I am a journalist and academic who has researched and written about sustainability, design, and innovation for national, regional, and trade publications.  I have written about how brands can have more sustainable supply chains and explored the challenges of re-shoring manufacturing to the U.S.  I work on the Textile Taskforce at Circular Philadelphia to create solutions for waste diversion and recycling and am a member of the Environmental Sustainability Council at The College of New Jersey where I am a full-time professor of Journalism and chair of my department.