04 — Academia

Academia.

Eight years on faculty, plus what came after.

Nearly a decade on faculty, teaching subjects that ran from Italian haute couture patternmaking to graduate-level Lean Six Sigma quality. Four institutions in two countries; eighteen appointments in all. The academic-service work — peer review, voting committees, graduation-project evaluation — has run alongside since.

01 — Teaching

Faculty appointments across eight years.

Eighteen teaching appointments across four institutions — Universidad de Palermo, the Wilson College of Textiles at NCSU, the Argentinian Fashion School, and FLEGO Institute. Featured below: the five appointments with the deepest curriculum and student impact.

2020	NCSU Wilson College · Graduate Teaching Assistant — FTM 310 Entrepreneurship and New Product Development in Textiles + TE/TT/TTM 533 Lean Six Sigma Quality
2016–18	Universidad de Palermo · Professor — Fashion Workshop III (Pattern Making), second-year · 120+ students
2017	Universidad de Palermo · Professor — Fashion Communication I · 60+ students
2017–18	Argentinian Fashion School · Professor — Digital Fashion Design + Image Consulting · 50+ students each
2013–14	FLEGO Institute · Professor — Italian Haute Couture Patternmaking and Sewing Techniques

02 — Peer review & service

Reviewing, voting, and evaluating.

Active academic service across the textile and design research communities — peer reviewing for a leading textile-science journal, voting on six research committees that shape the standards I work to in practice, and evaluating graduation projects in design.

The Textile Institute (United Kingdom)

Member since 2023

Peer reviewer of The Journal of The Textile Institute, reviewing research studies and scholarly articles in textile science and apparel technology. Selected on the basis of professional and academic experience in textile science and engineering.

AATCC · USA

Member since 2019

Voting-member of the Materials Group. Voting seat on six research committees that govern testing methodology in the field: RA100 Global Sustainability · RA31 Antimicrobial Activity · RA109 Flammability · RA111 Electronically Integrated Textiles · RA113 Emerging Issues · RA88 Home Laundering. Plus member or non-voting on ten further committees.

Society of Dyers and Colourists (UK)

Member since 2024

Active in the Natural Dyes and Bio-based Alternatives Group.

Network of Design Researchers · Universidad de Palermo

Active Member · 2024–

Granted by Evaluation Committee review at the Institute of Design Research.

International Community on Fashion Studies · Palermo

Member since 2022

Researcher, speaker, author across textile science and engineering tracks.

03 — Graduation Project Evaluator

Universidad de Palermo · March 2015–December 2017

Evaluated 80+ Textile and Apparel graduation projects across Technical Textiles, Advanced Product Development, and Sustainable Innovation. Led oral defence panels for eleven graduating cohorts.

For academic collaboration or training design.

The teaching, peer-review, and committee work directly inform the consulting practice — and the door is open for academic-side engagements too.

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