By Malia Chang, Apparel Merchandising & Management Undergraduate student Towards the end of October, I had the opportunity as a Student Research Assistant to attend the International Textile and Apparel Association 2022 Annual Conference in Denver, Colorado. I was able to attend several sessions that were offered at the conference. Throughout the conference, many gathered…
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Community Outreach with US Wool, Textiles & Demonstrations
During the last week of the LA County Fair in May, I shared US wool research project activities along with my Apparel Research Assistant and recent Cal Poly Pomona alumni, Katia Quiroz. Katia was in my AMM 4630: Apparel Research project course in Fall 2021. Student projects focused on exploring US sheep and wool farms…
Continuing Seams of STEAM
COVID-19 has caused many abrupt changes over the past few months and it has definitely changed my approaches to teaching about Apparel and developing educational content. One aspect that I was worried about was the Seams of STEAM summer youth empowerment program where I usually develop and lead workshops with 3 Latina youth from San…
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