Camille Avent
Program Head, Fashion Design; Associate Professor, Fashion Design
Avent is an industry expert with a decade of experience in design, product development and merchandising, specializing in Web 3.0 and extended reality strategies. Leveraging nine years of leadership in higher education, she bridges cultural, brand and technological gaps, catering to contemporary consumer needs.
Notable achievements include presenting on digital commerce trends for Design Philadelphia, advising winning fashion scholarship funds such as "The Camellia Collective" for the Fashion Scholarship Fund and raising funds for charities through student-led pop-up shops. Additionally, she has directed immersive study abroad programs through partnerships with the Paris American Academy and CIEE. She has also developed innovative courses, mentored students to industry success through programs like Windows Wear Mentorship and published in the Business Education Innovation Journal.
Avent has over 10 years of experience in the fashion industry with her own contemporary womenswear line featured in national boutiques. Her experience also includes design, merchandising and retailing with Calvin Klein, Lacoste and Godiva.
