Publications
With substantial professional knowledge and experience in fashion design and product development my research stems from a life long interest in considerate design, combined with an academic interest in developing and supporting creative teaching methods, aligning graduate experience to industry practice. By sharing contemporary knowledge and expertise in circularity and sustainable design, I can contextualise current fashion theory and develop creativity and innovation supporting student success.
Examining the Change and Organisational Culture of Specialist Arts Universities Using a Strength-Based Approach (with editor) - 2024
This case study examines the dimensions of specialist arts universities organisational cultures. It explores the existing and alternative strategies through hybrid approaches and suggests alternative frameworks and models of culture using a strength-based approach of appreciative enquiry and SOAR.
Digital Evolution in Fashion Education: Adapting to Industry Shifts and Enhancing Pedagogy (with editor) - 2024
This study offers informed perspectives on the pace of digital technology within the fashion industry and aims to investigate digital technology within the fashion industry and how that might inform future fashion teaching pedagogy in creative research and fashion practice.
Evaluating the Effectiveness of a Fashion Sustainability Model in Undergraduate Design Outcomes in Connection with Industry Practice: A Longitudinal Study (with editor) - 2023
Developed as a pedagogical tool to integrate sustainable practice and considerate design into project-based undergraduate fashion courses the research investigates student feedback and examines effectiveness for enhancing undergraduate design outcomes in the realm of sustainable fashion design.
Re-Framing the Arts Dissertation: The Visual Research Abstract as an Alternative, Innovative and Creative Approach to Fashion Research - 2022
Initially conceived as a pedagogical strategy the visual research abstract was created to assist undergraduate students to navigate and understand the structure of their dissertation and the theoretical activities relating to fashion research at its earliest stage and align to their final major project.
Digital fashion – exploring the impact of an integrated graduate internship programme in higher education: a UK case study - 2020
This study explored an integrated graduate internship programme, developing specialist skills in digital fashion at a UK creative arts university. It investigates how this impacted a graduate’s future studies and employment and whether the support of this unique programme provided an experiential and transformative approach.