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​Career highlights

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​Administrative highlights as department chair of Apparel, Events, & Hospitality Management (AESHM):​

  • Increased departmental external funding to over $3 million since 2017, a one faculty team received a $1.5 million grant.

  • Launched the Event Management Masters Program with the first cohort starting Fall 2019 and first graduates were Spring 2022.​

  • Two faculty have start-up businesses based on research and 3 patents are pending.

  • Providing leadership to the establishment of new textile science and product development research labs in the Human Nutritional Sciences Building.

  • Establishment of three new Executive Advisory Councils for: (a) Hospitality Management, (b) Event Management, and (c) the Textiles & Clothing Museum.

  • The establishment of two new departmental led facilities in the Iowa State University Student Innovation Center https://www.sictr.iastate.edu/, which opened in August 2020: (a) INNOVATE 1858 (student operated retail store) and (b) SPARKS (student operated café).

  • Opened and manage the College of Human Sciences Culinary Creation Lab in the Iowa State University Student Innovation Center.

  • Established new student learning facilities: (a) AESHM Data Analytics Laboratory, (b) THE MEETING ROOM: Where Experiences and Technology Innovative, (d) AESHM Photo Studio, and (e) AESHM 3D Body Scanning Lab.

  • Facilitated curricular and operational updates to the Joan Bice Underwood Tearoom (student operated dining facility) and classrooms and studio spaces in both MacKay Hall and LeBaron Hall.

  • Managed approximately $429,000.00 of undergraduate and graduate scholarships for all 3 programs.

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Research - Scholarship

• 20 research awards
• 101 refereed research and teaching presentations
• 22 publications (journal articles, chapters in books & full papers from conference presentations)

 

Design - Scholarship

• 21 design awards regionally, nationally, and internationally
• 70 juried exhibitions
• 42 years of design experience
• 15 invited exhibitions
• 13 curated exhibitions

 

Teaching

• 33 years of teaching experience in Apparel/Merchandising
• 34 graduate students advised to completion
• 72 juried exhibitions by students
• 62 awards received by students for research and creative scholarship

 

​Career highlights

​​Administrative highlights as department chair of Apparel, Events, & Hospitality Management (AESHM):​

​

  • Increased departmental external funding to over $3 million since 2017, a one faculty team received a $1.5 million grant.

  • Launched the Event Management Masters Program with the first cohort starting Fall 2019 and first graduates were Spring 2022.​

  • Two faculty have start-up businesses based on research and 3 patents are pending.

  • Providing leadership to the establishment of new textile science and product development research labs in the Human Nutritional Sciences Building.

  • Establishment of three new Executive Advisory Councils for: (a) Hospitality Management, (b) Event Management, and (c) the Textiles & Clothing Museum.

  • The establishment of two new departmental led facilities in the Iowa State University Student Innovation Center https://www.sictr.iastate.edu/, which opened in August 2020: (a) INNOVATE 1858 (student operated retail store) and (b) SPARKS (student operated café).

  • Opened and manage the College of Human Sciences Culinary Creation Lab in the Iowa State University Student Innovation Center.

  • Established new student learning facilities: (a) AESHM Data Analytics Laboratory, (b) THE MEETING ROOM: Where Experiences and Technology Innovative, (d) AESHM Photo Studio, and (e) AESHM 3D Body Scanning Lab.

  • Facilitated curricular and operational updates to the Joan Bice Underwood Tearoom (student operated dining facility) and classrooms and studio spaces in both MacKay Hall and LeBaron Hall.

  • Managed approximately $429,000.00 of undergraduate and graduate scholarships for all 3 programs.

Research - Scholarship 

20 research awards
101 refereed research and teaching presentations
22 publications (journal articles, chapters in books & full papers from conference presentations)

Design - Scholarship 

21 design awards regionally, nationally, and internationally
70 juried exhibitions
42 years of design experience
15 invited exhibitions
13 curated exhibitions

Teaching

33 years of teaching experience in Apparel/Merchandising
34 graduate students advised to completion
72 juried exhibitions by students

62 awards received by students for research and creative scholarship

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