Doris H. Kincade
- Apparel, Housing, and Resource Management
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Doris H. Kincade is a professor in fashion merchandising and design, specializing in apparel manufacturing, quality apparel products and retail strategy. Her award-winning research focuses on the history of the North Carolina textile industry and the organizational forces within the textile/apparel pipeline that have shaped its growth. She has received multiple awards for teaching and is a prominent academic author, known for authoring, and co-authoring, comprehensive industry textbooks such as "Merchandising of Fashion Products" and "Merchandising Math: A Managerial Approach," which focus on the entire textile/apparel pipeline from ideation to retail sales.
Papers in refereed journals (selected and recent)
Kincade, D. H., Dull, E. H., & Smith-Glaviana, D. (2025). North Carolina textile industry in transition: 1970s to 2020s. Clothing and Textiles Research Journal, 16 pages. doi:10.1177/0887302X251392513
Kincade, D. H. (2025). Reshoring for NC cut-and-sew plants: Is it possible? An insider's view. Journal of Textile Engineering & Fashion Technology, 11(3), 132-134.
Kincade, D. H., Dull, E. H., & Quesenberry, P. P. (2024). Copying and its place in product development: definitions and practices by fashion industry personnel. Journal of Textile Engineering & Fashion Technology, 10(2), 91-98. doi:10.15406/jteft.2024.10.00372
Shin, E., Kincade, D. H., & Han, J. (2023). Exploring online consumer reviews of customized apparel products. Journal of Fashion Marketing and Management, 28(1), 139-160. doi:10.1108/JFMM-08-2022-0168
Kincade, D. H., & Dull, E. H. (2022). 3 T's + Thresholds and Transformation. Thresholds 50: Before // After. 50, 110-111. https://doi.org/10.1162/thld_a_00748
Chen-Yu, J., Kincade, D., & Rhee, Y. (2022). Effects of consumer characteristics and product presentations on online apparel impulse buying. Journal of Global Fashion Marketing, 13, 205-220. doi:10.1080/20932685.2022.2032793
Kincade, D. H., Solis, O., & Turner, W. D. (2022). You want your students to do service-learning where? On-campus options for fashion merchandising and consumer studies students. Journal of Human Science and Extension, 10(3), 9. https://doi.org/10.55533/2325-5226.1433
Mukuni, K., Kincade, D., Solis, O., Wang, Y., & Almunive, W. (2022). Gender differences in students’ engagement ratings of instructor presence in online courses. The Quarterly Review of Distance Education, 23(1), 61-77.
Kincade, D. H., & Annett-Hitchcock, K. E. (2021). A retrospect on the US apparel industry: Expert predictions and reality data. Research Journal of Textile and Apparel, 25(4), 396-413. https://doi.org/10.1108/RJTA-11-2020-0130
Papers and Extended Abstracts in refereed conference proceedings (selected and recent)
Kincade, D., Dull, E., & Smith-Glaviana, D. (2024). Fifty years later: Is the NC Textile industry dead or alive? In the Conference Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the International Textile and Apparel Association, 4 pages. (ITAA Paper of Distinction Award - History Track - 11-23-2024)
Kincade, D. H., Dull, E. H., & Smith-Glaviana, D. (2023). The other High Point: A case study in industrialization 1900 to 1920, Bridging the Divide, International Textile and Apparel Association Annual Conference Proceedings, 80(1). doi: https://doi.org/10.31274/itaa.17230.
Kincade, D. H., Smith-Glaviana, D., & Shin, E., (2023). Collaboration through technology to earn TAPAC accreditation, Bridging the Divide, International Textile and Apparel Association Annual Conference Proceedings, 80(1). doi: https://doi.org/10.31274/itaa.17265
Shin, E., Kincade, D., & Han, J. (2022). Exploring online consumer reviews regarding customized apparel products through the eyes of expectation-confirmation theory. International Textile and Apparel Association Conference Proceedings – Innovate to Elevate, 79(1). doi: https://doi.org/10.31274/itaa.16000
Other Abstracts in refereed conference proceedings (selected and recent)
Kincade, D., Smith-Glaviana, D., & Shin, E. (2026). Mentoring in academia: A two-way street. Proceedings of 18th Annual Conference on Higher Education Pedagogy “Sustaining Pedagogical Excellence”. https://hdl.handle.net/10919/112045
Kincade, D., Smith-Glaviana, D., & Shin, E. (2025). When future learning is a revisit to past: Within-discipline collaboration. Proceedings of the 17th Annual Conference on Higher Education Pedagogy “Embracing the Future of Learning,” pp. 217-218. https://chep.teaching.vt.edu/content/dam/chep_teaching_vt_edu/ 2025%20CHEP%20Proceedings.pdf
Invited Presentations (selected and recent)
Dull, E. H., & Kincade, D. H. (May 04, 2023). High Point from nainsook underwear to “Hosiery Capital of the South.” Presentation to the High Point Historical Society, High Point Museum, High Point, NC.