Recent Updates:

• Accepted for Presentation, ITAA 2026 (Jacksonville, FL): Pride or Guilt? Effects of Temporal and Social Norm Framing on Sustainable Fashion Consumption.
• Accepted for Presentation, ITAA 2026 (Jacksonville, FL): Do Families Shape Individuals’ Sustainable Fashion Interest?
• Accepted for Presentation, ITAA 2026 (Jacksonville, FL): "I wish my internship allowed me to use the sustainable practices I learned in my coursework." Insights from students' internship experience.
• Presented, ACRA 2026 (Pomona, CA): Meaning-System Approach to Handmade Value: A Conceptual Framework.
• Presented, ACRA 2026 (Pomona, CA): Mindful but still Consuming? Unpacking the Paradox of Sustainable Fashion Consumption.
• Received ≈$1000 in travel awards from the Graduate Student Senate (GSS) at the University of Tennessee. 
• Presented, ITAA 2025 (St.Louis, Missouri): AI-Driven Message Framing Effects on Sustainable Consumption.
• Started working as an Instructor of Record for RMM 150: Retail Software Applications for Spring 2026.
• Started Ph.D. in Retail and Consumer Science at the University of Tennessee in Fall 2025.
• Started working as a Graduate Teaching Assistant at the Retail, Hospitality and Tourism Management department at the University of Tennessee.
• Graduated with a Master of Science in Consumer and Design Sciences from Auburn University (August 2025).
• Presented, ITAA 2024 (Long beach, CA): From waste to wear: Perceived risks associated with recycled post-consumer textile waste (PCTW) denim products. 
• Awarded Kitty Dickerson Fellowship for Professional Promise: Masters Student 2024 by International Textile and Apparel Association (ITAA).
• Started studying Business Analytics at Harbert College of Business, Auburn University.
• Started MS in Consumer and Design Sciences at Auburn University in Fall 2023.
• Started working as a Graduate Teaching Assistant at the Consumer and Design Science department at Auburn University.