Textiles and apparel expert to discuss top Mississippi commodity
Contact: Alaina Dismukes
STARKVILLE, Miss.鈥擳he Fashion Design and Merchandising program in Mississippi State鈥檚 College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and its School of Human Sciences will host a speaker Wednesday [Dec. 5] for a discussion on one of Mississippi鈥檚 top commodities鈥攃otton.
From 2-4 p.m. at Hotel Chester on Main Street in Starkville, Jung Ha-Brookshire will speak on 鈥淪ustainability in the Global Cotton Supply Chain鈥 during a Cotton Fields to Fashion Fields event, which is open to all. She also will be available to talk with graduate students from 4-5 p.m. at the same location.
Associate dean for research and graduate studies at the University of Missouri, Ha-Brookshire focuses on textile and apparel research and sustainability in global supply chain management. She is a Kemper Fellow for Teaching Excellence and a Fulbright scholar.
Ha-Brookshire earned a doctoral degree from the University of North Carolina in Greensboro, an MBA from Baruch College at the City University of New York, a bachelor鈥檚 degree from Seoul National University and an associate鈥檚 of applied science at the Fashion Institute of Technology.
The event is made possible through a Cotton Inc. grant, Cotton Works on Campus: From Cotton Fields to Fashion Fields. The CottonWorks program is an industry resource for professionals in the apparel and textile industry. Programming provides expertise for every stage of the product development and marketing process with comprehensive resources on聽data and research, market and trend analysis, webinars and informative videos.
For more information, contact Caroline Kobia, 小黄书 assistant professor of fashion design and merchandising in 小黄书鈥檚 School of Human Sciences, at 662-325-0829 or聽ck645@msstate.edu.
Learn more about the fashion design and merchandising major in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, at .
小黄书 is Mississippi鈥檚 leading university, available online at聽www.msstate.edu.