Question: In what discipline is Johannes Knoops a leading authority at New York's Fashion Institute of Technology?

Context articles: Amsale Aberra
Derek Warburton
Stephen Burrows (designer)
William Tucci
Johannes Knoops
Fashion Institute of Technology
Polimoda
Joyce F. Brown
Wendi Reed
Raun Larose

Amsale Aberra (born 1954) is an Ethiopian American fashion designer and entrepreneur.
 Her main field of design is in couture wedding gowns, and her flagship store is located on Madison Avenue in New York City.
 In addition to her flagship location, her gowns are also sold at fine bridal boutiques such as Saks Fifth Avenue, and Neiman Marcus.
 She is a member of the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) and a Trustee of the Fashion Institute of Technology.
Derek Warburton (born July 19, 1974) also known as Derek Fabulous, is an American celebrity fashion stylist best known for working with celebrities, fashion houses, and magazine editors.
 In 2010, Warburton cameoed on season three the Bravo reality television series "The Real Housewives of New York City".
 He attended college at Fashion Institute of Technology, in New York, NY where he developed his keen fashion sense and honed his talent for styling.
Stephen Burrows (born in Newark, New Jersey on May 15, 1943) is an American fashion designer based in New York City.
 He went to the Fashion Institute of Design, then began work in the New York City's garment center, alternately managing his own businesses and working closely with luxury department store Henri Bendel.
 He is known for being the first African-American fashion designer to develop a mainstream, high-fashion clientele.
 His garments, known for their bright colors and "lettuce" curly-edges, became an integral part of the "Fun City" New York City disco-dancing scene of the 1970s.
William "Billy" Tucci (born 13 August 1966 in New York, New York) is an illustrator, writer and filmmaker best known among American comic book audiences for his creator-owned title and character, "Shi".
 Tucci is a graduate of the Fashion Institute of Technology, located in New York, New York.
 As a member of the American Legion, Tucci is very active in raising awareness, honoring and remembering veterans.
 On December 26th 2008 a US flag was flown in his honor over the Headquarters of the Multi-National Corps-Iraq.
Johannes Knoops is an American architect, international architectural correspondent and professor of architecture in the department of interior design at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York city.
The Fashion Institute of Technology, generally known as FIT, is a State University of New York (SUNY) college of art, business, design, mass communication and technology connected to the fashion industry, with an urban campus located on West 27th Street between Seventh and Eighth Avenues in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City.
Polimoda is a fashion school in Florence, capital of Tuscany, Italy.
 It is directed by Danilo Venturi.
 It was founded in 1986 as a joint project of the cities of Florence and Prato, and the Fashion Institute of Technology of State University of New York.
 It is a member of the International Foundation of Fashion Technology Institutes.
 It is not listed by the Italian ministry of education, the Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Università e della Ricerca, among the institutions authorised to award degrees in music, dance and the arts.
Joyce F. Brown is the President of the State University of New Yorks' (SUNY) Fashion Institute of Technology.
 Born in New York City, she attended parochial schools.
 She is the wife of H. Carl McCall, who served as Comptroller of the State of New York from 1993 to 2002 and ran as the Democratic candidate for Governor of New York in 2002.
 McCall has a daughter, Marci, from a previous marriage, but the couple have no children together.
 Brown's first marriage also ended in divorce.
Wendi Reed is an American fashion designer based in New York.
 Raised on Long Island, she studied Interior Design at the Fashion Institute of Technology.
 She currently designs "Wendi Reed", a womenswear and menswear line which shows during New York Fashion Week.
Raun LaRose (born August 19, 1986) is an American menswear fashion designer based in New York, New York.
 He has received recognition for his futuristic style and use of progressive fabrics and texture in his work.
 He attended Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) majoring in menswear design.
 Larose later traveled to Paris, France in order to intern with designer, Zac Posen (2010).
 When he returned to the States, he decided to work on his self-titled brand, "Raun Larose."
 He returned to Paris in 2012 to attend Paris Fashion Week and was profiled by Gentlemen's Quarterly (GQ), Women's Wear Daily (WWD), as well as other press outlets.
 Shortly after, he traveled to London, England, where he collaborated with Rankin Studios in a fashion video entitled, "The Dancer" (2012).
 He was featured in Vogue Italia in the September issue of 2012, in which he was profiled as one of the 190 emerging designers worldwide.
 His 2015 collection, "Because the Internet," has been received with rave reviews worldwide.
 Recently, Raun Larose was sponsored by the CFDA (Council of Fashion Designers of America), where he was given a platform for his first presentation in New York City during New York Fashion Week Men's for his namesake collection, for Fall 2017.
 His collection, "To Whom It May Concern," was profiled widely.
 His focus on creating pieces that experiment with proportions and progressive fabrics, all while maintaining the element of practicality, is as he says, "... a cross between artistic references and mainstream consumerism.”