Marilyn DeLong

Professor Emerita

Credentials

Ph.D.

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Selected Scholarship

Publications

  • DeLong M., Min, S., Casto, M.A., & Lee YK. (2018). "Sustainable Clothing from the Older Female User's Perspective."  Clothing Cultures, Focused issue on Aging. 3.3
  • DeLong, M., Bang, H. & Gibson, L. (2018). Comparison of Patterns of Dressing for Two
  • Generations within a Local Context. Fashion, Style & Popular Culture. 6(1).
  • Janigo, K., Wu, J. & DeLong, M. (2017). Redesigning Fashion: An Analysis and Categorization
  • of Women’s Upcycling Behavior,” Fashion Practice, The Journal of Design, Creative Process and the Fashion Industry. 9(2), 254-279.
  • DeLong M. (2017). Educational Strategies for Sustainable Design.  International Journal of Designed Objects. 11(1), 11-23. DOI: https://doi.org/10.18848/2325-1379/CGP/v11i01
  • Lee, Y. & DeLong, M. (2017). American and Korean Youths’ Attachment to Handcrafts and Relation to Sustainability. Clothing and Textiles Research Journal. 35(2), 67-80.
  • DeLong, M., Casto, M., Min S. & Goncu-Berk, G.  (2017). Exploring an Up-cycling Design Process for Apparel Design Education. Fashion Practice, The Journal of Design, Creative Process and the Fashion Industry. 9(1), 48-68.
  • DeLong, M. Casto, M., Lee, Y. & Min, S. (2016). Education for Apparel Sustainability from Perspectives of Design Students from Differing Cultural Contexts. International Journal of Fashion Design, Technology and Education. 1-13.
  • DeLong, M., Min, S., Casto, M. & Berk, G. (2016). Sustainability in the Apparel Design
  • Process. Fashion Practice, The Journal of Design, Creative Process and the Fashion Industry.8(1).
  • DeLong, M. Casto, M., McKinney, M. Min, S., Ramaswamy, H., Thoreson, N. (2014). Curating Cinderella: A holiday extravaganza at Marshall Field’s.  Fashion, Style & Popular Culture. focused issue, Curating Costume/Exhibiting Fashion, 2(1),45-63.

Curated Exhibitions

  • Looking Back, Looking Forward. 100 Years of Design Graduate Education, Exhibition co-curator. Goldstein Museum of Design, University of Minnesota, September 28-2018-January, 2019.
  • Storied Lives: Women and their Wardrobes. Exhibition co-curator Goldstein Museum, University of Minnesota January 25-May, 2018
  • Redefining, Redesigning Fashion: Design for Sustainability. Exhibition co-curator, Goldstein Museum University of Minnesota, January 19-May 23, 2013.

Refereed Presentations

  • DeLong, M., Bang, H., Albers, C. (2019) Risk and Reward in Patterns of Dressing for Older Women. ITAA. Las Vegas, NE.
  • Bang, H. & DeLong, M. (2019). Creativity and Sustainability Experiences of a Capsule Wardrobe. ITAA. Las Vegas, NE.
  • DeLong, M. (2019). Critical Thinking in Design. END conference.  Porto Portugal.
  • DeLong, M. & Oberg, C. (2018). Fashion Identity and Stories Told. Global Fashion Conference. University of the Arts London.
  • Casto, M. & DeLong M. (2018). Classic Design: From Cultural Knowledge to Individual Experience. ITAA, Cleveland, Ohio. 
  • Bang, H. & DeLong, M. (2018). Creativity in a Capsule Wardrobe Project. International Conference on Clothing and Textiles Toward Sustainability and Transformative Innovation, Seoul, South Korea.
  • DeLong, Marilyn. (April,2017). Patterns of Dressing for Older and Younger Females, PCA/ACA Conference, San Diego, CA.
  • Lee, Y.K., and DeLong, M. (2016). Re-Birth Product Development for Sustainable Apparel Design Practice in a Design Studio Class, ITAA conference, Vancouver, B.C. Received Best paper award.
  • Casto, M.A.& DeLong, M. (2016). Exploring Sustainability through Classic Design in Aesthetic Responses. ITAA conference, Vancouver, B.C.
  • DeLong, M. Casto, M.A. Heinemann, B. Reiley K. November 2014. Fashion Thinking: Design as Prototype and Sustainability. Fashion Thinking, International conference discussing Fashion in theory, History, Practice. Kolding, Denmark.

Teaching

Teaching

Resident and outreach teaching.

  • DHA 8166 Material Culture & Design 
  • DES 8167 Aesthetics of Design
  • DES 8181 Ethics of Design
  • DHA 8263 Innovation Theory
  • ApSt 5218 Fashion, Design and the Global Industry
  • ADES 4121/ApSt 5121 History of Fashion
  • DHA 3217 Fashion, Trends & Communication

Professional, Institutional, and Community Leadership and Service

  • Co-Editor of Fashion Practice, published twice per year, from 2009 (1.1-12.3)
  • College of Design, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, 2015-2019
  • All University Grand Challenges Research Team, 2015
  • University  of MN - Honors & Awards, 2012-2015
  • University of MN - Committee on Committees,  2013-2015
  • President, Advisory Council, South Dakota Art Museum, 2007-2015
  • Costume Society of America, Board of Directors, National, 2007-13

Selected Honors and Awards

  • Fellow of the Costume Society of America 2016-
  • College of Design Award for Excellence in Research, Spring, 2014
  • Scholars’ Roundtable-Costume Society of America, Philadelphia, 2011
  • Invited Keynote address, Donghua University, Shanghai  Fashion Week, China, May, 2009
  • College Award for Innovation and Mission Advancement, College of Human Ecology, 2006 
  • Prentice Hall Lecturer, ITAA Annual Conference, Washington, D.C., 2005
  • Buckman Professor of Design Education, UMN, 1996-2002
  • Distinguished Alumni Award, Service to Education, South Dakota State University, 2001
  • Award for Contribution to College & Community, College of Human Ecology, Spring, 2001
  • Lifetime Achievement in Design & Aesthetics, ITAA, Cincinnati, Ohio, 2000 
  • Fellow of ITAA, Charter member, International Textile and Apparel Association, 1989-

Marilyn DeLong

Marilyn DeLong

Specialties & Expertise:

Aesthetics, Sustainable Apparel Design, History & Material Culture, Fashion Trends, Cross-cultural Influence on Design, Socio-psychological Aspects of Clothing

Contact

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St. Paul, MN 55108
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