Biography
Elisabeth Reed joined the faculty of Family and Consumer Sciences in 2008. She received her undergraduate degree in architecture from the University of Cincinnati, and her Master of Arts in Fashion Design from the Savannah College of Art and Design. Ms. Reed has taught fashion courses in construction, manufacturing, textiles and promotion. She is the faculty advisor for the Fashion Design and Merchandising Association and has planned numerous study tours to fashion industry locations across the United States. Ms. Reed developed the award-winning Fix It Friday program, a free clothing repair service in which students set up sewing machines in various locations across campus and the community, to fix clothing for free.
Current Courses
MKT 236.001 Business Ethics, Social Responsibility And Sustainability
MKT 236.002 Business Ethics, Social Responsibility And Sustainability
MKT 236.001 Business Ethics, Social Responsibility And Sustainability
MKT 236.002 Business Ethics, Social Responsibility And Sustainability
Conference Proceeding
Reed, E., Gam, H., & Banning, J. Challenges and Benefits of Made in the USA Manufacturing: A Study of Small Business Owners. International Textile and Apparel Association (2016)
Journal Article
Deline, M.B., Rickard, L.N., Worwood, J., Geng, P., & Reed, E. (2024). Environmental Information Avoidance on a U.S. Campus. Iowa Journal of Communication.
Presentations
Deline, M.B., Dalrymple, K., Worwood, J., Geng, P., Reed, E. Sticking my head in the sand: Motives for environmental information avoidance. (Forthcoming). International Communication Association. Online.
Fix It Friday: The Rewards of Civic Engagement and Out of Class Learning – One Stitch at A Time.. Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education. Illinois State University. (2017)
Challenges and Benefits of Made in the USA Manufacturing: A Study of Small Business Owners. International Textiles and Apparel Association. (2016)
Reflections on a “Wardrobe Diet:” exploring sustainable wardrobes. International Textiles and Apparel Association annual conference. (2012)
Grants & Contracts
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning University Research Grant - Fix It Friday: The Rewards of Civic Engagement and Out of Class Learning – One Stitch at A Time. Illinois State University. (2017)
Going Global with SoTL mini-grant. Office of the Cross Endowed Chair in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. Illinois State University. (2015)
