Biography
Allison is currently an Assistant Professor of Instruction in Fashion Studies at Columbia College Chicago. She has worked in the field of Product Development and Sourcing for over 15 years involved primarily in the fashion apparel industry with some experience in hard goods. Her most recent position was as Director of Strategic Sourcing at Cintas Corporation, a uniform supplier, in Chicago for over 11 years. She completed her undergraduate work at University of Missouri in Textile & Apparel Management; and she has a MBA from Northwestern University and a MS in Global Textiles from Philadelphia University/Reutlingen University in Germany.
Instructional Areas
Fashion business: merchandising, product development, sourcing, math for fashion. Career development, industry connections.
Degrees
B.S., Textile and Apparel Management University of Missouri-Columbia 1999
M.S., Global Textile Marketing Hochscule Reutlingen 2006
M.B.A., International Business / Mgmt & Strategy / Marketing Northwestern University 2007