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MARGARET GORDON

PhD

INSTRUCTOR III

BIO:

I am a graduate of The University of Wisconsin-Stout specialising in Clothing, Textiles, Design and Business Administration. At the University of the West Indies I specialised in the areas of Curriculum and Youth Guidance, therefore I performed the role of Head of Department (Technical Studies) and then appointed Dean at Secondary school level. As a Textile and Fashion Designer I have exhibited locally and throughout most of the Caribbean.  I received a PhD in Agricultural Extension (with high commendation) and at present I lecture the following courses for both Day and Evening Universities:

  • HUEC 2008- Psychological Aspects of Apparel
  • HUEC 3010- Housing and the Environment
  • HUEC 3019- Computer Aided Design for the Fashion Industry.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Lecture and coordinate courses in Family and Consumer Sciences.

QUALIFICATIONS:

  • BSc (Wisconsin Stout)

  • PGD (Ed) (UWI)

  • MEd (UWI)

  • PhD (UWI)

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND ACTIVITIES:

  • American Association of Family & Consumer Sciences (AAFCS)

EXPERTISE:

  1. Educator
  2. Clothing, Fashion  and Textile Designer.

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

  • MEd research:  ‘Barrel Children’ this research sought to explain the social and communal experiences of children whose parents have migrated.

 

  • PhD research: ‘ Freedom and Conformity in Dress among Adolescents’ In Trinidad’
    This research sought to examine the clothing purchasing and wearing behaviours of adolescents in Trinidad and determine the extent to which they used freedom in choosing clothing or conformed to fashion trends. The study also investigated whether there are differences in these behaviours based on the household income of their family, the stage of adolescent development i.e. early, middle and late, the gender of the adolescent, religion and ethnicity.

 

CONTACT INFORMATION:

Email: margaret.gordon@sta.uwi.edu

Postal Address: Department of Agricultural Economics and Extension

                         Faculty of Food and Agriculture

                         The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine

                         Trinidad and Tobago, W.I.       

 
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