Tara Maginnis has been the Costume Designer for DVC Drama since 2008, and been teaching Stage Makeup and Costume Design classes at DVC since 2009. Before this she was a Professor at the University of Alaska Fairbanks for 18 years doing the same, plus teaching The History of Fashion and Dress, Theatre History and more. She has a Ph.D. in Theatre History from UGA, an MA in Theatre Design from CSU Fresno, and a BA in History from SFSU. She is known for her video teaching series Theatrical Makeup Design Interactive, as well as articles in Costume, The Virtual Costumer, Theatre Design & Technology, The Costume Research Journal, etc. You can see many of these articles as well as her designs for theatre at https://TaraMaginnis.com and at The Costumer's Manifesto https://costumes.org