Susan Margaret Watkins

Susan Margaret Watkins
BornJune 12, 1943
Jacksonville, Florida
Nationality
Alma materPennsylvania State University
Awards2014, Honorary Sc.D., University of Minnesota
2000, The Mack and Effie Campbell Tyner Eminent Scholar Chair, Florida State University
1991, Fellow, International Textile and Apparel Association
Scientific career
FieldsTechnical Apparel, Functional Design
InstitutionsCornell University.

Susan Margaret Watkins (born June 12, 1943) is a Cornell University professor emerita who founded the academic field of functional apparel design. She is the author of the seminal textbook in the field, Clothing: The Portable Environment (1984), and holds patents as a result of her collaborative research with the U.S. Army, the U.S. Air Force, firefighters associations, and other industrial partners. In 1991 Watkins was inducted as a Fellow into the International Textile and Apparel Association (ITAA), the highest honor awarded by the organization, for her contributions in shaping the field of functional apparel design.

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