Monica received her Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Vienna (2015). Previously she was a postdoctoral researcher at the Austrian Center for Fashion Research at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. Prior to that, she worked as an associate lecturer and researcher at universities in Austria (University of Vienna, University of Art and Design Linz, Academy of Fine Arts Vienna) and in Great Britain (London College of Fashion, University of Winchester), where she taught courses on the sociology of art, culture and society in poststructuralism and postmodern theory, the sociology of fashion, styles and identity, fashion theory, and research methods.
She currently teaches courses on the cultural history of fashion in the 20th and 21st centuries, cultural studies and research strategies for fashion design students at the University of Applied Arts Vienna.