Parsons new dean aims to rid fashion education of white, nondisabled, cisgender, thin worldview

Ben Barry will assume his new role as Dean of Fashion at Parsons School of Design this summer. In his former role as Chair of Fashion at Ryerson, he established himself as a leading voice of social change through the medium of fashion education. FashionUnited caught up with him to hear what he hopes to achieve from the leadership position of the most influential fashion program in the country, a job which he had initially considered a pipe dream when he first applied.