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Department Head: Dr. Patricia Hunt-Hurst
Office Manager: Diane Kesler
Address: 321 Dawson Hall · University of Georgia · 305 Sanford Dr · Athens, GA 30602-3622 ( Map)

Associate Professor 
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Research: Microbial, particulate, and single fiber transfer, instrumentation to measure and predict surface wear of textiles, development and analysis of textile materials.

Outreach: Corporate, governmental and legal consulting and research

Teaching: Textile science; physical analysis of textiles; nonwovens science and technology; research methods

Address: 309 Dawson Hall, 305 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: pannis@fcs.uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-4889
Fax: 706-542-4890

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Research: African American consumers, professional dress

Outreach: Fashion Design Student Association- Advisor, 2006-present

Teaching: Global Retailing, Apparel Quality Analysis, Entrepreneurial Merchandising, FM Internship

Interests: Entrepreneurship, Retailing, Apparel Quality

Address: 317 Dawson Hall, 305 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: eichelb@uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-4884
Fax: 706-542-4890

Associate Professor 
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Research: Historic Clothing and Textiles; Late 20th Century fashion (emphasis on male fashion); pop culture and fashion; Jungian archetypal analysis; fashion and art.

Outreach: Historic Clothing and Textiles Collection Manager.

Teaching: Historic Clothing and Textiles; Fashion Promotion and Visual Merchandising, Museum Issues in Historic Clothing and Textiles.

Interests: Travel, music, museums, support for migrant farmworker communities.

Address: 303 Dawson Hall, 305 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: jblanco@uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-4885

Alecia Brooks
Part Time Instructor 
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Address: 350 Dawson Hall, 305 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: afbrooks@uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-4888

Professor 
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Research: Color theory and measurement; fabric structure/ property relationships; physical evaluation of textiles.

Outreach: The Fiber Society, American Assoc. of Textile Chemists and Colorists, Inter-Society Color Council, International Textile and Apparel Assoc., American Society for Testing Materials.

Teaching: Color Science and Textile Testing.

Address: 300 Dawson Hall, 305 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: hepps@fcs.uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-4913
Fax: 706-542-4890

Georgia Soft Goods Distinguished Professor 
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Address: 352 Dawson Hall, 305 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: cgilbert@fcs.uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-3049

Graduate Dean 
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Research: Strategic intervention for doctoral completion; recycled textile products; flammability of apparel; fabric shading and dehumidification devices for commercial and residential buildings.

Outreach: Leadership development in higher education administration.

Address: Graduate School, 320 East Clayton Street, Suite 400, Athens, GA, 30602
E-Mail: mgrasso@uga.edu
Phone: 706-425-2933
Fax: 706-425-3095

Georgia Power Professor of Textile Science 
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Research: Enzymatic treatments for textile chemical processing; environmental chemistry; nanotechnical development of fiber surface modifiers, including antimicobials

Outreach: Georgia apparel, carpet and textile industries

Teaching: Polymer chemistry; textile testing; international trade in textiles and apparel.

Address: 300 Dawson Hall, 305 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: ihardin@fcs.uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-0357
Fax: 706-542-0410

Department Head 
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Research: cultural perception in the fashion marketplace, African dress and textiles, American historic dress and textiles

Teaching: fashion fundamentals, fashion and popular culture, historic fashion and dress, West African Fabrics, Dress, and Adornment, International study in Ghana and London

Address: 321 Dawson Hall, 305 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: phunt@fcs.uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-4888
Fax: 706-542-0410

Associate Professor 
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Research: Consumer behavior, e-tailing

Teaching: Retail mathematics, retail management, e-tailing

Address: 315 Dawson Hall, 305 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: skim@fcs.uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-4887
Fax: 706-542-4890

Asst. Professor 
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Research: The social, ethical and design implications of residential environments for aging adults.

Teaching: Residential Interiors and Economic Resources; Advanced Housing Design

Address: 213 Barrow Hall, 115 DW Brooks Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: meganlee@uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-0150

Associate Professor 
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Research: Dressing the body as a non-verbal communication system; social and political aspects of material culture; Eastern European women's history related to dress; environmentally friendly and socially responsible apparel production, consumption practices

Address: 319 Dawson Hall, 305 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: medvedev@uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-4307

Lecturer 
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Research: Product design and development for the kitchen and bath industry.

Outreach: NKBA Coordinator, Internship Coordinator and Chair of Recruitment Committee, Facilities Committee Member

Teaching: Teach students all levels. Refer to CV posted, linked above photo

Interests: Everything art,design,music and film related.

Address: 215D Barrow Hall, 115 DW Brooks Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: jayarose@uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-6003

Associate Professor & Graduate Coordinator 
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Research: International retailing, Cultural analysis of consumer behavior in multiple retail channels, Advertising and promotional strategy analysis

Teaching: Apparel and Textile Economics, Consumer Behavior, Apparel Line Development & Presentation.

Address: 307 Dawson Hall, 305 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: yseock@fcs.uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-4892
Fax: 706-542-4891

Assistant Professor 
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Research: Bioplastics–Biocomposites from Renewable Resources; Functional and Smart Textiles; Medical Textiles

Teaching: Textiles; Textile Testing; Product Development; Apparel and Textile Product Safety;Textile, Fashion and Consumers

Address: 350 Dawson Hall, 305 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: ssharma@uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-7353

Research: Natural and synthetic polymers; synthesis, new uses, derivatives and modification; microfibrillated polymers; cellulose solvents

Outreach: Consult for textile, paper, food packaging and polymer companies; expert witness; coordination with industry representatives on sponsored research

Teaching: Chemistry, textiles, natural and synthetic polymers and nonwovens

Phone: 770-394-3128
Fax: 770-394-3128

Professor, Textiles, Merchandising And Interiors 
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Research: Nonformaldehyde wrinkle-free finishing system; flame retardant finishing of cotton and cotton blends; chemical modification of textiles; analytical methods development;paper wet strength agents.

Teaching: Chemical analysis, textile sciences, polymer chemistry

Address: 305 Dawson Hall, 305 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: cyang@fcs.uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-4912
Fax: 706-542-4890

Sarah Zenti
Lecturer 
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Address: 215 Barrow Hall, 115 DW Brooks Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: szenti@uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-4914

Anna Glenn Auman
Student 
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Interests: Sustainable Interior Environments

Address: 205 Dawson Hall, 305 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: aauman@uga.edu
Phone: 678-591-8268

Mary Caughran
M.S. Student 
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Address: 312 Dawson Hall, 305 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: mary.caughran@gmail.com
Phone: 423-400-6024
Fax: 423 400-6024

Jia Chen
M.S. Student 
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Address: 312 Dawson Hall, 305 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: jiachen@uga.edu
Phone: 706-206-9586

April Nicole Keefe
M.S. Student 
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Address: 312 Dawson Hall, 305 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: aprilkeefe@gmail.com
Phone: 229-347-3190

Clair Inabnett McClure
M.S Student 
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Interests: Fair Tade descriptions as it affects consumers purchase intention of African Cultural products

Advisory Committee: Yoo-Kyoung Seock, Soyoung Kim, Jan Hathcote

Address: 312 Dawson Hall, 305 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: cinabne@uga.edu
Phone: 843-442-1689

M.S. Student 
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Interests: International trade and development, apparel economics, and sustainability.

Address: 312A Dawson Hall, 305 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: breef@uga.edu
Phone: 765-490-6138

M.S. Student 
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Interests: Contemporary dress history, Curatorial work

Address: 312 Dawson Hall, 305 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: Jessicaschw@gmail.com
Phone: 704-608-0256

Bridget Shields
M.S. Student 
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Address: 312A Dawson Hall, 305 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: bridget0621@hotmail.com
Phone: 478-919-8199

Sung-Ha Shin
M.S.Student 
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Address: 302 Dawson Hall, 305 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: missshiny@gmail.com
Phone: 202-431-9928

Sara Brooke Toluba
M.S. Student 
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Address: 324 Dawson Hall, 305 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: sbtoluba@uga.edu
Phone: 404-625-5922

Sivasankari Venketachalam
M.S stuent 
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Address: 312 Dawson Hall, 305 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: sivav@uga.edu
Phone: 706-352-7024

Melodie Ray Davis-Bundrage
PhD Student 
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Interests: Retail management/entrepreneurship, buying, global sourcing for handcrafted product development, accessories industry

Address: 312A Dawson Hall, 305 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: mrdb@uga.edu
Phone: 678-345-8382

Research Assistant 
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Interests: Enzymatic treatment of cotton seed coat fragments.

Advisory Committee: Dr. Ian Hardin

Address: 370 Dawson Hall, 305 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: drenuka@uga.edu
Phone: 706-583-0172

Graduate Assistant 
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Interests: Textile Science, Polymer Chemistry, Plastics

Address: 364 Dawson Hall, 305 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: arjones@uga.edu
Phone: 864-508-1363

Soo-Hyun Kim
Student 
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Address: , 269 Surrey Lane, Statesboro, GA, 30458
E-Mail: soohkim@uga.edu
Phone: 912-660-4133

Elizabeth Allen
Academic Advisor 
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Address: 357 Dawson Hall, 305 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: aallen@uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-7276

Mary-Sue Brewer
Research Tech III 
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Address: 367 Dawson Hall, 305 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: msbrewer@fcs.uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-3758
Fax: 706-542-4890

Barbara Derricotte
Administrative Associate I 
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Address: 321 Dawson Hall, 305 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: barbarad@uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-4891

Diane Kesler
Office Manager 
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Address: 321 Dawson Hall, 305 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: dkesler@fcs.uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-4888
Fax: 706-542-0410

Cabe Mottley
Senior Accountant 
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Address: 321 Barrow Hall, 115 DW Brooks Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: cmottley@uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-0152

Susan J Wilson
Laboratory Technician II 
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Address: 366 Dawson Hall, 305 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: swilson@fcs.uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-7173

Mark Ashton Zeller
Lab Technician I 
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Address: 364 Dawson Hall, 305 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: mazeller@uga.edu
Phone: 706-344-8718

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