Refereed Conference Presentations (International)
2027 (forthcoming). Idacavage, S. & Peters, L.D. “Care as Relational Prosperity: Rethinking Fashion Beyond Growth.” Paper Presentation. Prosperity Fashion Conference (Università degli Studi di Firenze, Italy).
2025. Idacavage, S. “Tracing Prosperity in Fashion: Historical Roots and Contemporary Implications.” Paper Presentation. Prosperity Fashion Conference (Università degli Studi di Firenze, Italy).
2023. Idacavage, S., Peters, L.D., & Medvedev, K. “Activism and Care: De-fashioning Fashion Curriculum Through Transformed and Inclusive Pedagogies.” Workshop presentation. De-Fashioning Education Conference (Berlin University of the Arts, Germany).
2021. Idacavage, S. “Breaking Norms, Shifting Focus: A Future Research Agenda for Sustainable Fashion Using Social Practice Theory.” Presenter. Responsible Fashion Series (University of Antwerp, Belgium).
Refereed Conference Presentations (United States)
2026. Idacavage, S., & Peters, L.D. “Repairing Fashion Education: Toward a Pedagogy of Care, Community, and Emotional Resilience.” Paper Presentation. Costume Society of America National Symposium.
Nominated for the 2026 Betty Kirke Research Excellence Award
2026. Idacavage, S. “Mini Skirts, Maxi Production: Mary Quant, J.C. Penney, and the Origins of Designer Fast Fashion.” Paper Presentation. Pop Culture Association National Conference.
2025. Idacavage, S., & Brewster, M.L. “Posthuman Perspectives on Fashion, Materiality, and Display in The Met’s Sleeping Beauties.” Paper Presentation. Pop Culture Association National Conference.
2024. Idacavage, S. “From Sears to Shein: What Can Mail-Order Catalogs Teach Us About Sustainable Fashion?” Paper Presentation. Costume Society of America National Symposium.
2024. Idacavage, S. “Interpreting Sustainable Fashion Through Material Culture: Pedagogical and Curatorial Perspectives.” Paper Presentation. Pop Culture Association National Conference.
2023. Idacavage, S. & McAndrews, L. “‘I Don't Want to Ruin Anything’: Student Perspectives on the Use of Historic Clothing for Design Education in the Post-Pandemic Age of Digitization.” Paper Presentation. International Textile and Apparel Association Annual Conference.
Recipient of the 2023 Paper of Distinction Award, Pedagogy and Professional Development Track
2023. Idacavage, S. “Beyond the Sewing Machine: What Can the Home Economics Movement Contribute to Pedagogies of the Present?” Paper Presentation. Back-to-School: A Fashion Symposium (NYU Costume Studies).
2023. Idacavage, S. “Mail-Order Catalogs and the Advent of Fast Fashion.” Paper Presentation. Pop Culture Association National Conference.
2022. Covington, S., & Idacavage, S. “Fighting Systemic Racism, Classism, and Individualism in Sustainable Fashion Education: A Pedagogical Intervention Focusing on DEI and Social Justice.” Poster Presentation. International Textile and Apparel Association Annual Conference.
2021. Idacavage, S., & Lyu, J. “‘Intelligent shopping’: A historical exploration of clothing consumption practices, 1922-1968.” Poster presentation. International Textile and Apparel Association Annual Conference.
2020. Idacavage, S. “The Transformation of American Identity and Everyday Life Through the Commodification of ‘The French Way’.” Presenter. American Everyday: Resistance, Revolution & Transformation (Columbia College Chicago).
2018. Way, E., Idacavage, S., Byrd, S., & Abijaoude, J. “Study Collections: Building and Utilizing Object Collections for Fashion Education.” Costume Society of America’s Annual Meeting and Symposium.
2014. Idacavage, S. “A Taste for Caviar: National Identity Ambivalence in American Fashion Between 1930-1960.” ADHT Graduate Symposium (Parsons School of Design).