About Us

Fashion and
Apparel Studies

211 Alison Hall West
(302) 831-8714
FAX (302) 831-6081
dickson@udel.edu

Complete Curriculum Vitae (PDF)

Education

Honors and Awards

ThinkTank Chair—Career Development, Prime Source Forum, 2010. (The Prime Source ThinkTank is a social media platform that is designed to enable senior executives in the apparel industry to communicate with their peers in an electronic format that overcomes geographical constraints, see http://www.thinktank.primesourceforum.com/en/chair.html)
Apparel Magazine All Star Award, International Textile and Apparel Association, 2009. (Recipients demonstrate exemplary and innovative contributions in teaching/curricular development, research, or service activities in the textile and apparel field; contributions have made an impact the textile and apparel industry.)
Award for Outstanding Programming [for the certificate in Socially Responsible and Sustainable Apparel Business], University Continuing Education Association Mid-Atlantic Region, 2008.
Panelist on “Education—the U.S. Perspective”, Prime Source Forum 2007, Hong Kong.
Member, Board of Directors, Fair Labor Association
Founder and Director, Educators for Socially Responsible Apparel Business
Scholar-in-Residence, Rockefeller Foundation's Bellagio Study Center, Bellagio, Italy, 2004.

Recent Scholarship

Littrell, M. A., & Dickson, M. A. (2010). Artisans and fair trade: Crafting development. KumarianPress.
Dickson, M. A., Loker, S. J., & Eckman, M. (2009). Social responsibility in the global apparel industry. New York: Fairchild Books.
Dickson, M. A. (2009). Linking transformative consumer research and human rights in support of socially responsible business. Fashion Information and Technology, 6, 70-75.
Hustvedt, G., & Dickson, M. A. (2009). Consumer likelihood of purchasing organic cotton apparel: Influence of attitudes and self-identity. Journal of Fashion Marketing and Management. 13(1), 49-65
Katz, J., Higgins, E., Dickson, M. A., & Eckman, M. (2008). The impact of external monitoring and public reporting on business performance in a global manufacturing industry. Business & Society, 20(10), 1-22.
Dickson, M. A., & Eckman, M. (2008). Media portrayal of voluntary public reporting about corporate social responsibility performance: Does coverage encourage or discourage ethical management? Journal of Business Ethics, 83, 725-743.
Park, H., & Dickson, M. A. (2008). Engaging in buyer-seller partnership for fair labor management: The role of a buyer firm’s strategic emphasis. Clothing and Textiles Research Journal, 26, 41-56.

Research Interests

Current Research Projects

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