{"id":44696,"date":"2026-01-05T12:19:02","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T17:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/?page_id=44696"},"modified":"2026-01-05T12:19:57","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T17:19:57","slug":"faculty","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/academics\/undergraduate\/tmd\/faculty\/","title":{"rendered":"Faculty"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Textiles, Fashion Merchandising and Design<\/h1>\n\n\n<section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-menu-wrapper\"><nav id=\"\" class=\"cl-menu  \" data-name=\"Textiles, Fashion Merchandising and Design\" data-show-title=\"0\"><ul id=\"menu-textiles-fashion-merchandising-and-design\" class=\"cl-menu-list cl-menu-list-no-js\"><li id=\"menu-item-44687\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-44687\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/academics\/undergraduate\/tmd\/\">Overview<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-44686\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-44686\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/academics\/undergraduate\/tmd\/curriculum\/\">Curriculum<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-44701\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-44701\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/academics\/undergraduate\/tmd\/beyond-the-classroom\/\">Beyond the Classroom<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-44700\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-44700\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/academics\/undergraduate\/tmd\/careers-and-internships\/\">Careers and Internships<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-44699\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-44699\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/academics\/undergraduate\/tmd\/faculty\/\">Faculty<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-45980\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-45980\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/academics\/undergraduate\/tmd\/about-tmd\/\">About TMD<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/nav><\/section>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Faculty<\/h2>\n\n\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"uri-people-tool cl-tiles halves\"><div class=\"peopleitem h-card has-thumbnail\">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/meet\/karl-aspelund\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2295\/Karl-A_2025.jpg\" class=\"u-photo  wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2295\/Karl-A_2025.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2295\/Karl-A_2025-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/meet\/karl-aspelund\/\">Karl Aspelund<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">Associate Professor, Associate Director URI Honors Program<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-misc\"><span class=\"p-tel\">401.874.4176<\/span> <br> <a class=\"u-email\" href=\"mailto:aspelund@uri.edu\">aspelund@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"peopleitem h-card has-thumbnail\">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/meet\/izabela-luiza-ciesielska-wrobel\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2295\/Izabela-Ciesielska-Wrobel-for-web.jpg\" class=\"u-photo  wp-post-image\" alt=\"woman smiling wearing a black shirt with white trim at the neckline\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2295\/Izabela-Ciesielska-Wrobel-for-web.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2295\/Izabela-Ciesielska-Wrobel-for-web-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/meet\/izabela-luiza-ciesielska-wrobel\/\">Izabela Luiza Ciesielska-Wrobel<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">Assistant Professor<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-misc\"><span class=\"p-tel\">401.874.2276<\/span> <br> <a class=\"u-email\" href=\"mailto:iciewrobel@uri.edu\">iciewrobel@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"peopleitem h-card has-thumbnail\">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/meet\/saheli-goswami\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2295\/saheli-goswami.jpg\" class=\"u-photo  wp-post-image\" alt=\"Saheli Goswami\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2295\/saheli-goswami.jpg 500w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2295\/saheli-goswami-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2295\/saheli-goswami-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2295\/saheli-goswami-364x364.jpg 364w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/meet\/saheli-goswami\/\">Saheli Goswami<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">Associate Professor, TMD Graduate Program Director<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-misc\"><span class=\"p-tel\">401.874.9294<\/span> <br> <a class=\"u-email\" href=\"mailto:sgoswami@uri.edu\">sgoswami@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"peopleitem h-card has-thumbnail\">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/meet\/elaine-grullon\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2295\/Elaine-Grullon-web.jpg\" class=\"u-photo  wp-post-image\" alt=\"woman with short black hair smiling wearing black jacket and patterned shirt\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2295\/Elaine-Grullon-web.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2295\/Elaine-Grullon-web-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/meet\/elaine-grullon\/\">Elaine Grull\u00f3n<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">Associate Teaching Professor<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-misc\"><span class=\"p-tel\">401.874.9366<\/span> <br> <a class=\"u-email\" href=\"mailto:elaine_grullon@uri.edu\">elaine_grullon@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"peopleitem h-card has-thumbnail\">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/meet\/susan-l-hannel\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2295\/Susan-Hannel-web.jpg\" class=\"u-photo  wp-post-image\" alt=\"woman smiling wearing glasses and a white shirt\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2295\/Susan-Hannel-web.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2295\/Susan-Hannel-web-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/meet\/susan-l-hannel\/\">Susan L. Hannel<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">Associate Professor<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-misc\"><span class=\"p-tel\">401.874.2882<\/span> <br> <a class=\"u-email\" href=\"mailto:susanhannel@uri.edu\">susanhannel@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"peopleitem h-card has-thumbnail\">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/meet\/ji-hye-kang\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2295\/Ji-Hye-Kang-web.jpg\" class=\"u-photo  wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2295\/Ji-Hye-Kang-web.jpg 400w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2295\/Ji-Hye-Kang-web-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2295\/Ji-Hye-Kang-web-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2295\/Ji-Hye-Kang-web-364x364.jpg 364w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/meet\/ji-hye-kang\/\">Ji Hye Kang<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">Associate Professor, Department Chair, Area Coordinator<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-misc\"><span class=\"p-tel\">401.874.2881<\/span> <br> <a class=\"u-email\" href=\"mailto:jhkang@uri.edu\">jhkang@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"peopleitem h-card has-thumbnail\">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/meet\/jessica-strubel\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2295\/Jessica-Strubel-e1635259361109.jpg\" class=\"u-photo  wp-post-image\" alt=\"Jessica Strubel\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2295\/Jessica-Strubel-e1635259361109.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2295\/Jessica-Strubel-e1635259361109-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/meet\/jessica-strubel\/\">Jessica Str\u00fcbel<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">Associate Professor and D.B.A. Executive Director<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-misc\"><span class=\"p-tel\">401.874.5481<\/span> <br> <a class=\"u-email\" href=\"mailto:jessica-strubel@uri.edu\">jessica-strubel@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Textiles, Fashion Merchandising and Design Faculty<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5286,"featured_media":0,"parent":44680,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-44696","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/44696","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5286"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44696"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/44696\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44698,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/44696\/revisions\/44698"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/44680"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}