Elida Camille Behar

Elida Camille Behar is a Senior Lecturer in Merchandising at Indiana University's Eskenazi School of Art, Architecture + Design, where she teaches courses in brand strategy, retail promotion, and global apparel trade. With over 25 years of industry experience at luxury retailers like Saks Fifth Avenue, she bridges academic theory with practical retail expertise.

Her international engagement includes annual visiting lectureships at Zhejiang Sci-Tech University in China since 2015. Previous academic roles include:

• Assistant Adjunct Professor at Fashion Institute of Technology/SUNY
• Graduate faculty at LIM College's Fashion Marketing program

Research interests focus on:

• Global fashion supply chains
• Luxury brand positioning
• Consumer behavior analytics
• Retail mathematics applications
• International trade policy in textiles

Honors include a SUNY Chancellor's Award nomination for teaching excellence. She holds a Master's in Global Fashion Management from FIT and a BS in Accounting from Fordham University.