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Susan Hiner is a Professor of French and Francophone Studies and Director of Research Development at Vassar College, holding the John Guy Vassar Chair. She specializes in 19th-century French literature, fashion history, and gender studies, with affiliations in the Global Nineteenth-Century Studies Program and Women, Feminist, and Queer Studies Program. Her research explores intersections of fashion, material culture, and gender, emphasizing women’s roles in cultural production.
Educated at the University of Virginia (BA, double major in French and English) and Columbia University (MA, MPhil, PhD in French Literature), she has been at Vassar since 1998. Her work includes the award-winning book Accessories to Modernity: Fashion and the Feminine in Nineteenth-Century France, and she has held prestigious fellowships like the NEH and Spring Fellowships.
Her research interests span fashion’s role in socio-political contexts, gendered labor, and material culture. Recent publications analyze topics like fashion plates, millinery trade, and cultural diplomacy. She actively engages with the Vassar College Costume Collection, using garments to teach 19th-century history and culture.
- Grants & Honors: NEH Fellowship (2016-17), Spring Fellow at American Library in Paris (2015), Millia Davenport Award (2011).
- Labs/Teams: Collaborates with the Vassar Costume Collection, integrating material artifacts into pedagogy and research.
