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Sephra Lamothe is an interdisciplinary researcher and curator. Her research interest centers on uncovering historically underrepresented experiences within fashion. Sephra’s current research explores the effects of traumatic experiences and environments on material culture. Her recent work includes exploring changes within the design and roles of women's clothing during the 1918 Flu and COVID-19 pandemics and garment production within the Canadian Penitentiary system. 

I am an architectural designer and researcher whose primary interest is research-driven design approaches to fitting objects, spaces, and experiences to human needs, capabilities, and behaviors.

Before coming to Ithaca, I was a faculty member at the University of Houston, and an Architectural Designer III at Perkins + Will. Prior to joining Perkins + Will, I was a faculty member at the University of Idaho and practiced as an architectural designer at SmithGroup, an American