I am currently an Assistant Professor in Apparel and Textiles at the SUNY College at Oneonta. My research and professional interests include: clothing design, aesthetics, apparel marketing, computer applications in fashion design, Chinese fashion, and cross-cultural influences in dress. I have spent the past ten years in the apparel field, both in industry and academia, working as a fashion journalist, editor, author, scholar, and teacher.

Highlights of Experience

• Assistant Professor in Apparel and Textiles at the State University of New York, College at Oneonta.
• Published (authored, co-authored, or edited) six books on fashion and apparel -- currently writing my seventh.
• Published more than 60 articles in a variety of magazines, newspapers, and academic journals.
  View a complete list of my published works here.
• Former editor of Metropolis magazine in Shanghai, China.
• Wrote and directed a TV series on fashion trends for a television station in Shanghai, China.
• Former marketing director of Sun God Garments, Ltd., in Shanghai, China.

Academic Achievements

• Ph.D., University of Minnesota, in apparel aesthetics and marketing.
• M.A., China Textile University, in costume history and fashion criticism.
• B.E., Shanghai University of Engineering Science, in clothing design.
• Research Assistantship and Administrative Fellowship, University of Minnesota (2003, 2004, 2005).
• Teaching Assistantship, University of Minnesota (2004, 2005).
• Fashion Group International Scholarship of Minneapolis/St. Paul, 2003.
• Exemplary Graduate Student, China Textile University, 1996-1997.

Recent Activities

• November, 2007 - I gave an oral presentation entitled, "Chinese Bridal Dress in the Twentieth Century," at the ITAA annual conference in Los Angeles, CA, on November 10th.



• November, 2007 - Completed a training course in advanced pattern making in Lectra's Modaris software at Lectra's training facilities in Manhattan.



• September, 2007 - I recently wrote a section on Chinese imperial dress and Beijing Opera costume for the upcoming book Grammar of Costume from Ivy Press.



• June, 2007 - I gave a presentation entitled Chinese Fashion Revival in the Post-Mao Era at the Costume Society of America's annual national symposium in San Diego, CA, on June 1.