Ibada Wadud

In addition to teaching at RISD, Ibada Wadud teaches at Parsons and the New School in NYC. She is the founder and head of impact at LULAH, a lifestyle brand recognized by the Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice for groundbreaking work with formerly incarcerated citizens. As a board member of the New York Fashion Workforce Development Coalition, Ibada advises the New York State Senate and US Senate on fashion policy pertaining to human rights and environmental justice.
 
Ibada works with Adidas on brand strategy and innovation and has been featured at the Columbia University Women in Sustainability Summit, WWD x Beauty Inc.’s Sustainability Forum, CFDA.com and Essence Festival’s Fashion House.
 
She has also managed corporate social responsibility at Kate Spade in New York and Rwanda and consulted for the United Nations Sustainable Textiles & Apparel Initiative. She studied at RISD and holds a master’s in human rights from Universidad Pablo de Olavide. She is fluent in Spanish and lives in Brooklyn, NY.