Design and Merchandising Faculty Research and Creative Scholarship

Assistant Professor

Areas:

• Sustainability
• Technology in apparel and accessory production
• Transformable design for under-served market needs

Curator and Assistant Professor

Areas:

• Histories of Exhibiting Fashion and Dress
• Fashion at International Exhibitions and World’s Fairs
• Temporalities and Theories of Fashion
• Spaces and Infrastructure of Displaying Dress and Apparel
• Curatorial Practice

Associate Professor

Areas:

• Sustainable Fashion Consumption & Production (SFCP)
• Sustainable Consumption Communication
• K-12 Education
• Regional and local Supply Chains
• Alternate Models of Consumption and Production (shared and circular economy)

Professor and Department Head

Areas:

• Merchandising and Retailing
• Advertising and Promotion
• Social Responsibility
• Retail/Store Design

Assistant Professor

Areas:

• Small-Scale Hand Embroidery
• Surface Design and Embellishment
• Weaving, Utilizing Traditional Ikat Dyeing Techniques
• Philosophical Inspirations for Art and Design

Associate Professor

Areas:

• Textiles Innovation via Nanotechnology
• Smart Textiles
• Textiles and Sustainability
• Nanostructured Materials

Associate Professor

Areas:

• Inclusive Product Development
• Adaptive Apparel Design
• Advanced Prototyping Technologies
• User-Centered Design Processes
• Enhancing the Ability, Health, and Well-being of Users Through Functional Design

Professor

Areas:

• Body Image and Satisfaction
• Appearance Socialization
• Dress and Appearance as Components of Subject Formation/Identity/Self
• Dress and Appearance Experiences of Marginalized Populations
• Apparel and Merchandising as a Vehicle for Girls’ STEM Education

Professor

Areas:

• Promoting consumer sustainable lifestyles
• Sustainable clothing practices and education
• Use of virtual and 3D technology in apparel education