of Technology, by founding the first online institute

Fashion Psychology Institute.

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As a traditionally signed author to Hachette Book Group and Penguin Random House,

she has published the

Fashion Psychology Field®'s first book Dress Your Best Life available in 5 languages.

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The New York Times dubbed her

"The Dress Doctor" after conducting an investigative journalistic assessment

to verify how she created a new discipline in the

Psychology Field and the Fashion Industry at large.