• PhD, Apparel Design, Cornell University, 2028 (Expected)

    MA, Fashion Studies, Parsons school of Design, 2024

    BS, Textiles, Apparel Design, and Merchandising, Louisiana State University, 2022

  • Black feminist thought, Black visual culture, US American visual culture, dress and appearance as performance, identity formation, Black beauty standards, body politics, media semiotics.

  • Grubbs, Lauryn, and Casey R. Stannard. "Black women, Brazilian butt lifts and body image: A qualitative study on the role social media play in promoting the thick ideal." Fashion, Style & Popular Culture (2024).

  • Grubbs, Lauryn. "Nadine Ijewere." In A Century of Women’s Fashion Photography: 1930-present, edited by Suzanne Ferriss and Anna Backman Rogers.

    Grubbs, Lauryn. "Ghetto Fabulousness and Cultural Appropriation: How B.A.P.S. (1997) Highlights the Visual Orienting of Black Bodies Around Whiteness for Social Inclusion."

    Grubbs, Lauryn. "Policing the Black Female Body: The Impact of the Jezebel, Mammy, and Sapphire Stereotypes on Black Women’s Body Image, Body Politics, and Self-Presentation."

    Grubbs, Lauryn. "Hand-Me-Downs: The Meaning of Passed-down Clothing and Other Items to a Black Family."

    Grubbs, Lauryn. "Fashion on the Yellow Brick Road: Exploring Black Beauty and Identity in The Wiz (1973)."

  • Hand-Me-Downs: The Meaning of Passed-down Clothing and Other Items to a Black Family, Fashion Studies Network: Unravelling Fashion Narratives Symposium, June 2024.

    Body Politics and Body Positivity: Black Women’s Experiences with Body Image, Costume Society of America National Symposium, May 2024.

    Mammy’s Makeover: Blaxploitation Cinema and the (Re)Construction of Stereotypes of Black Women, Popular Culture & American Culture Association Annual Conference, March 2024.

    Black Women, Brazilian Butt Lifts, and Body Image: An Inquiry into the Role Social Media Plays in Promoting the Thick Ideal, International Textiles and Apparel Association National Conference, November 2023.

  • Artist Talk, Black Women and Body Positivity, Women United Art Movement, January 2023

    Artist Talk, "Ravishing" for Vitiligo Bond Awareness Event, Georgia State Capitol, June 2022

    Guest Speaker, The Skin I’m In, Morehouse School of Medicine Dermatology Department, March 2022

  • Cornell University

    • Teaching Assistant, Fashion, Art, and Design Thinking, Fall 2024

    Parsons School of Design

    • Teaching Assistant, History of Fashion, Fall 2023

    • Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Visual Culture, Fall 2023-Spring 2024

    • Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Fashion Studies, Spring 2024

  • 2022

    June Vitiligo Awareness Month, Atlanta, GA

    6XTOne: Exhibition in Honor of Mayor Andre Dickens, Atlanta, GA

    2018

    A Seat at the Table, Atlanta, GA

    Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport Student Showcase, Atlanta, GA

  • 2023

    Black Women and Body Positivity, London, UK

    2022

    Black Women and Body Positivity, Atlanta GA

  • Mural, Chattahoochee Park Basketball Court, Park Pride Atlanta, expected 2025

    Retail Collection, Design + Muse Artist Collection, ComfiArt, 2021

  • Lerch, Mona. “Exhibits.” Women United Art Magazine, Spring 2023, Issue III, p. 166

    Brooks, Amina, ed. “Lauryn Grubbs.” Trapxart Digital Magazine, 1 July, 2021, pp. 122-127