The most important asset of the department is its faculty and research staff. The department currently has about 24 faculty members, and 80 graduate and Ph.D. students.

Textile technology and management is a discipline which draws heavily on basic sciences and engineering, as well as principles of management, including fashion, branding and supply chain management. The faculty background as well as the research conducted in the department reflect this diversity. In other words, the department puts significant emphasis on interdisciplinary research that takes advantage of the complimentary knowledge and expertise of the faculty, and also works closely with industry and government personnel in research and educational programs.

The research interest of the faculty ranges from fundamental fiber behavior to issues in global trade, new product development, branding and textile technology. Faculty, according to their teaching and research, can be grouped in the following areas:

Fashion and Textile Management

Nancy Cassill, Professor and Interim Department Head
Fay Gibson, Lecturer
A. Blanton Godfrey, Dean, College of Textiles
William Harazin, Adjunct Associate Professor
Helmut Hergeth, Associate Professor
George L. Hodge, Associate Professor
Cynthia L. Istook, Associate Professor
Michelle R. Jones, Assistant Professor
HoonJoo Lee, Assistant Professor
Trevor J. Little, Professor
Rong Liu, Visiting Assistant Professor
Moon W. Suh, Professor
Kristin Thoney-Barletta , Associate Professor

Textile Design

Traci LaMar, Associate Professor
Lisa Parrillo-Chapman, Instructor
Nancy Powell, Associate Professor

Textile Technology

Pamela Banks-Lee, Associate Professor, Alumni Distinguished Associate Professor
Tushar K. Ghosh, Professor
Martin W. King, Professor
Stephen Michielsen , Associate Professor
William Oxenham, Professor, Associate Dean of Academic Programs
Behnam Pourdeyhimi, Professor, Associate Dean for Industry Research and Extension
Abdel-Fattah Seyam, Professor, Director of Undergraduate programs and Interim Director of Graduate Programs
Gary W. Smith, Associate Professor

Emeritus Professors

R. Alan Donaldson, Professor Emeritus
Robert A. Barnhardt, Dean Emeritus
Subhash K. Batra, Professor Emeritus
Samuel C. Winchester, Klopman Distinguished Professor Emeritus

Adjunct Professors

Eugene Barbee, Adjunct Faculty
Erin Parrish, Adjunct Faculty

Departmental Staff

Robert Cooper, Student Services Assistant, TATM
Tywanna Johnson, Administrative Secretary, TATM