Moore Interdisciplinary Assistant Professor Heather Ujiie has been named the Penny and Bob Fox Distinguished Professor for the 2018-2019 and 2019-2020 academic years.
Ujiie was recognized for the honor at Moore’s Commencement ceremony May 12, 2018.
“This honor reflects the assessment of Professor Ujiie’s excellence in teaching, professional work and service to the College,” said Moore President Cecelia Fitzgibbon. “Your relationship with the students and their feedback citing you as an excellent teacher, as well as your visibility and involvement in service to the College is very valued.”
“I am so excited and just so thankful,” Ujiie said. “One thing that has really appealed to me is that Moore is an all-women’s college. It makes me feel good to know I’m giving back and helping a young generation of women who are on their way to actualizing their potential.”
Ujiie has taught at Moore for a number of years, first serving as an adjunct professor teaching digital textile print design. She is now interdisciplinary assistant professor in Fashion, Textiles and Foundation. Heather Ujiie holds a Bachelor of Science in Visual Art from the State University of New Paltz, NY, an art education degree K-12 from Brooklyn College, and an associate degree in Textile Surface Design from the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City.
She has over 15 years of experience as a textile designer, designing printed textiles for the high-end home furnishing market including Schumacher, Polo/Ralph Lauren, Stroheim & Romann, Kravet, and Waverly in New York City. Her commercial printed textile designs have had numerous clients, including Flavor Paper, and The White House private residences for President George W. Bush and Laura Bush.
Born in Greenwich Village, Ujiie currently lives in Bucks County, Pa. When she isn’t teaching, she is in her studio. She has a solo show in September at Rowan University Art Gallery in Glassboro, N.J., featuring sculptural fashion pieces including masks and material explorations, digitally printed fabric pieces, window coverings and sculptural hybrid creatures.
