These days, Chow’s fashion sense garners the same acclaim as her lectures.
“She has style,” Song said, “and great bags.”
Muirhead told FM that, outside of class, he dresses “badly; in jeans and t-shirts with the occasional flannel flourish.”
Fox said he approves of his professor’s wardrobe.
“He’s a sweater guy,” Fox said.
Muirhead offered a relationship between fashion and teaching via analogy.
“There are a thousand ways to dress well, and a thousand ways to teach effectively,” Muirhead said. “As everyone has to find his or her own style, so every teacher has to find his or her own voice.”
—Staff writer Maria S. Pedroza can be reached at mpedroza@fas.harvard.edu.