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Interests
My teaching and research interests cover a broad range of interests including the textiles and apparel pipeline, apparel production and management, historic aspects, particularly as related to women's changing role in society, and study/travel development for students. I serve as representative to the American Apparel and Footwear Association's Professional Leadership Council.
Selected Publications/Refereed Presentations
Connell, L.J., Ulrich, P., Brannon, E., & Presley, A.B. Shape Assessment Scale: Instrument Development for Analyzing Female Figures. (In Press). Clothing and Textile Research Journal.
Alexander, M., Connell, L.J., & Presley, A.B. Clothing Fit Preferences of Young Female Adult Consumers. (2005). International Journal of Clothing Science and Technology. 17 (1) pp. 52-64
Manuscript: Understanding the apparel fit preferences of black professional women. Connell, L.J., Manuel, M., & Presley, A.B., Under Revision.
Presley, A.B. (1999). The Maquiladora workforce: Implications for worker productivity and human relations. Clothing and Textiles Research Journal. 17.
Presley, A.B. (1998). Fifty years of change: Societal attitudes and women's fashion 1900-1950. The Historian, 60 (2), 307-324.
Presley, A.B. (1997). Managers perceptions of Mexican workers in United States companies in Mexico: An empirical study. International Journal of Management, 14 (4), 633-642.
Presley, A.B. (1997). Appearance retention of carpets using image analysis: Correlation with a subjective method. Clothing and Textile Research Journal, 67 (3), 174-180.
Presley, A.B. (1997). Evaluation of carpet appearance loss: Structural factors. Textile Research Journal, 67 (2), 74-81.
Forsythe, S.M., Caton, K., & Presley, A.B. (1996). Dimensions of apparel quality influencing consumer perceptions. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 83, 299-803.
Grover, G., Zhu, S., & Jenkins, A.B. (1993). Effect of cotton on the comfort properties of thermobonded nonwoven fabrics made from a cotton/bicomponent fiber blend. INDA Journal of Nonwovens Research, 5 (1), 22-26. Referred Presentations/Conference Proceedings:
Jenkins, M. & Presley, A.B. Two Steps Forward and One Step Backward: Gender Equity and the Disempowerment of Women in Fashion Images.(2005) International Textile and Apparel Association, Annual Meeting, Nov. 2005.
Presley, A.B. Etruscan Dress and Culture: Unraveling the Mystery, a Comparative Study.(2005) International Textile and Apparel Association, Annual Meeting, Nov. 2005
Alexander, M., Connell, L.J., & Presley, A.B. Body Shape Assessment Scale. (2004). International Textile and Apparel Association, Annual Meeting, Nov. 2004.
Presley, A.B. An International Approach to Apparel Production: Integration in the Classroom.(2003).International Textile and Apparel Association, Annual Meeting, Nov. 2003
Referred Presentations/Conference Proceedings:
Jenkins, M. & Presley, A.B. Two Steps Forward and One Step Backward: Gender Equity and the Disempowerment of Women in Fashion Images.(2005) International Textile and Apparel Association, Annual Meeting, Nov. 2005.
Presley, A.B. Etruscan Dress and Culture: Unraveling the Mystery, a Comparative Study.(2005) International Textile and Apparel Association, Annual Meeting, Nov. 2005
Alexander, M., Connell, L.J., & Presley, A.B. Body Shape Assessment Scale. (2004). International Textile and Apparel Association, Annual Meeting, Nov. 2004.
Presley, A.B. An International Approach to Apparel Production: Integration in the Classroom.(2003).International Textile and Apparel Association, Annual Meeting, Nov. 2003
Selected Research Projects
Ulrich, P., Presley, A.B. (Co-PIs), Brannon, E., & Anderson, L.J., Interactive Cohort Analysis: An Online Panel of "Baby Boom" Consumers Anticitpating Their Retirement Years, National Textile Center, Spring 2000.
This project focused on exploring the use of a web-site as a research tool for communicating with targeted, affluent baby boomers. The goal was to investigate this relatively new method of research and maintain learning relationships with consumers. Boomers have been influential leaders and trendsetters and have major economic impact on the marketplace.
Anderson, L.J., (PI) Brannon, E., Ulrich, P., Presley, A.B., Grasso, M., Gray, S., and Early, J., Understanding Fitting Preferences of Female Consumers: Development of an Expert System to Enhance Accurate Sizing Selection, National Textile Center, Spring 2000.
The purpose of this research was to collect and compare data from a series of studies on fit preferences. Groups included black professional women, female college students, and a larger, more diverse, group of women in the U.S. Fit preference, body cathexis, and clothing benefits sought were examined for each group. Overall, women who felt better about their bodies were more likely to select fitted clothing.
Brannon, E. (PI), Anderson, L.J., Ulrich, P., Thommesen, S., & Presley, A. B., Agent-Based Simulation of the Consumer's Apparel Purchase Decision, National Textile Center, Spring 2000.
In an instant consumers simplify a cluttered, crowded marketplace using pattern matching and heuristics to determine which garments to consider for purchase and which to eliminate from further consideration. This simulation attempts to model that decision-making process using agent-based simulation. The simulation models the connections between consumer traits, preferences, constraints on purchase decisions, and apparel products. Apparel executives can use the simulation to explore scenarios based on specific target customers and the characteristics of the product.
Dissertations and Theses Directed
Marina Alexander. M.S. Co-Chair. Understanding the Apparel Fit Preferences and Body Cathexis of College Age Women: Spring 2000.
Melissa Manuel. M.S. Co-Chair. Understanding the Apparel Fit Preferences of Black Professional Women: Fall 1999.
Courses Taught
CAHS 1600 Textile Industrial Complex
CAHS 2400 Materials and Components for Interior Design
CAHS 2800 Apparel Production Management
CAHS 3900 Independent Studies
CAHS 3940 Study/Travel Consumer Affairs--New York
CAHS 4800 Apparel Engineering
CAHS 7900 Independent Study
CAHS 7910 Supervised Teaching in Consumer Affairs
CAHS 7990 Research and Thesis
ITAS 8970 Integrated Textile and Apparel Quality Control (team-taught)
Honors and Awards
Nominated as part of the Apparel/Design Product Development Team for the ATMI Award for Excellence.
Editorial Board for the Clothing and Textile Research Journal, 1997- 2000.
Nominated as Outstanding Faculty Member in the School of Human Sciences, 1995.
[TC]2 (Textile/Clothing Technology Corporation) Faculty Fellowship, Summer 1995. Awarded one of six nationally competitive Summer Faculty Fellowships ($10,000) at [TC]2. [TC]2 is a unique government/industry sponsored agency whose mission is to increase the competitiveness of the U.S. textile and apparel industry. A part of that mission includes assisting educators to better prepare students for a globally competitive workforce.
Selected as one of only two academics on a 17 member Technology Assessment Fact Finding Team, Summer and Fall, 1993. Visited nine U.S. Department of Energy Laboratories and a Major Contractor. (Lawrence Livermore, Lawrence Berkeley, Oak Ridge, Argonne, Brookhaven, Idaho National Engineering, Pacific Northwest, Los Alamos, Sandia, and Allied Signal-Kansas City Division). Objective: "To extract from the wealth of developed and emerging technology residing at the National Laboratories, items of technology that would be beneficial to our industry." Final product--A compendium of all projects identified as having potential use indexed for easy access and made available to both [TC]2 members and to American-owned apparel and equipment development companies.
The Fiber Society, an association of scholarly researchers in textiles and polymers. Nominated and accepted as a member, 1992.
Omicron Delta Kappa, National Honor Society for Universities.
Phi Upsilon Omicron, National Honor Society for Human Sciences.
President's Research Fellowship, Phi Upsilon Omicron, one of two national fellowships awarded for doctoral research, 1991.
Diamond Anniversary Fellowship, Phi Upsilon Omicron, awarded for graduate research, 1988.
Links
www.ntcresearch.org
www.costumesocietyamerica.com
www.itaaonline.org
www.tc2.com
Professional Affiliations
International Textiles and Apparel Association (ITAA) (1984-present)
Southeastern Council on Latin American Studies (1993-present)
American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences (1985-present)
Costume Society of America (1984-1992, 1994-present)
The Fiber Society (1992-present)
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