Bina Abling has taught courses on design concepts, fashion illustration, model drawing, and fashion portfolio in the fashion design departments at Fashion Institute of Technology and Parsons School of Design. She is the author of numerous books on fashion illustration, model drawing, and rendering.

Holly Price Alford, BA, AAS, MFA is a full time assistant professor in the Department of Fashion Design and Merchandising at Virginia Commonwealth University. Her research focuses on nineteenth and twentieth century fashion history, and African American clothing designers, and styles. She has presented her research nationally and internationally, including Denmark and Australia. She has published in the Journal of Fashion Theory and has been interviewed by The British Broadway Corporation (BBC) as well as the Associated Press on historical fashion issues. She is a member of The Costume Society of America, where she serves as a board member for the Southeast Region.

Connie Amaden-Crawford is a former instructor at the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising in Los Angeles, California. Her professional experience includes positions as a patternmaker, grader, and design consultant. She is currently President and CEO of Fashion Patterns by Coni and is a nationally recognized fashion specialist. She has been featured in magazines such as Threads, Sew News, and Notions and was a guest speaker on ABC's TV series HOME.

Joan L. Anderson, Ph.D., is an associate professor in the Apparel, Merchandising, Design, and Textiles department at Washington State University. She is a member of the International Textiles and Apparel Association, The American Collegiate Retailing Association, The National Retail Federation, and The Fashion Group. Her teaching and research focuses on the use of technology in analytical based decision making in retail environments, specifically customer relationship management. She has published in the Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services, Journal of Textile and Apparel, Technology and Management, among others. Current projects include model development of effective customer relationship management in retail and analytical based decision making in customer relationship management.

Jimmie G. Anderson has worked for over thirty years in federal government service, including 5 years with the Department of Defense and more than twenty-five with the U.S. Small Business Administration. He retired in 2004 from his position of Acting District Director for the Richmond District office of the U.S. Small Business Administration where he was responsible for the delivery of federal programs such as business development and business loans to the citizens and businesses in the Commonwealth of Virginia. He helped establish the Virginia Business Opportunity Fair, is a past member of the National Contracts Management Association, and served on the Board of Directors of the U.S. Senate Productivity and Quality Award for Virginia. Currently he volunteers his time to the Department of Fashion Design and Merchandising at Virginia Commonwealth University.

Katherine S. Ankerson is a professor of interior design in the College of Architecture at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and was awarded the Steward Distinguished Professorship from 2004-2006. Recipient of the College Distinguished Teaching Award, she has given numerous presentations on the power of digital tools to reinforce teaching and learning opportunities. Courses include third and fourth year Design Studios, Interior Construction Documents, and Evolving Issues in Interior Design. She is currently the IDEC Academy Administrator and past Director at Large of IDEC. She is also a registered architect in Washington State, where she maintained an active practice of architecture and interior design for twelve years.

Jemi Armstrong is a professor at Santa Monica College and the Fashion Institute of Deisgn & Merchandising teaching fashion sketching, illustration, and accessory design courses. She has illustrated for retail and manufacturing clients including Fred Segal, Michael Stars, The Colleagues, Dermology Med Spa, and Lair at Henri Bendels. Other endeavors include costume illustration for film and TV, and digital illustration. She was the featured guest on HGTV's "Awesome Interiors" a Home and Gardens cable show that showcases creative design endeavors.

Wynn Armstrong teaches digital textiles at Otis College of Art and Design and has created fashion graphics with Koziak Productions for such companies as Barney's.

Karl Aspelund is a designer whose credits include over forty theatrical productions, four films, couture garments, exhibitions, graphic designs, murals, installations, and fashion photography art direction. Since 1996, he has been teaching design at the University of Rhode Island and designing in an artist's studio, where his recent work involves the development of biomimetic sculpture and structures shaped by environmental data.

Rula Awwad-Rafferty, Ph.D., EDRA, IDEC, is an associate professor of Bioregional Planning and Community Design in the Landscape Architecture Department of the College of Art and Architecture at the University of Idaho and has responsibilities in the Building Sustainable Communities Strategic Initiative. In addition to more than 14 years experience teaching and researching in interior design, place, and participatory processes, she has received numerous Alumni Awards for Faculty Excellence and is involved in strategic initiatives, service, and engagement endeavors, and teaches senior community based service learning, capstone studios, and other classes. Her particular areas of interest are the intersections of security, identity, place and participation. She has given numerous presentations on identity and place; conflict and place, security, identity and place attachment; factors affecting quality of life in the built environment; culture and resettlement; adaptive reuse applications and community building; vernacular architecture; participatory and co-authored design outreach approach, Interdisciplinary design education; Experiential approaches to understanding the physical and metaphorical parameters of interior spaces and places, and pedagogical explorations in studio and theory design education.

Stefani Bay, M.A., is an Associate Professor in the Marketing and Management department at The Illinois Institute of Art — Chicago. Her interests include the social psychology of dress and its connection to cultural shifts, with particular focus on the formation of consumption patterns. She combines her past responsibilities as contributing editor for a New York Times supplement with her background as owner of a vertically integrated apparel company and jewelry design firm to deliver experience-based education to her students.

Randi Beer is an instructor in the Fashion Design Department of Woodbury University, where she has taught children?s wear, field studies for fashion design, special sizes, and design for manufacturing She is a retired designer and owner of Randi of California, an apparel manufacturing company of girls, juniors, large size, and maternity clothing distributed to major retailers in the United States. Her California sportswear designs have been worn by girls, teens, and women for over 30 years under labels including Randi, Just Because, Just Ducky, Just Enough, and Santa Monica Shirt Company.

Judith Bell is the Group Manager of Competitor Insight in Marketing & Guest Insight Center (MAGIC) for Target. She is in her 18th year at the corporation and specializes in competitive research worldwide reviewing and analyzing new retail concepts, leading retail tours and workshops, and delivering written and lively oral presentations to 3000 internal executives every year. In 2006, she was named a "Retail Design Luminary" in the Display and Design Ideas (DDI) magazine Portfolio Awards, and in 1999 she was the recipient of the Visual Industry's prestigious Markopoulos Award, which recognizes individuals for extraordinary achievements and outstanding contributions to the visual merchandising and store design industry. She has numbered among the top five industry mentors by DDI since 2001, in addition to being named one of the design industry's most influential people, annually, since 1998. In 2006 she initiated Target's sponsorship of both the Planning and Visual Education (PAVE) International Student Competition in Minneapolis and the Women in Design Awards in New York City.

Diane M. Bender, Ph.D., ASID, IDEC, is an Assistant Professor in the Interior Design department at Arizona State University. Her teaching and research focuses on the use of technology in design practice and pedagogy. Her findings have been published in the Journal of Interior Design, American Journal of Distance Education, and Journal of Educators Online, among others. Current projects include the integration of online and studio education, and the effective assessment of the digital design portfolio. She is a member of the American Society of Interior Designers and the Interior Design Educators Council.

Richard Bennington is chair of the Home Furnishings and Design Department at High Point University where he teaches furniture marketing and retailing, among other courses. He holds the Certified Home Furnishings Representative (CHR) professional designation, is a member of the Carolinas Chapter of the International Furnishings and Design Association, is a judge for the Pinnacle Design Awards presented by the American Society of Furniture Designers, and is on the Board of Directors at the Bienenstock Furniture Library. In 2000, he served as a U.S. furniture industry representative and product judge at the International Furniture and Woodworking Machinery Fair in Shenzhen, China. He has had his writing published in the North American Handbook of Home Furnishings and in Western Retailer.

Marianne Bickle, ITAA, is a Professor and Interim Associate Dean of the College of Hospitality in the Department of Retail and Sport Management at the University of South Carolina. She teaches contemporary fashion trends, category management and space management, and takes students on international study tours. Her research focuses on consumer satisfaction with cross channel shopping. Her research is published in various journals including Clothing and Textiles Research Journal, College Student Journal, Journal of Consumer Education, and Family and Consumer Sciences Research Journal. Dr. Bickle is a member of International Textile and Apparel Association (ITAA), Manchester Who's Who Among Executive and Professionals, Who's Who in the West, Kappa Omicron Nu Honor Society and Sigma Xi Honor Society.

Catherine Black, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the Department of Textiles and Consumer Sciences at Florida State University. Her teaching and research interests include creative and functional design and computer design in the apparel industry. Her creative designs have been exhibited in numerous juried exhibitions both nationally and internationally. Her research findings have been published in academic journals including the International Journal of Consumer Studies, Journal of Fashion Marketing and Management, and the Family & Consumer Sciences Research Journal.

Phyllis Borcherding, ITAA, is an Assistant Professor at the University of Cincinnati. A member of the International Textiles and Apparel Association and the American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists, she has taught courses in apparel product development, fashion buying and merchandising, and textiles.

Evelyn L. Brannon is retired from Auburn University, where she was an Associate Professor of fashion forecasting, apparel design, entrepreneurship, and consumer preference. She is a member of several honorary societies, including Epsilon Sigma Phi (extension) and Kappa Tau Alpha (journalism). Her professional memberships include the International Textile and Apparel Association and the Association for Consumer Research. In 2002, she received the Scientific Excellence Award from the National Textile Center for her research efforts.

Rose Mary Botti-Salitsky, Ph.D., ASID, IIDA, IDEC, is currently a Professor and Program Director for the Interior Design Program at Mount Ida College where she joined the faculty in 1991. Research interests include distance and non-traditional learning styles and its applications within art and design and programming and the research process within the interior design profession. Prior to university teaching, Botti-Salitsky worked at The Architects Collaborative, (TAC) in Cambridge, Massachusetts and has maintained her own practice A.D.I. Interiors since 1991. She has been committed to professional recognition of the interior design profession at both the regional and national level. She serves on the ASID, National Legislative and Codes Advisory Council.

Andrew Brody is a full-time assistant professor of Interior Design at Endicott College where he has taught since spring 2002. His courses taught include Beginning and Advanced Computer Aided Design, Lighting Design Studio, Contract Documents Studio, and the Capstone studio. Mr. Brody has worked for several firms in Maine and Massachusetts, and project types he has worked on include the chain of retail stores, residential projects, public library additions, and elementary schools. He has a BA in English from Columbia University and a Masters of Architecture from the University of Oregon. Mr. Brody is a licensed architect in Maine and Massachusetts, a member of the AIA and is NCARB certified.

Sandi Bruns is owner of Bruns Graphics, a commercial art and design studio specializing in the creation of unique and personal visual and verbal statements for companies and individuals. She also is involved in a number of public and charity art projects and is represented by Arts Alive Gallery and Wildside Gallery in Colorado. She has degrees in Fashion and Interior Design as well as a graduate degree in printmaking. She taught art at the University of Hawaii and Central High School of Madison, Wisconsin. Bruns is a member of Phi Upsilon Omicron and Alpha Lambda Delta honor societies.

Michele Wesen Bryant is an Assistant Professor in the Fashion Design Department at the Fashion Institute of Technology. She has also taught at Parsons School of Design in the Fashion Design BFA Program and was a visiting professor at Istanbul Technical University in the pilot Fashion Design BFA program. Bryant has given special presentations on visual culture at Virginia Commonwealth University, Bunka Women's University Tokyo, The Museum at FIT, and the Brooklyn Museum of Art. Her apparel designs and illustrations have appeared in Vogue, YM, Seventeen, Brides, DNR, WWD and Children's Business.

Nancy O. Bryant is Professor Emerita at Oregon State University. In addition to being honored as a Costume Society of America Fellow, she's been awarded the Robert Hillestad Lifetime Achievement Award in Aesthetics and Design, the University of Minnesota Alumni Society Legacy Award, and the OSU Alumni Association Distinguished Professor Award. She's a member of the International Textile and Apparel Association and Costume Society of America.

Janace Bubonia is an Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Design, Merchandising & Textiles at Texas Christian University. She has taught classes in design and product development, fashion illustration, fashion show production, promotion, and textile testing among others. She is a member of the International Textile and Apparel Association and the American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists.

Dan Bucsescu, AIA, is an Adjunct Professor in the School of Architecture at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York. He has been in private practice in New York since 1978 and has been teaching at Pratt Institute since 1980. He has lectured and written about architectural education with a focus on grounding the pedagogical experience in theories of knowledge and philosophy of art.

Leslie Davis Burns, Ph.D., is Professor and Chair of the Department of Design and Human Environment at Oregon State University. She teaches and conducts research on consumer behavior and the textile and apparel industries and is author/co-author of seven books and over 55 research articles. She is a Fellow and Distinguished Scholar of the International Textile and Apparel Association and the recipient of the Educator of the Year Award from Apparel Magazine in addition to several OSU leadership and teaching awards.

Roberto Cabrera is retired from the Fashion Institute of Technology.

Ralph Caplan writes about design for both professional and consumer publications, speaks about design to both professional and general audiences, and consults with both designers and their clients. His articles have appeared in such publications as Design Quarterly, Interior Design, The New York Times, and House and Garden. Caplan has lectured at many design schools and universities in the United States and abroad, and has been a keynote speaker at professional design conferences in all design disciplines. A former editor-in-chief of I.D. magazine, he is an honorary member of the Industrial Designers Society of America and a director emeritus of the International Design Conference in Aspen. In 2005, he was writer-in-residence at the Haystack Mountain School of Arts and Crafts.

Wid Chapman, AIA, is a Senior Faculty member at the Parsons School of Design in New York and is a former chair of the Interior Design department. His firm Wid Chapman Architects specializes in architecture and interior design for hospitality, retail and residential developments. He has guest lectured domestically and internationally on academic and professional topics.

Renée Weiss Chase is Director of the Fashion Design Program at Drexel University and a member of the International Textile and Apparel Association and the Fashion Group of Philadelphia. In 2002, she won the Lindback Teaching Award and the Philadelphia Parkinsons Council Award. Her expertise is in the area of collection development and couture.

Richard Clodfelter is a Professor with the College of Hospitality, Retail, and Sport Management at the University of South Carolina, Columbia and is currently the chair of the Department of Retailing. His articles and papers have received awards from several retailing and educational associations. Courses that he teaches include retail buying, internet retailing, and entrepreneurship. His primary research interests include retail pricing, purchasing on the Internet, and retail technology.

Julie Cole is an instructor in the Fashion Design Department at Harper College of Design and at the International Academy of Design and Technology in Chicago. She has worked in Sydney and Melbourne for several different companies during her career of over thirty years in the industry designing collections for several different target markets; children's, teenage and women's day wear, evening wear and bridal. Her specialty is the design process from concept to the production.

Sharon Scholtes Coleman, IDEC, ASID, allied member, is Associate Professor at Middle Tennessee State University, where she has been in the in the Human Sciences faculty since 1983 as the program coordinator for the Interior Design Program. She has been instrumental in the integration of technology throughout the Interior Design curriculum and has received numerous internal and external grants. Her areas of specialization include architectural/interior design history, lighting, residential design, universal design, sustainable design and computer-aided design. She received the 2008 Award for Innovative Excellence in Teaching, Learning and Technology and is a Registered Interior Designer in the State of Tennessee.

Allen C. Cohen is Professor Emeritus of Textile Science at The Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) where he taught for 30 years. He is the author of three text books. His industry experience includes positions in textile production and sales as well as textile design. He was a commercial arbitrator for the American Arbitration Association as well as an industry consultant. His positions at FIT included Director of Research and Chairman of the faculty association. He also was a lecturer of seminars for textile, apparel and retail executives.

Penny Collins is chair of the Fashion Design Department at Woodbury University, where she specializes in studio courses with a particular interest in experimental design and recycled materials. In addition to the interdisciplinary fashion and interior design course, Collins has participated in the development of two interdisciplinary courses: one combining fashion design and architecture student exhibition design and one combining fashion design and interior architecture students in a seminar on materials and meaning. In addition to her work at Woodbury, she is involved in the creation of art pieces that utilize re-used and found materials, which she has exhibited in group shows around the Los Angeles area.

Dana Connell is an instructor in the Department of Fashion Retail Management at Columbia College of Art and Design, Chicago.

Sarah Cosbey, Ph.D., is associate professor in the Department of Family, Consumer and Nutrition Sciences at Northern Illinois University.

Adam R. Crespi is an Assistant Professor of art and animation at DigiPen Institute of Technology in Redmond, Washington. He is an Autodesk Certified Instructor in 3ds Max, and has been using the software since its inception. Prior to teaching at DigiPen, he was a lead interior design, animation, and game design instructor at the Art Institute of California-Orange County for five years. He has over fifteen years experience in the architectural visualization field, seven of them running his own visualization and illustration consulting business. His research interests include digital modeling and rendering, global illumination investigation, and particle simulation. He has given numerous presentations on modeling and rendering at both the high school and university levels, and is a digital curriculum and development specialist.

Linda M. Cushman is an Associate Professor of Retail Management in the Department of Marketing at Whitman School of Management, Syracuse University. She has taught a variety of course including retail buying and computer related courses. She has been a member of the International Textile and Apparel Association (ITAA) for 13 years.

Sharon Czachor is an adjunct faculty instructor in the Fashion Design Department at Harper College of Design. She is an award winning designer of women's tailored garments with over 40 years of sewing, study and passion for design. She has developed numerous classes during her 13 years of teaching including the curriculum of sewing techniques used in the fashion department. A member of ASG, the Haute Couture Group of Chicago, The Chicago Fashion Foundation, and PACC, her focus is on the use of excellent garment construction to achieve excellent design.

Mary Lynn Damhorst is an Associate Professor of textiles and clothing at Iowa State University. She is a Fellow of the International Textile and Apparel Association. Her research and teaching interests are focused on the social, psychological, and communications aspects of dress and the body, consumer behavior, and body image. Some of her papers have been published in Psychology and Marketing, The Journal of Family Issues, and Symbolic Interaction, among others. Her current research topics include women's appearance in business roles, media and family influences on self-image, and obesity.

Diane DeMers is Professor of fashion design at the Fashion Institute of Technology and a design consultant for Her Majesty Intimates and Cole Girl's Swimwear. For three years she designed haute couture, pret-a-porter, and license collections for Carven Couture in Paris, then continued her design career in New York City with Calvin Klein Intimate Apparel, Adrienne Vittadini, and Malain Knits.

Lanie Denslow is the international director at The Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising (FIDM). She taught courses in international business and business policies for global trade. Her professional experience includes management for Macy's, international business development, and cross-cultural training. She serves on the board of the Foreign Trade Association and secretary of the International Protocol Officers Association. She is member of the Senior Advisory Council of Business in Diplomatic Action, International Visitors Council of LA and British American Business Council. She co-authored Working with Americans, has written for British Trade and Investment, and authored other works relating to global business.

Jay Diamond is Professor Emeritus at Nassau Community College. He served as the chair of the Fashion, Marketing, and Retailing Department as well as the Dean of Business. His honors include the Distinguished Professor of the Sate University of New York, as well as the first Distinguished Achievement Award at Nassau Community College. He has written numerous textbooks on fashion, retailing, and marketing. In addition, he is the creative force for Diamond Educational Productions, a company that specializes in fashion, retailing, marketing, and professional development videos.

Ellen Diamond is an adjunct member of the Fashion, Marketing, and Retailing Department at Nassau Community College. She is an internationally recognized artist specializing in original acrylics on canvas and giclee prints. Her works are in public and private collections throughout the world. Her honors include membership in the prestigious National Association for Women Artists. She has co-authored many texts on fashion and retailing, and is the president of Diamond Educational Productions, a company that specializes in fashion, retailing, marketing, and professional development videos.

Joan I. Dickinson, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Interior Design and Fashion at Radford University. Her research interests include healthcare design, design for individuals with Alzheimer's disease, design for older adults, design of nursing homes, and undergraduate student attitudes toward research.

Marsha Dickson is Professor and Chairperson in the Department of Fashion and Apparel Studies at the University of Delaware. She has published in journals such as the Clothing and Textiles Research Journal, Journal of Business Ethics, and Business & Society and is internationally known for her research and teaching on social responsibility. Dickson is President of Educators for Socially Responsible Apparel Business. She is also a member of the board of directors of the Fair Labor Association, a non-governmental organization originally formed by President Clinton to improve working conditions in factories around the world.

Milva Di Lorenzo is an instructor in fashion department of Miami International University. She has worked as a fashion designer for active wear and sportswear for women, men and children and has managed product development departments for sleepwear companies in South America and the US. Di Lorenzo directed ZS Apparel, a clothing company and has designed a variety of trimmings and complementary elements for clothing lines.

Sally M. Di Marco is an Associate Professor and Program Coordinator of the Fashion Design Program at Baltimore City Community College (BCCC). Prior to beginning her career as an educator, she worked in a local company designing fur-lined coat collections for several international fashion labels. The Textile Manufacturers Institute along with BCCC presented her with Teaching Excellence awards. Di Marco is currently a member of the International Fashion Group.

Suining Ding, ASID, IDEC, NCIDQ, is an Assistant Professor of interior design at Indiana University—Purdue University. She has received a college award of Excellence in Teaching in 2006, and Purdue Research Foundation summer faculty grant as well as several instructional development grants from the University. Her research interests include digital 3D modeling, cross-cultural comparison of architecture, cognitive perceptions of interior space and relationships of human behavior and environment. She has practiced interior design and architecture for twelve years.

Tanya Domina is a Professor at Central Michigan University where she teaches courses in computer aided design, senior portfolio, and coordinates the internship program. She is a member of the National Economic Association, the American Collegiate Retailing Association, and the International Textile and Apparel Association.

John Donnellan was Dean of Business and Computer Information Systems at Holyoke Community College. For 20 years, he held management, merchandising, and sales promotions positions in various department and specialty stores. Donnellan frequently addresses trade and professional associations on current retailing topics.

Lisa Donofrio-Ferrezza is a sweater and knitwear designer in the fashion industry and has been an instructor in Fashion Design Department at the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) since 1993. Her teaching and research focuses on sweater and knitwear design development and CAD technology for knitwear and patternmaking. She has written and conducted numerous seminars on knitwear design and development for the fashion, retail and textile industries as a designer and an industry consultant.

Patricia Eakins has taught professional writing, basic composition, and creative writing courses at such colleges and universities as New York Institute of Technology, The New School, Trinity College, and New York University. She has also served as an editorial consultant on vocational textbooks and is the author of a collection of short stories and a prize-winning novel.

Molly Eckman, Ph.D., ITAA, is a Professor in the Department of Design and Merchandising at Colorado State University. She is a past president of the International Textile and Apparel Association. Her research interests include the effect of culture on consumer behavior, internationalization of retailing, and social responsibility in the global apparel and footwear supply chain. Most recently, along with colleagues, she has published journal articles in International Marketing Review, Journal of Fashion Marketing and Management, and the Clothing and Textiles Research Journal.

Joanne B. Eicher began her teaching and research career in 1977 at the University of Minnesota and in 1995 she was named Regents Professor. Her many research projects include "Dress and Employment Issues of Somali Women Refugees" and "Dress, Identity, and Cultural Heritage among Minnesota Immigrants."

Virginia Hencken Elsasser is an Associate Professor of fashion in the Communication and Fine Arts Department of Centenary College. She has taught courses focusing on textile science and performance, the social/psychology of clothing, elements of design, creativity, and retailing. She is a member of the International Textile and Apparel Association.

Michael Eng is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy in the Department of Social Science and Cultural Studies at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York. A Fulbright Scholar, he has taught courses including architecture and urban studies, social-political philosophy, aesthetics, continental philosophy and feminist theory.

Jane D. Espinoza-Alvarado is a computer-aided design consultant to the fashion and sewn products industry. Her travels take her nationwide and internationally to help companies automate and use CAD systems more efficiently. She has directed fashion shows, created curriculums and taught courses including drawing, sewing, automated patternmaking and fashion show production at several universities including the Art Institutes and the International Academy of Design and Technology. Her extensive industry, consulting, and classroom experience paired with her career experience at Gerber Technology gives her a unique position when training students, faculty, or design professionals on CAD software.

Keith Eubank is a Professor Emeritus of history at Queens College, CUNY. He had previously been the chairman of the History Department and was also part of the doctoral faculty in History at CUNY. Eubank maintains scholarly affiliations with the American Historical Association and the Southern Historical Association.

Sandra Lee Evenson is an Associate Professor in the Margaret Ritchie School of Family and Consumer Sciences at the University of Idaho, where she has taught courses on dress and culture and apparel design. She was twice awarded the Excellence in Teaching Award for her department and conducts research on historic trade textiles in India and England.

Judith C. Everett is a Professor of Communication at Northern Arizona University where she teaches a wide range of merchandising courses; including merchandise buying, fashion show production, historic dress, and professional practices. Her research interests include retail promotion and visual merchandising. She is an active member of the American Collegiate Retailing Association and The Fashion Group International.

Jane Farrell-Beck is University Professor Emerita in the Department of Apparel, Educational Studies, and Hospitality Management at Iowa State University, where she taught for 27 years. She is a fellow of both the Costume Society of America and the International Textile and Apparel Association

Edith Anderson Feisner has served for 13 years on the faculty as a visiting specialist in the Fine Arts Department at Montclair State University. She has taught courses in color, design, and introduction to visual arts. She has held many positions in the Embroiderers' Guild of America including certified teacher, teacher certification board, as well as the author of the master craftsman programs in color and design. Her fine art works are in both public and private collections.

Anne Fenner is owner of Anne Fenner, Image Management, a professional image consulting firm she founded in 1981. Through presentations, consultations and wardrobe acquisitions, her firm helps men, women, and companies find and communicate their best, most truthful selves through their appearance and behaviors. She co-produces Fine Art-to-Wear Shows at Anderson O'Brien Fine Art. She is a founder and principal of the Global Executive Institute and has taught professional image and etiquette at Creighton University and the University of Nebraska at Omaha.

Ann Marie Fiore is an Associate Professor of textiles and clothing at Iowa State University. Her research focuses on experiential aspects of consumer behavior, including the effect of catalogs, websites, and store designs on consumers. She also does consulting for International Flavors and Fragrances, Inc. and is working with students on developing a holistic, aesthetic identity for small businesses in the Main Street Iowa Program, which is part of the National Trust for Historic Preservation.

Richard Fisher taught in the Textile/Surface Design Department at the Fashion Institute of Technology for 22 years. His classes covered topics ranging from home furnishings to apparel fabric print design. Since his retirement, he's developed his own unique approach to art and the creative process by exploring digital imagery.

Thomas Fisher is a Professor and Dean of the College of Design at the University of Minnesota. Educated at Cornell University in architecture and Case Western Reserve University in intellectual history, he previously served as the Editorial Director of Progressive Architecture magazine in Stamford, Connecticut. He has lectured or juried at many schools and professional societies, and has published several books, contributed to two dozen book chapters and authored over 250 major articles.

Judy Zaccagnini Flynn, Ph.D., is Professor at Framingham State College, Massachusetts, in Fashion Design and Retailing, and received the Outstanding Faculty Award. She is a member of American Collegiate Retailing Association, Costume Society of America, Fashion Group International, and Greater China Business Council of New England. For the International Textiles & Apparel Association, she served on the Planning Committee, Editorial Board, and Policy Board of Clothing and Textiles Research Journal and received the ITAA Fellow Award. Fashion teaching includes case studies, research methods, world market, field study in merchandising and psych-sociological aspects of dress. Research includes photography and immigrant dress.

Judith Forney is a Professor and Dean of the School of Merchandising and Hospitality Management at the University of North Texas. Her research interests include consumer behavior, adolescents and moral emotions, behavior, self-esteem, shoplifting; cultural and cross-cultural evaluative aspects of consumer behavior; cross-national comparisons; and apparel/textile international production and trade.

Irene M. Foster, Ph.D., ITAA, is a Professor of Fashion Design and Retailing in the Consumer Sciences Department at Framingham State College. Her honors include American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences (AAFCS), Wiley-Berger Award for Volunteer Service, 2002; and Christa Corrigan McAuliffe Honored Teacher Award, 1995. Foster is past national chair, Apparel and Textiles Division of AAFCS; a member of International Textile and Apparel Association, Fashion Group International, Costume Society of America, American Collegiate Retailing Association, and the Phi Upsilon Omicron, Phi Delta Kappa, and Kappa Omicron Nu honor societies. She has presented for many professional, business, and community organizations. Her current research and teaching interests include e-portfolio use in assessing learning, methods used in retail research, and industry software for merchandising courses.

Beth Winfrey Freeburg is an Associate Professor and Graduate Faculty Chair in the Department of Workforce Education and Development at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. She publishes regularly in academic journals, such as the Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences and the Clothing and Textiles Research Journal and presents her extensive funded grant work at professional conferences. Her research interests include work readiness, behavioral standards, including dress norms, research methodology, and organizational needs assessment. She is a member of the International Textile and Apparel Association, the American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences, and the Association of Career and Technical Education.

Myrna B. Garner is Associate Professor Emerita at Illinois State University. A former Fulbright Scholar, consultant with the United Nations Development Program in Jordan and Faculty Fellow with TC2, she has authored or co-authored articles for the Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences, the Journal of Women & Aging, and Clothing and Textiles Research Journal. Her areas of interest include apparel product development and global trade in textiles and apparel.

Beverly Kemp-Gatterson, B.S., M.B.A., is an instructor in the Fashion Retail Management department of the Art Institute of Houston in Texas. She is also currently a full-time graduate student at Virginia Tech where she is completing her Ph.D. in Apparel and Textiles Business Management. Her research interests include apparel quality, buyer behavior, and apparel sizing issues.

Mary Lisa Gavenas has a background in daily newspapers and covering the menswear industry as an editor for DNR, Fairchild's fashion trade. She has worked as an editor at Glamour, Mirabella, and InStyle. Gavenas has also been a columnist for Elle, editor-in-chief of a trade magazine covering children's fashion, and a copywriter on Madison Avenue, as well as writing about menswear for periodicals including The Hollywood Reporter, the fashion supplement of The Sunday New York Times Magazine and People.

Carolyn Gibbs, IDEC, ASID, ACADIA is an Associate Professor and Program Coordinator in the Interior Design department at California State University, Sacramento. She is an architect licensed in the state of California and has over nine years of professional practice experience including over 15 years of experience using, customizing, and teaching the various computer aided design and visualization software. She is a member of the American Society of Interior Designers and the Interior Design Educators Council. Her ongoing research is devoted to technology and its relationship to the creative process.

Lisa Godsey teaches in the Interior Design Department at the International Academy of Design and Technology in Chicago where she is adjunct faculty. She has taught numerous classes, including the Materials and Resources class and divides her time between teaching and practicing interior design.

Robert Philip Gordon is an architect, planner and designer with an international reputation in multiple design disciplines and as an educator. He received his Master of Science in City Planning and a Bachelor of Architecture from Illinois Institute of Technology and currently teaches Architectural Rendering and Design at Columbia College Chicago in the graduate and undergraduate program of Architectural Studies and Interior Architecture, Department of Art and Design. Gordon has previously taught at Illinois Institute of Technology, the University of Illinois, Chicago, the Academy of Art College in San Francisco, and the Paris/American Academy of Beaux Arts in Paris. His work has been exhibited in galleries and expositions in Chicago, Paris and San Francisco, as well as on the electronic scoreboard at Old Comiskey Park. Gordon has also written numerous articles on architecture and design for newspapers and magazines.

Michele M. Granger is a Full Professor in the Fashion and Interior Design Department at Missouri State University. Dr. Granger has worked in the industry as a buyer, manufacturers' rep, and specialty store owner. Currently, she consults for major fashion businesses internationally and travels to Paris annually. Her involvement in business and fashion outside of the University includes membership in The Fashion Group International from which she received a first place in juried fashion art, and the International Textile and Apparel Association, receiving the Special Recognition of Outstanding Fashion Merchandising Educator Award.

Judith Griffin is an Instructor of interior design in the Department of Family and Consumer Sciences at California State University, Northridge. She is a member of the Interior Design Educators Council and the International Interior Design Association.

Polly Guérin is a former Adjunct Professor at the Fashion Institute of Technology where she taught creative fashion presentations, introduction to the fashion business, product knowledge, and consumer motivation. Her first job was as a reporter for Women's Wear Daily followed by fashion director positions with the Lovable Co, Gamble-Skogmo/Aldens Catalog, and Monsanto. Guérin currently writes feature articles for magazines such as Art and Antiques, Doll World, Doll House Miniatures, and Haute Doll. She is a member of The Fashion Group International, Trends, and the Art Deco Society of New York, and is an executive member of the Creative Crafts Council of the High School of Fashion Industries.

Karen M. Guthrie is Associate Professor and Chairperson of the Department of Fashion Design and Merchandising at Virginia Commonwealth University. She has taught retail buying courses as well as management, fashion promotions, and product development.

Joseph H. Hancock, II, Ph.D., teaches courses related to fashion brands, retail management, and retail merchandising at Drexel University and has twenty years of management, retailing and product merchandising experience having worked for such companies as The Gap, Limited, Inc. and Target Corporation. Dr. Hancock conducts research and lectures in the areas of fashion branding, product merchandising, popular culture and contemporary men's style. He is the National Area Chair for the Popular Culture & American Culture Association of America in the areas of Fashion, Appearance, & Consumer Identity. He is a member of the International Textiles Apparel Association and the Costume Society of America.

Andrea Weeks Helekar is the Director of Institutional Research with the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising (FIDM) and was recently the curriculum coordinator of Merchandise and Marketing. She was previously the Product Marketing Director for Island Pacific Software and Manager of Applications at Big 5 Sporting Goods.

Janet Hethorn is a Professor in the Department of Fashion and Apparel Studies at the University of Delaware. She was the International Textiles and Apparel Association's 2001 Outstanding Designer, and won "Best Sustainable Design" at the ITAA 2006 exhibition. Her research focuses on the aesthetic response to clothing and appearance, with emphasis on the connection to design problem solving and product development. Current projects include explorations into masculinity, sustainable design, youth culture, and garment fit.

Julie L. Hillery is Associate Professor of textiles, apparel, and merchandising at Northern Illinois University. In 2003, she was awarded a professorship with Kohl's, a large discount department store based in Wisconsin, for her work as an internship coordinator between NIU students and the company. She's also a member of the International Textile and Apparel Association and the American Collegiate Retailing Association. In 2005, was awarded NIU's Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award, the universities highest award.

Mark Hinchman, RA, IDEC, is an Associate Professor of Interior Design in the College of Architecture at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln. He teaches design history, architectural history, and interior design studio classes. His education includes studying urban design with Colin Rowe, and culminated with a Ph.D. in art history from the University of Chicago. In Frankfurt, Germany, he worked for Philipp Holzmann. In Chicago, he worked at Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill; ISD; and the Environments Group, specializing in corporate interiors. A Fulbright scholar in Senegal, West Africa, Hinchman´s subsequent research interests were funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Graham Foundation, and the Getty Research Institute. He is a registered architect and a member of IDEC.

Jeannie Ireland, Ph.D., is Professor of housing and interior design in the Fashion and Interior Design Department at Missouri State University. A diversified individual, she has degrees in Greek, biology and physiology, clothing and textiles, and environmental design. Dr. Ireland has a passion for traveling and has so far managed to study and photograph architecture in 54 countries. She has taught residential design for over 25 years and was awarded the 2005 College Teaching Award.

Lorrie Ivas is a Professor a fashion design and marketing at Santa Monica College teaching fashion, advertising, retailing and display classes. She has served as acting fashion chair at American InterContinental University, Los Angeles and now coordinates the Fashion Marketing Department. She was nominated into "The Who's Who of America's Teachers —2005, 2006, and 2007." Ivas consults and conducts seminars on current fashion and retail topics, as well as designing jewelry and deconstructing/redesigning vintage pieces. Her specialty courses include the histories of fashion photography, fashion journalism and fashion in media.

Vibhavari Jani, IDEC, is Chair of the Interior Design program and Assistant Professor in the School of Architecture at Louisiana Tech University and holds the Cunningham Endowed Professorship in Interior Design. She has designed more than 3 million square feet of commercial, institutional and health care facilities in the US and India for clients including Ford, General Motors and the National Bank of Detroit, among others. Her research interests include the influence of culture, architecture and interior environments on people, sustainability and green design, integration of new technology in design and collaborative efforts in architecture and interior design education. She has published and presented numerous research papers.

Kim K.P. Johnson is a Professor in the Department of Design, Housing, and Apparel at the University of Minnesota. She teaches retail merchandising and apparel courses. Her research interests include social psychology of dress, retail merchandising, and consumer behavior.

Ingrid Johnson is a Professor at the Fashion Institute of Technology, where she has been chair and a member of the Textile Development & Marketing Department as well as acting vice president for academic affairs for the institution. Johnson has lectured both in the United States and internationally and is frequently sought by the media to offer commentary on textiles and industry trends, including Money Line with Lou Dobbs, the Wall Street Journal, Wired, and Glamour magazines, among others.

Helen Joseph Armstrong is Professor of fashion design at the Fashion Center of the Los Angeles Trade-Technical College. A teacher, designer, consultant, and author, Armstrong was a recipient of the Nisod Excellence Award from the University of Texas at Austin.

Sara Kadolph, Ph.D, is a professor of textiles and clothing at Iowa State University where she teaches textile science, textile conservation, and textile quality assurance. Some of the organizations to which she belongs are the International Textile and Apparel Association (currently serving as treasurer), American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists, and American Chemical Society. Her studies have been published in the Clothing and Textiles Research Journal (with whom she co-edited a focused issue on teaching), Journal of the Society of International Natural Dyeing, and the Journal of Consumer Education, among others. Her research interests include natural dyes and textile quality assurance. In 2003, she became a Wakonse Fellow and was awarded the United States Department of Agriculture Food and Agricultural Sciences Excellence in Teaching Award.

Susan B. Kaiser is professor and chair of textiles and clothing, as well as professor of women and gender studies, at the University of California, Davis. She is a fellow and past president of the International Textile and Apparel Association and serves on the Editorial Board of Fashion Theory. Other honors include: Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award (UC Davis), Green Honors Visiting Professorship (Texas Christian University), and Outstanding Alumna Award, University of Texas at Austin.

Jikyeong Kang is professor of marketing and director of the MBA program at Manchester Business School in England.

Gordon T. Kendall is a freelance author and lecturer based in Austin, Texas. An attorney with an MBA degree and teaching experience, he seeks to prepare interior design students for the legal, business, and ethical realities arising in their careers.

Sandra J. Keiser is associate professor and chairperson of the Fashion Department at Mount Mary College. She served on the board of the International Textile and Apparel Association as chairperson of the Design and Aesthetics Committee from 1999-2001. She was a member of the planning committee for The Changing Shape of Fashion symposium in New York, planned in conjunction with the UN-sponsored 1999 International Year of Older Persons, and a speaker at the First International Conference on Rural Aging in 2000. She is also a member of Educators for Socially Responsible Apparel Business (ESRAB) and Fashion Group International.

Injoo Kim is assistant professor in the School of Design at the University of Cincinnati. She was a designer in Korea and has freelanced with Proctor & Gamble and J. Peterman, Inc. Kim is also a member of the International Textile and Apparel Association.

Youn-Kyung Kim, Ph.D., is a professor in Retail and Consumer Sciences at University of Tennessee. Her research focuses on the relationships of ethnic marketing, mall shopping behavior, non-store retailing, consumer efficiency, tourist shopping, and international retailing. She has published numerous articles in journals related to advertising, retailing and consumer behavior.

Patricia A. Kimle is a member of the Iowa Arts Council, where she teaches polymer clay and crafts classes. Her designs have been featured in such publications as Step by Step Beads, Expression, Belle Armoire, and Art Jewelry.

Peter Klick serves as program coordinator of design integration at Chicago's Harrington College of Design, where he teaches upper-level interior design classes. He has worked for over 30 years as an interior designer in Europe and North America and has had his own interior design company since 1984. Peter moved from Switzerland to Chicago in 1999 and has been widely published in leading newspapers, interior design magazines and design books. Since then, he has been an interior design educator and an interior designer working for Chicago based firms and clients. Peter has a Master of Arts in Interior Architecture and Furniture Design from the Staatlichen Akademie Der Bildenden Kuenste Stuttgart, Germany and a Bachelor of Science in Classical Furniture and Fine Wood Working from the Gewerbeschule Basel, Switzerland.

Lori Knowles has over 20 years experience in the fashion industry as a patternmaker. Her experience includes assistant management and patternmaking for Marian Clayden Inc. in Los Gatos, CA, as well as being a former instructor at West Valley College in Saratoga, CA, in the Fashion Design and Apparel Technology department. Lori is currently working as a patternmaker for Pacific Rim Manufacturing in Eureka CA, working with organic and sustainable fibers for clothing and bedding.

Kathryn E. Koch is a Professor of apparel design at Central Michigan University and interim associate dean in the College of Education and Human Services. Dr. Koch is a member of the International Textile and Apparel Association. She teaches courses in advanced computer aided design using U4ia and most recently, Kaledo Suite.

Frank Theodore Koe, Ph.D., has held positions as Director of The Design Center at Philadelphia University, vice president and director of restoration at Scalamandré, and dean of the New York School of Interior Design. Frank's academic experiences include serving as professor and chairman of the Education Department at Saint Francis University of Pennsylvania and associate director of the Berkley Center for Entrepreneurial Studies at the Stern School of Business, New York University. He had published and lectured on topics related to business, design, historic preservation, and fabric for interiors. In his spare time, Frank invents and manufactures sporting good products.

David Alan "DAK" Kopec is an Associate Professor at the New School of Architecture & Design in San Diego, California. He has a Ph.D. in Environmental Psychology with a concentration in perception and design, and master?s degree in both Architecture and Community Psychology. He has a private practice and provides consulting services and educational lectures at events and conferences. A member of the Interior Design Educators Council and certified by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, his publications include two monographs, the book Environmental Psychology for Design, winner of the 2006 ASID Foundation, Inc. / Joel Polsky Prize, and a forthcoming title on health, sustainability and design.

Amy Korté, NCIDQ, is a designer at an architecture, planning and interior design firm near Boston, Massachusetts. She currently teaches the Degree Project Studio and serving as an Interior Design Thesis Advisor at Boston Architectural College. Her research examines how students learn within the studio environment and how their learning can be expanded through strategic connections between academia and practice. Korté is NCIDQ certified and holds a Masters Degree in Architecture from Harvard University Graduate School of Design, a BFA in Environmental Design from Parsons, the New School for Design and a Certificate in Design Education from Boston Architectural College.

Antigone Kotsiopulos, Ph.D., is Professor, Department Head, and Associate Dean Emeritus at Colorado State University. She is a past president and Fellow of the International Textile and Apparel Association and recipient of numerous university and association service awards. Her close connections with industry partners led to a life time of rich research and problem solving opportunities including a post as VP of Marketing for a retail software and hardware developer. She has extensive experience in teaching, training and research and has been published widely in academic and trade journals. Dr. Kotsiopulos is currently a private consultant and serves as a CSU Mediation Officer.

Grace I. Kunz is Associate Professor Emerita and past interim department chair of Apparel, Educational Studies, and Hospitality Management in the Textiles and Clothing Program at Iowa State University. She is a member of the American Apparel Manufacturers Association, American.

Jaeil Lee, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor and Director of Fashion Program at Seattle Pacific University. Her experience includes technical design position at one of the top retailers in the nation. Her research focuses on apparel product development, creative teaching and curriculum development, and cross-cultural study of fashion consumerism. She has presented her research in the United States and abroad. She has published in Journal of Fashion Information and Technology, International Journal of Costume and Culture, and Korean Clothing and Textiles Research Journal. She maintains her active membership with The American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences (AAFCS), International Textiles Apparel Association (ITAA), and Fashion Group International (FGI). She currently serves on the chair of Curriculum Development Committee for ITAA.

Elizabeth Liechty is a Professor Emerita at Brigham Young University in Utah. She has taught classes to adult and student learners in the clothing, fitting, and tailoring fields.

Steven Lindner teaches retail mathematics, business math, and financing management courses at Parsons School of Design. He also serves as a consultant to clients such as Donna Karan, Calvin Klein, Escada, and Giorgio Armani.

Sheri Litt chairs the Retailing Program at Florida Community College in Jacksonville.

Suzanne Loker, Ph.D., is a Professor in the Department of Fiber Science and Apparel Design at Cornell University. She has published widely on the apparel industry, international apparel production and marketing, and home-based work. Her current research program focuses on innovative business strategies in the apparel industry, specifically those involving body scanners and mass customization technologies, and socially responsible practices.

Michael P. Londrigan is department chair at Laboratory Institute of Merchandising in New York City. He is a member of the International Textile and Apparel Association and the Educators for Socially Responsible Apparel Business. Current projects include, consulting for Social Accountability International on a project involving New York City apparel factories.

Jim Long is retired as Associate Professor Department of Photography and Film at Virginia Commonwealth University where he teaches photography and basic design. He also has served as associate professor in the Art Foundation and Interior Design Departments at the university. His work has been shown in numerous solo and group exhibitions and featured in books and journals in the United States, Europe, and Asia.

Joy Turner Luke is a painter and owner of Studio 231 in Sperryville, Virginia, where she conducts intensive courses on color and artists¹ paints. She also lectures widely on these topics for art schools and other groups with a specialized interest in color. Among the organizations in which she has been active are the Inter-Society Color Council, where she has served as president; the Munsell Foundation; the Advisory Board of the Munsell Color Laboratory at Rochester Institute of Technology; National Artists Equity Association; and the American Society for Testing and Materials, where she worked on establishing standards for art materials.

Hazel A. Lutz is a lecturer, at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, where she currently teaches costume history, fashion trend and visual analysis, and international developments in textiles & apparel. She specializes in South Asian textiles and apparel and has often presented her research at the International Textiles & Apparel Association (ITAA) and Textile Society of America (TSA) national conferences; her research has also appeared in Sutra. She writes encyclopedia articles and reviews manuscripts in this same area of specialty. Under the business name Unusual Cloth, she imports hand made textiles from India.

Nora M. MacDonald is a Professor of fashion design and merchandising at West Virginia University specializing in apparel design, flat pattern design, fashion illustration, and visual merchandising. She is active in the International Textile and Apparel Association (ITAA), having served in elected and appointed positions on the board, organizing regional and national conferences, and serving on committees. She is active in the West Virginia Association of Family and Consumer Sciences (WVAFCS), serving as President and on the board. Her scholarship efforts include curriculum development, clothing for older persons and people with special needs.

Kathleen Maggio is an instructor and coordinator at Parsons the New School for Design, where she offers faculty support and works on curricular development. Specializing in the technical disciplines of fashion design, she presented papers on the subject to the Sewing Guild of Berks County (PA) and the Costume Society of America of which she is a member. She curated a retrospective exhibit featuring the work of fashion designer, Donald Brooks, and produced a related on-line publication. She currently lectures on the symbolic meanings of colors and textiles in the Bible.

John P. Marsden, Ph.D., is Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at Mount Mercy College. He previously served as the Division Chair of Arts and Design and founding Director of the Interior Architecture Program at Chatham University. He was also a faculty member at the University of Florida and Auburn University. He is the co-author of two books on dementia care settings, based on work completed as part of an interdisciplinary group funded by a National Institute on Aging grant, and is the author of Humanistic Design of Assisted Living. In addition, he is on the review board for two scholarly journals.

Carla Mason Mathis has been hailed as the world's leading visionary on color, image, and the psychology of style. She has been the keynote and guest speaker for seminars and workshops, including the Harvard Summer Design School, Stanford University, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Bloomingdale's, Nordstrom, and Saks Fifth Avenue.

Rosemary Menconi has received the Presidential Chapter Citation from the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) and currently holds memberships in ASID, Interior Design Educators Council (IDEC), and the Colorado Coalition for Interior Design.

Robert S. Merkel taught apparel studies at Florida International University.

Susan O. Michelman is associate professor and chair of Merchandising, Apparel and Textiles at University of Kentucky. Her research examines the relationship between an individual's social and personal identity and his or her dress. Her recent research explores the cultural meaning of modesty in South Korea and the United States.

Dana Miller, ASID, IDEC, IIDA, TIDA, is Assistant Professor in the Department of Human Sciences at Middle Tennessee State University, where she teaches courses on construction, interior finishes, building codes, ADA design, business practices, office, hospitality, and retail design and has presented on both a regional and national level. She has practiced commercial interior design in Ohio, Tennessee, and Virginia and her work has appeared in Contract, and Interior Design magazines. From 2004 ? 2008 Professor Miller served as the interior design representative on the Tennessee State Board of Architectural and Engineering Examiners and since 2001 she has participated as an NCIDQ exam juror.

Kimberly Miller-Spillman is an associate professor in the Merchandising, Apparel, and Textiles Department of the University of Kentucky. She served several years on the Editorial Board for the Clothing and Textiles Research Journal and has held leadership roles in the International Textile and Apparel Association. She currently chairs the Jim Liles Student Award Committee for Costume Society of America Region VI which funds student travel to the annual symposium to present their research.

Roni Miller Start is the department chair of Apparel Manufacturing Management & Special Programs at the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising. She has also taught courses in marketing, economics, international business, advertising, trend analysis, finance and management at Golden Gate University, Mount St Mary's College, and Los Angeles City College. She was a Retail Store Buyer for a major department store in the United States for over ten years and is considered to be one the leading experts in retail market planning including innovative advertising and promotional strategies, customer analysis, business opportunities and budgeting.

Carolyn L. Moore has taught textile science and apparel courses since 1980, most recently at Radford University. She has had works published in the Clothing and Textile Research Journal and the Journal of Home Economics.

Kathy K. Mullet is associate professor at Oregon State University. Her research area has been in functional sportswear design and she has consulted for Perception, Wilderness Systems, and Innovative Sports.

Paula J. Myers-McDevitt has taught at Cheney University, Immaculata University of Pennsylvania, and Harcum College. She has also worked in the industry as a Technical Design Manager for large corporations such as May Department Stores and Federated Department Stores. Paula has a Masters of Arts Degree in Fashion Merchandising.

Jack L. Nasar, Ph.D., FAICP, is a Professor of City & Regional Planning, a member of the Graduate Faculty in Landscape Architecture at The Ohio State University, and the editor of the Journal of Planning Literature. He studies environmental meanings, cognition, fear, crime, and spatial behavior. His books include Environmental Aesthetics: Theory, Research, & Applications; The Evaluative Image of the City, Design by Competition: Making Design Competitions Work; and Universal Design and Visitability: From Accessibility to Zoning (forthcoming with J. Evans-Cowley). An invited lecturer around the world, he has received the Environmental Design Research Association (EDRA) Career Achievement Award, Ethel Chattel Fellowship from University of Sydney, and the Distinguished Alumni Award from the School of Architecture at Washington University, St. Louis.

Christopher Natale is an instructor in the Interior Design department at The Art Institute of Phoenix, Council for Interior Design Accreditation (CIDA) accredited program. He is an accomplished furniture designer and fabricator with more than 20 years of hands-on expertise in metals and wood. His product design experience includes both computer-aided design and traditional illustration methods. His original designs and custom pieces have earned numerous awards and gained wide recognition among prestigious galleries, private clients, and interior design firms.

Zoya Nudelman is an instructor in the Fashion Design Department and Fashion Merchandising and Marketing Department at International Academy of Design and Technology and Art Institute of Illinois. Nudelman has been trained by professional artist and fashion designer from Europe and has been able to bring all of her knowledge into her classroom. She holds a B.F.A in Fashion Design from Columbus College of Art and Design and has earned her M.B.A from New York Institute of Technology in New York City. She is currently in the process of starting her own clothing line, ZoyaModa, in Chicago, IL, where she plans to open a boutique.

Linda L. Nussbaumer, Ph.D., CID, ASID, IDEC, is professor of interior design at South Dakota State University. Her teaching experience includes courses on Introduction to Interior Design, Materials, Professional Practices in Interior Design, Design Studio, History of Interiors, Travel Studies, and Sustainable Issues. She has published in the Journal of Interior Design, Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences, Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences Education, and Implications. Her research agenda revolves around interior design education and quality of life issues such as indoor air quality, multiple chemical sensitivity, housing for baby boomers, and design of nursing homes. She has presented these research projects at international, national, and regional conferences and has received instructional and research grants from SDSU, IDEC, and Phi Upsilon Omicron.

Linda O'Shea is an Associate Professor and Program Coordinator of Interior Design, within the Dept. of Design at Kean University. She has taught a variety of courses, including: materials & finishes, design studios, architectural lighting, business practices, and special topics. She is a professional member of the International Interior Design Association (IIDA), and has held leadership roles in the IIDA, the Interior Design Educators Council and the NJ Coalition for Interior Design Legislation.

Nancy Oxford is an assistant professor in the Textiles, Merchandising and Design Department at Middle Tennessee State University. She is President and owner of Textile Fabric Consultants, Inc., a manufacturer of fabric swatch kits used in teaching basic textiles worldwide, and she currently provides textile training programs for trade organizations, as well as various retailers. Her considerable retail, manufacturing and consulting experience includes working as a buyer and as a store manager in the retail industry. Ms. Oxford's research interests include textile flammability and clothing for the physical challenged, as well as Computer Aided Design and Fiber Arts.

Jill Pable is an assistant professor in the Department of Interior Design at Florida State University. Prior to university teaching, she practiced interior design through her own firm in Daytona Beach, Florida and also with the Creative Design Team at Universal Studios, Florida. Her research, teaching and creative scholarship presentations have been awarded top honors three times at international Interior Design Educators Council (IDEC) conferences. She is the past national secretary/treasurer of IDEC, past chairperson of the Interior Design Continuing Education Council (IDCEC), and current chairperson of the IDEC Social Justice Network.

Alexandra Trammell Parman, IDEC, NCIDQ, is an instructor at the Art Institute of California — San Diego. Her areas of academic research focus on healthcare design, sacred spaces, and interior design research and programming methodologies.

Jean L. Parsons, Ph.D., is currently an associate professor in the Textiles and Clothing Program at Iowa State University. Her interests include both costume history and apparel design. She exhibits in both national and international juried art competitions, and has won numerous design awards. Professional memberships include the International Textiles and Apparel Association, the Costume Society of America and the Surface Design Association.

V. Ann Paulins is a professor and director of Retail Merchandising at Ohio University's School of Human and Consumer Sciences. She publishes regularly in academic journals, such as the Journal of Fashion Marketing and Management and Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services, and presents her work at industry conferences. Her research interests include internship development, ethics, and customer service quality, as well as the social psychology of consumption decisions. The American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences (AAFCS) presented her with the New Achiever Award in 1997. She is a member if the International Textile and Apparel Association and the American Collegiate Retailing Association.

Martin M. Pegler has been in the field of visual merchandising and store design for over fifty years and has authored and edited more than seventy books. Currently a professor in the Visual Presentation and Exhibit Department at the Fashion Institute of Technology, he is also a popular lecturer in the United States, Latin America, Europe, and the emerging Pacific Rim countries. The range of his experience includes retail design, café and restaurant design, supermarket, market, and specialty food stores, shop exteriors, and streetscapes. He is the editor of two trade publications with world-wide distribution, as well as a contributing editor to Retail Asia, a Singapore based business magazine and POP Today out of India. Pegler has been honored by the Professionals for the Advancement of Visual Education (PAVE) with a Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2001, he was selected for the NY State's Chancellor's award for Excellence in Teaching. He is also an inductee in the Visual Merchandising / Display Industries Hall of Fame and an elected member of the Society of Visual Merchandisers of which he has served as secretary / treasurer.

Sar Perlman is a veteran writer and journalist whose more than 100 articles have appeared in national and regional publications such as Car & Driver, Power & Motoryacht, Art & Antiques, Wildlife Art, Millionaire, Boca Raton Magazine, Florida International, South Florida's Sun-Sentinel, and others. He is a partner at Sherman, Perlman, & Associates.

Richard Petrizzi, M.B.A., is an associate professor in the Marketing and Management department at the Illinois Institute of Art, Chicago. He is a member of the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD), the National Speakers Association, the International Textile and Apparel Association (ITAA), and Who?s Who Among America?s Teachers. His experiences as an entrepreneur, contract trainer, and administrator have provided him with a strong foundation for creating a results-driven and learner-centered pedagogical environment. Research interests include topics in communications, negotiations, consumer behavior, professional selling, and emotional intelligence.

Nancy Plummer, MA, AICI, is the program chair for the fashion design department at the International Academy of Design & Technology, Chicago, IL. She is a member of the Apparel Industry Board, Chicago Fashion Foundation, and the Association of Image Consultants International (AICI) where she serves as Chicago chapter president. Her teachings focus on image consulting with a specialty in wardrobe planning for men and women. Her business, Fine Threads, Inc., assist individuals express their personality through their clothing by offering one-on-one fashion analysis, closet consultations, and personal shopping. Fine Threads, Inc. also supports schools and corporations by offering corporate workshops and seminars ranging from Dressing for Business to Wardrobe Planning.

Tiiu Poldma is an academic and award winning researcher and professor who is currently the Vice Dean of Graduate Studies and Research in the Faculty of Environmental Design at the University of Montreal. Her expertise includes creating spaces in flexible and temporal environments using light, color and design elements through changing human user experiences of interior space. Born in Montreal, she has practiced as an interior design for over 25 years with projects in North America and Australia. Design awards include finalist with Raymond Girard for ToqueÉ at the Concours Commerce Design Montreal in 1997, and Honorable mention for the Laurentian Bank competition in collaboration with Julia Bourke architecture in 2003.

Lynda Gamans Poloian taught retailing, marketing, and fashion courses at Southern New Hampshire University and was Director of the Fashion Merchandising Program for more than 25 years. Poloian holds a B.A. degree from the University of New Hampshire and a M.Ed. degree from Notre Dame College. She was sales promotion director for a department store, owned an international accessories company, and has done research and consulting for retail and marketing firms. She is a member and Past President of the American Collegiate Retail Association (ACRA) and a member of the Retail Merchants Association of New Hampshire (RMANH) where she chaired its Education Committee and did retail training research for the group.

Wolfgang F. E. Preiser is a Professor of Architecture at the University of Cincinnati. He holds a Ph.D. from Pennsylvania State University, Masters Degrees in architecture from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and the Technical University of Karlsruhe, Germany, as well as the First State Exam from the Technical University in Vienna, Austria. As a researcher and international lecturer and building consultant, he has worked on topics ranging from universal design, to facility programming, building performance assessments, and health care facilities. His sixteen books and 125 chapters, articles and papers in conference proceedings include Assessing Building Performance (2005), Improving Building Performance (2003) and, Universal Design Handbook (2001). He serves on the editorial boards of major journals and has received many honors, awards and fellowships, including the Progressive Architecture Applied Research Award and Citation.

Arthur Price is professor emeritus of textile science and former chairman of the Textiles Science Department at the Fashion Institute of Technology.

Jeanne Price taught at the Fashion Institute of Technology.

Nancy J. Rabolt is professor of Apparel Design and Merchandising and chair of the Consumer and Family Studies and Dietetics Department at San Francisco State University. She is a member of International Textile and Apparel Association, American Association of Family & Consumer Sciences, Council of Administrators of Family & Consumer Sciences, and Association of Collegiate Retailing Association.

Jeremy A. Rosenau is associate professor and chair of Fashion Industry Management at Philadelphia University and Program Director of Master of Science in Fashion Apparel Studies. He currently is a member of the Human Resources Development Council and the Childrenswear Marketing Committee, both of the American Apparel and Footwear Association. Previously as President of Nannette Manufacturing Company, Inc. he served as President of the Childrenswear Manufacturers Association and a board member of the Educational Foundation for the Fashion Industry.

Judith Rasband is the founder and CEO of Conselle L.C. and director of the Conselle Institute of Image Management, an organization involved in the creation of education materials on appearance-related topics. She combines 30 years of experience in fashion education and business. A veteran educator, she has taught secondary-level, community college, and university courses in clothing selection and construction.

Patricia Mink Rath is a consultant in marketing education in Winnetka, Illinois and is a faculty member emerita of the International Academy of Design and Technology, Chicago, where she teaches courses in consumer behavior, fashion merchandising, and retail buying. Her fashion merchandising experience includes work as a retail executive in the fashion departments of specialty and department stores in the Chicago area and San Francisco. She is a life member of the Association for Career and Technical Education and the Marketing Education Association.

Donna W. Reamy is professor of Fashion Design and Merchandising at Virginia Commonwealth University. She is a member of the International Textile and Apparel Association.

Ron Reed, ASID, IDEC, NCIDQ, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Design in the College of Visual Arts and Design at the University of North Texas. His academic experience is in the design studio with emphasis in high-end residential design and various commercial design venues, presentation methods, rendering, color theory, and design drafting. His research interests include housing for older adults and professional awareness of design needs for the aging population. He is also an advocate for the design profession in seeking public and professional recognition, licensing, accreditation, and advancement of design education.

Rose J. Regni is assistant professor of Fashion Merchandising at Virginia Commonwealth University. Prior to that, she held several positions in marketing, merchandising, and sales for several companies, including Character, Inc., Body Drama, and Movie Star, Inc. She is a member of the International Textile and Apparel Association.

Andrew Reilly is Assistant Professor of Apparel Product Design and Merchandising at University of Hawaii, Manoa.

Roberto J. Rengel is professor of interior design at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he teaches courses on professional practice, office design, and intentions in design. For 15 years, he practiced commercial interior design with clients such as IBM, Chase, Bank of America, Sohio Petroleum, Nations Bank, Citicorp, KPMG Peat Marwick, Coca Cola, and the Disney Corporation.

Marilyn Revell Delong is a professor and associate dean for Faculty and Graduate Programs in the College of Human Ecology at the University of Minnesota. Delong is a charter fellow of the International Textile and Apparel Association (ITAA). She was presented the 2000 Lifetime Achievement in Design and Aesthetics Award by ITAA.

Keith Richardson is an instructor at the International Academy of Design, where he teaches courses in body wear, stretch fabrics, and machine knitting.

Mary Ellen Roach-Higgins taught high school home economics classes, and later moved on to teach textiles and design at the University of Madison-Wisconsin's School of Home Economics. She researched the function of clothing as a non-verbal means of communication and has written several books on the topic.

Lily B. Robinson, Architect, ASID, IDEC, is a full-time instructor at Design Institute of San Diego and currently teaches Building Systems, Institutional Design and Senior Thesis. She also works on freelance projects and is an architectural docent at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies by Louis Kahn. Robinson's work has been published in magazines including Interior Design, San Diego Home & Garden, Better Homes and Gardens, Kitchen & Bath Ideas and Dream Kitchens.

Vittorina Rolfo served as assistant chairperson and professor of the Fashion Design Department at the Fashion Institute of Technology.

Sylvia Rosen is a professor at Parsons School of Design in New York and an adjunct associate professor at Drexel University in Philadelphia. She is also a technical consultant to Gap, Banana Republic, and Old Navy technical design teams. She is coordinator of junior studio methods at Parsons, teaching patternmaking, draping, and design. She has also taught courses in fashion drawing, merchandising, textiles, and mentors new faculty at both schools.

Jeffrey P. Rosenfeld, Ph.D., is Director of the Gerontology Program and Gerontology Center at Hofstra University. He is a gerontologist with an interest in the interplay between aging and home-design. Together with interior designer Constance Gottlieb, Jeff was funded by the International Federation of Dental Education Associations (IFDEA) Foundation to create modules which would teach design students about aging so that they could design more effectively for older people. In addition to Hofstra University, Jeff Rosenfeld teaches as an adjunct at Parsons School of Design in Manhattan.

Christina M. Scalise, NCIDQ, is a professional interior designer and principal of her own firm. She is also is a part-time interior design educator and has taught interior design studios, professional practice, architectural communications, and rendering courses at Woodbury University, Seton Hill University, and the Art Institutes beginning in 1982. Current projects include development of an online interior design program of courses offered nationwide through numerous higher education institutions. She has also served on the board of the Institute of Store Planners and as the director of its National Student Competition. She is certified by the National Council for Interior Design Qualification and is affiliated with several professional organizations.

Douglas Seidler is an Assistant Professor of Interior Design at the New England School of Art & Design at Suffolk University. Professor Seidler is also a Lead Faculty of Foundation Studios at the Boston Architectural College. He teaches a wide range of graduate and undergraduate courses including foundation studio, materials and methods studio, furniture design, senior studio, computer drafting, construction documents, design communication, and thesis documentation. His research focuses on the application of pedagogical research in design education. He has over twelve years of professional experience in Architecture and Interior Design. Digital Drawing for Designers: A Visual Guide to AutoCAD is Douglas' first publication.

Julia Sharp is an adjunct professor at Queens College and Centenary College, and a theater costume designer. She has taught courses in apparel construction and design, textile science, and computer-aided design. She is a member of the Costume Society of America and the International Textile and Apparel Association.

Gerald J. Sherman is a partner in Sherman & Perlman, a Public Relations & Integrated Marketing Company. He has served as vice president of sales and marketing for several well known fashion apparel corporations and has been a lecturer and coordinator at sales and marketing seminars both nationally and internationally. He has held adjunct teaching positions at the Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, N.Y., Lynn University, Boca Raton, Florida, Miami International University of Art & Design, Miami, Florida and most recently at Johnson & Wales University, North Miami, Florida. He is author and co-author of several books and has also written numerous articles for trade publications.

Shelley Siegel, FASID, CAPS, NCIDQ, is an adjunct faculty member at Palm Beach Community College and founder and president of Universal Design & Education Network in Lake Worth, Florida. She is a past President of the Florida South Chapter of ASID, sits on the NFPA Building Code 5000 Building Systems Committee, is the past President of the Interior Design Associations Foundation (IDAF). Shelley served as 2002-2003 Chair of the A.S.I.D. National Education and Training Advisory Council (ETAC) and was a member of the NCIDQ Analysis of the Profession Panel of Experts and also served on the 2003-2004 ASID National Codes and Legislative Action Council (CLAC). Shelley Siegel is a winner of the prestigious ASID Medalist Award and was inducted into the ASID National 2004 College of Fellows, the highest honor the Society bestows on its members. Most recently, Shelley earned the professional designation of Certified Aging-in-Place Specialist (CAPS) from the National Association of Home Builders.

Shari M. Silkoff, ASID allied member, IDAF, is owner and principal interior designer of the full service interior design firm, Bayar Designs, Inc.

Susan J. Slotkis, IDEC, ASID allied member, is an adjunct assistant professor in the Interior Design Department at the Fashion Institute of Technology, State University of New York. She develops and delivers continuing education programs and seminars on various design-related topics for FIT, other colleges, and industry events. She is an Allied Member of the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) and has served the NY Metro Chapter as board member, newsletter editor-in-chief, chair of student and scholarship events, earning three Presidential Citations for her dedicated service. She is also an Associate Member of the Interior Design Educators Council. For more than twenty years Susan has practiced interior design through her design firm Profiles - Personalized Interiors.

Celia Stall-Meadows is associate professor of fashion marketing in the Department of Marketing at Northeastern State University in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. Her professional memberships include the International Textile and Apparel Association and the American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences.

Anita M. Stamper, Ph.D., is a professor of family and consumer sciences at Lambuth University in Jackson, Tennessee. Her research focuses on costume history, particularly nineteenth-century clothing and appearance in the United States. She is a member of the Costume Society of America.

Anne Stegemeyer, a freelance writer and fashion specialist with a background in both high-end retailing (Saks Fifth Avenue) and fashion publishing (Vogue), is based in New York City.

Cynthia W. Steele is vice president of product development for Evergreen Enterprises, Inc., where she is responsible for trend and design direction for the company. Formerly an assistant professor in the department of fashion at Virginia Commonwealth University, she has taught courses in apparel industry, retail buying, merchandising, trends and fashion promotion. Her professional background includes over 10 years in sales management in the gift and decorative accessories industry and over 15 years in retail buying and management for department and specialty stores.

Camille Steen is Senior Technical Designer at Ex Officio LLC, a leading maker of travel apparel. She has had twenty-five years of experience in the apparel design and technical design fields.

Tina Sterling is the founder and president of T C Strategies, Inc., a marketing and management consulting firm specializing in entrepreneurship, strategies, research, and evaluation. She is a consultant and strategist to the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, the largest Foundation in the country with entrepreneurship as it primary area of focus. Sterling has facilitated workshops and consulted to both start-up and high growth companies throughout the country. She has served with the nation's thought leaders in entrepreneurship education, has been a judge for national business plan competitions, and served on various boards and advisory teams. Tina also serves as adjunct faculty for Stephens College, teaching entrepreneurship.

Brenda Sternquist is a retailing professor at Michigan State University's Department of Advertising, Public Relations, and Retailing. She was awarded the 2004 National Outstanding Retail Educator Award sponsored by the National Retail Federation, JC Penney and the Center for Retailing Studies at Texas A&M University. She conducts research throughout Asia, Europe, Latin America and Africa.

Barbara L. Stewart, CFCS, is a professor of Consumer Science and Merchandising in the Department of Human Development and Consumer Science at the University of Houston. She has authored in excess of 150 journal articles and professional presentations and has contributed to 5 texts and monographs. She has received 26 awards recognizing her achievements in research, teaching, and service. Her interests include consumer behavior, visual merchandising, learning styles and engagement, and online education. She is a member of The American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences, International Textile and Apparel Association, American Collegiate Retailing Association, and Phi Upsilon Omicron.

Julie Stewart-Pollack is the chair of the Department of Interior Design at Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design and the director of the Green Design Area of Specialization and Campus Sustainability Initiative. She is a professional member of the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID), the Interior Design Educators Council (IDEC) in which she serves on the Sustaining Design Task Force, and the Colorado Coalition for Interior Design. She has authored several articles in publications such as Interiors & Sources and Colorado Homes and Lifestyles. She presents her ongoing research on Biophilic Design at conferences and workshops throughout the United States.

Steven Stipelman is a professor at the Fashion Institute of Technology. He has taught at Parsons School of Design and Marist College and has conducted workshops at colleges and universities around the country. In addition to working as staff illustrator at Henri Bendel in New York City, Stipelman was a fashion artist at Women's Wear Daily for 25 years.

Elaine Stone is professor emerita at the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) and coordinator of the Enterprise Center at FIT, a business training resource for fashion industry professionals, designers, and artists. A member of the college's Fashion Merchandising Management Department since 1975, she brought to FIT extensive retail experience as a buyer, fashion director, merchandise manager, and corporate vice president of department, specialty, and chain stores. Stone was instrumental in setting new directions for both the AAS and BS degree programs at FIT and she was a lead member of teams that established educational liaisons for FIT with countries across Asia. Among the many awards she's received are the Small Business Leadership Award from the New York City Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the Paul L. Lomax Award for scholarship and leadership in business education from New York University, and a lifetime achievement award from the Department of Commerce.

Pauline Sullivan, Ph.D, is an associate professor in the department of textiles and consumer sciences at Florida State University.

Kristen K. Swanson is an associate professor of merchandising at Northern Arizona University. Her research interests include retail promotion and tourism retailing. She has had work published in the Journal of Travel Research, Tourism Management, Journal of Vacation Marketing, Collegiate Retailing Association Proceedings, and Clothing and Textiles Research Journal. She is a member of the American Collegiate Retailing Association, International Textile and Apparel Association, and the Travel & Tourism Research Association.

Linda Tain is a professor of fashion art, design, and history of clothing and has been teaching at the Fashion Institute of Technology for over 30 years. In 1999, she received the Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching. She has conducted numerous seminars on historical costume as well as design and product development and has worked in the fashion industry as an illustrator, designer, and consultant, specializing in the designer sportswear, knitwear, and intimate apparel markets.

Bette Tepper is founding faculty member of the Fashion Management Department at the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) where she taught for more than 30 years and served as Assistant Chairperson of Marketing Fashion and Related Industries Department. She is a former fashion apparel buyer for Bloomingdale's and continually conducted seminars for major fashion apparel manufacturers showing their relevancy to the retailer's basic math fundamentals. Tepper was the primary contributor to a US government grant to FIT and coauthored a specialized instruction pamphlet issued by the US Office of Education designed to develop or enhance for Distributive Education competencies associated with the marketing of apparel, with special emphasis given to fashion buying. In retirement as an adjunct Associate Professor, she continued to teach math courses.

Lura K. Teter-Justice taught at Eastern Kentucky University.

Phyllis Tortora is professor emerita at Queens College, where she was department chair for 17 years, teaching historic costume and furnishings, and textiles. She has also served as a consultant to the Historic Costume Collection of the Huntington Historical Society. Her professional memberships include the International Textile and Apparel Association (ITAA) and the Costume Society of America. She has been awarded Fellow Membership in ITAA.

Lisa M. Tucker, ASID, AIA, LEED AP, is an assistant professor of Interior design in the School of Architecture and Design at Virginia Polytechnic and State University. Her teaching and research focus on sustainable design, historic preservation, and the intersection between the two. For the past three years, she has provided leadership for task forces related to sustainable design for the Interior Design Educators Council. In 2005, she was presented with the IDEC presidential award for her efforts.

Connie Ulasewicz, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor, in Apparel Design and Merchandising at San Francisco State University where she engages with students on such topics as, social entrepreneurship, textiles, visual merchandising and sustainable product development. She is a founding member of Educators for Social Responsibility in the Apparel Businesses (ESRAB) and contributing member to International Textile and Apparel Association (ITAA). She has over 25 years of garment industry experience managing production, merchandising, and sales. Current scholarship includes expanding the relationships among educators, students, designers, retailers, suppliers and manufacturers for the development and implementation of new ideas that will address the complex issues facing our industry.

Cathy Whitlock, ASID, is a professional writer whose work has appeared in books, magazines, homes and businesses across the country. She is a contributing writer for Traditional Home and her articles have appeared in Architectural Digest, Array, ASID Icon, British Glamour and Four Seasons magazines. She has also been profiled in the Wall Street Journal and The Fine Living Channel and appeared as a frequent on-air personality on Home and Garden Television?s highest rated daytime show Decorating With Style. She is a graduate of Parsons School of Design in New York.

Amy Willbanks is the Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Textile Fabric Consultants, Inc. Employed with TFC for seventeen years, she has written numerous textile articles, helped developed textiles software and fabric swatch kits.

David L. Wilson is a former assistant professor and director of Fashion and Apparel Programs at Philadelphia University. His business experience has included positions in the fashion apparel industry ranging from corporate engineering director to president and CEO of apparel companies in the United States and Europe.

Susan M. Winchip is a professor of interior and environmental design in the Department of Family and Consumer Sciences at Illinois State University. She has published monographs and in several academic journals, including Journal of Interior Design Education and Research, Kappa Omicron Nu FORUM, Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences, Quality in Higher Education, and the College Student Journal. She has received several instructional development grants from the College of Applied Science and Technology, and the Center for the Advancement of Teaching at Illinois State University.

Marian Frances Wolbers is an instructor at Albright College.

Jane E. Workman, Ph.D., is a professor of Fashion Design and Merchandising in the School of Architecture at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale. She publishes regularly in academic journals such as the Clothing and Textiles Research Journal, Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences, and International Journal of Consumer Studies, among others. She was editor of the Family and Consumer Sciences Research Journal from 2002-2006. Her research interests include dress and society, spatial visualization skills of fashion design students, and fashion consumer groups. She is a member of the International Textile and Apparel Association, American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences, and Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues.

Diana Bennett Wirtz, ASID, IIDA, NKBA, is an instructor in Interior Design program at the Art Institute in Seattle. She has been a professional designer for over 30 years and owns a thriving interior design business, Amethyst Designs.

Jan I. Yeager has taught at West Virginia University since 1967 and became the Director of the Division of Family and Consumer Sciences in 1995. Upon her retirement in 2005, she was named associate professor emerita. She is a fellow of the International Textile and Apparel Association.

Deborah Young, BFA, MFA, is the lead instructor in the textile science department at Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising (FIDM), Los Angeles. She is responsible for textile curriculum development in the areas of fashion, product development, merchandise marketing, and apparel manufacturing. Her curriculum focuses on the practical application of textiles for the fashion industry at large. The approach features new teaching methodologies that include a rigorous program of learner-centered activities designed to stimulate student participation and increase comprehension and retention. As an award-winning textile artist, she has developed specialized textile processes to achieve her vision. These unique textiles have been exhibited nationally and internationally.

Margaret Prevatt Young is a designer at Wolff-Fording & Co. She has taught courses on fashion illustration, draping, and pattern grading.

Bernard Zamkoff is an adjunct professor of fashion design at the Fashion Institute of Technology.