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About Our Faculty

Eulanda Sanders, Ph.D. Iowa State University

​Professor and Donna R. Danielson Professor in Textiles and Clothing

Department of Apparel, Events, and Hospitality Management 

Education

  • Ph.D., 1997, Textile, Clothing & Design, University of Nebraska, USA

  • M.A., 1994, Design, Merchandising and Consumer Sciences, Colorado State University (CSU), USA

  • B.S., 1990, Design, Merchandising and Consumer Sciences, Colorado State University (CSU), USA

Making Notes

Sample of Honors & Awards

  • 2013: Donna R. Danielson Endowed Professor in Textiles & Clothing; Apparel, Events, and Hospitality Management; Iowa State University

  • 2012: 1 of 5 Nominated for the Textile Society of America Founding Presidents Award out of 300 papers submitted for “The Politics of Textiles Used in African American Slave Clothing”

  • 2012: Outstanding Honors Academic Advisor for CSU Honors Program

  • 2012: Pillar of Excellence Award for a Colorado State University Alumni, Black and African American Cultural Center

  • 2011: Margaret Hazaleus Award, Center for Women’s Studies and Gender Research & Vice President of Diversity, CSU

  • 2011: Nominated Paper of Distinction International Textile & Apparel Association (ITAA) for “Insight about Slave Appearance in Harriet Jacobs’ Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl”

  • 2011: Nominated Paper of Distinction ITAA for “Developing Chicana/o and Latina/o Ethnic Identities through Mexican and Indigenous Symbolic Textile Imagery: A Service Learning Project”

  • 2011: Nominated for Best Teacher Award – Colorado State University Alumni Association (also nominated 2002, 2004 and 2006)

  • 2010: Multi-Ethnic Distinguished Service Award, CSU

  • 2010: Best Fiber Art Award at ITAA for Fractal Bride

  • 2009: Denver Region Rising Star Award for the Accessories Category Fashion Group International

  • 2009: Masters Week 2009 Alumna, College of Education and Human Sciences and Department of Textiles, Clothing, and Design, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

  • 2009: Second Place in the Queen Sirikit Institute of Sericulture Peacock Standard of Thai Silk Design Competition in Bangkok, Thailand for Square Root

  • 2009: Third Place in Fashion Show at Surface Design Association Conference for Metalling with Fibers XXXII: Desert Sunset and Metalling with Fibers XXXIII, Kansas City, MO

  • 2008: ATEXINC Award for Excellence in Marketable Textile Design at ITAA for Metalling with Fibers XXX: A Study in Geometry

  • 2007: Best Paper-Historic Track ITAA for “Documenting the Indigenous Knowledge of Lace-Making on the Island of Pag, Croatia”

Public Speaker

Relevant International Experiences

  • Visits to India and NIFT as a Fulbright-Hayes Scholar co-leader of a student study tour. Experiences in Canada, China, England, Ghana, Guatemala, Italy, and Thailand presenting lectures, participating in juried exhibitions, conducting research, visiting apparel/textile industries and teaching apparel design and product development.

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Teaching & Research Expertise

  • Design and product development of textile and apparel products (66 designs accepted and exhibited in national and international juried exhibitions)

Laptop Writing

Sample of Peer-Reviewed Publications

  • Sanders, E., & Hwang, C.  (In Press). George Washington Carver: Textile artist. Textile Society of America Symposium Proceedings, Los Angeles, CA. Paper presented Sept. 2014.

  • Stannard, C., & Sanders, E. (In Press). Motivations for participation in knitting among young women. Clothing and Textiles Research Journal.

  • Sanders, E. (2013). Chapter 9 Stitches: Holding the garment together. In Ready-to-wear apparel analysis. (4th ed.). (pp. 333-360). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.

  • Sanders, E. (2013). Chapter 10 Seams and edge treatments: Providing structure. In Ready-to-wear apparel analysis. (4th ed.). (pp. 361-394). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.

  • Sanders, E. (2012). Mary Seacole: An example of appearance management by a black woman in the 1800s. In M. Littrell (Ed.). Fashion Dialogue 2012 BIFT-ITAA Symposium: Research and Teaching Papers. (pp. 38-42). Presented at The 2012 BIFT (Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology) - ITAA Joint Symposium in China.

  • Sanders, E. (September, 2012). The Politics of Textiles Used in African American Slave Clothing. Textile Society of America Symposium Proceedings, Washington, D.C. http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/tsaconf/740/. 271 downloads as of 9/21/2014.

  • Sanders, E. (2011). Female slave narratives and appearance: Assimilation, experience, and escape. Clothing and Textiles Research Journal, 29 (4), 267-283.

  • Sanders, E. (December, 2011). Metalling with fibers: A design series exploring the reuse of metal findings through the use of technology. Textile Society of America Symposium Proceedings. http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/tsaconf/48, 169 downloads as of 9/21/2014.

  • Bickle, M. C., Papas, L., Sanders, E., & Mallette, D. (2009). High school teachers’ complaining behavior toward gothic and punk clothing and appearance. Journal of Consumer Satisfaction/Dissatisfaction and Complaining Behavior, 21, 144-158.

  • Sanders, E.  (December, 2009). The Centre for Advanced Textiles: A Case Study in UK Digital Textile Culture. Textile Society of America Symposium Proceedings.  http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/tsaconf/131, 182 downloads as of 9/21/2014.

Education Books Bookshelfs

Sample of Competitive Funding Sources

  • Project funding sources include the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Institute of Museum and Library Services, Fulbright-Hayes, North American Case Research Association (NACRA), Case Research Grant Program, multiple competitive Iowa State University intramural sources including Iowa State University Graduate College and the College of Human Sciences

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