PDG-Professional Development and General
A Cotton Sustainability Learning Circle: Using Interschool Collaboration to Enable Student Success, Gallayanee Yaoyuneyong, The University of Southern Mississippi, USA; JuYoung Lee, Mississippi State University, USA; Jan Haynes, Delta State University, USA; and Brigitte Burgess, The University of Southern Mississippi, USA
A Homophily/Heterophily Model of Communication in the Apparel and Textiles Industry, Diana Saiki, Ball State University, USA
Extension Outreach: Basic Sewing 101 for Extension In-Service Training, Wanda K. Cheek, Mississippi State University, USA
Fashioning Future Leaders: Student Leadership Development through Fashion Show Production, Xiaohan Lin & Gargi Bhaduri, Kent State University, USA.
Fostering the Professional Development of Saudi Female Students: Implications for Educators in Apparel and Textiles Programs in Saudi Arabia, Sarah G. Alzahrani, Joy M. Kozar, and Kim Y. Hiller Connell, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
Hearts Over Smarts: An Analysis of Emotional Intelligence in the Global Apparel Supply Chain, Laura McAndrews and Jung Ha-Brookshire, University of Missouri, USA
Integrating Distance Students into a Graduate Student Organization, Arienne McCracken, Sara Jablon, Amy Dorie, and Ashley Garrin, Iowa State University, USA
Student and Instructor Attitudes toward Responsibility of Learning and Teaching Essential Programs, Kaylee Boyd, Stacy Lee, and Jung Ha-Brookshire, University of Missouri, USA
The Flood: A Blessing in Disguise - Disaster Management of the Leila Old Historic Costume Collection, Joyce Sun, Erika Iiams, and Sandra Evenson, University of Idaho, USA
The Role of a Formal Internship Experience in the Career Ambitions of Apparel and Textile Undergraduate Students, Kim Y. Hiller Connell and Joy M. Kozar, Kansas State University, USA
Using Personal Mission Statements and Codes of Ethics as Career Search Tools, V. Ann Paulins, Ohio University, USA; Julie L. Hillery, University of New Mexico, USA; and Aaron Sturgill, Ohio University, USA
What Skills and Knowledge Do Clothing and Textile Graduates Need for the Workforce? Qualitative Reflections from Clothing and Textile Faculty and Industry Professionals, Genna Reeves-DeArmond, Kansas State University, USA; Jennifer Mower, Central Michigan University, USA; and Keith Nishida, Woodbury University, USA
Why I Became an Embroiderer: Choices of High Fashion Embroiderers from Europe, Theresa Alexander, University of the Incarnate Word, USA