About

Meet Ashley

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For seven years I taught fashion history, visual merchandising, and branding to upperclassmen at Indiana University. I adopted the flipped classroom approach and designed courses that encouraged students to actively engage in their learning by getting up out of their seats and visiting the many galleries and special collections on campus and in the community. I still have a strong passion for teaching, but these days I'm taking a more nontraditional approach through HastyBookList.com. I continue to teach part-time at Loyola University.

My interests include reading (obvi), visiting art and history museums, eating out at new restaurants, and traveling.

Hasty Book List started as a hashtag on Instagram to keep track of the books I've read and refer back to it when my friends asked me for recommendations. As my list developed, I received requests to expand my reviews beyond a few sentences and to add ratings. Over time the blog expanded to author interviews, themed book lists, features of book industry professionals including book jacket designers and audiobook narrators, as well as personal blog posts spanning from chronicling our house fire to sharing the expansion of our family the birth of our son.

I received my Bachelor of Science in fashion marketing and management from Stephens College and a M.S. and PhD in textile and apparel management from the University of Missouri. My previous industry experience was in sales and management for both national retail chains and small businesses. In addition, I research historical clothing and I am working on a historical fiction manuscript.

I am always open to book recommendations, but my list of to-reads is already longer than a lifetime's worth of reading.

I hope you enjoy perusing my list of books! I love to hear when people have enjoyed a book I've recommended. Keep in touch!