Faculty Profile for Peggy Blum

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Peggy Blum
Asst Professor of Instruction — School of Family & Consumer Sciences
FCS FCS
phone: (512) 245-2401

Biography Section

Biography and Education

Peggy Blum is a fashion and sustainability educator with 30 years of experience who enjoys teaching students on more responsible ways of consuming fashion products. She offers guidance and actively engages in sustainable fashion education.

Research Interests

Author, Circular Fashion: Making the Fashion Industry Sustainable Laurence King Publishing, 2021

Selected Scholarly/Creative Work

  • Blum, P. L. (2021). Circular Fashion: making the Fashion Industry Sustainable.

Selected Awards

  • Award / Honor Recipient: College Achievement Award, College of Applied Arts. July 3, 2024 - August 3, 2024
  • Award / Honor Recipient: President's Award - Bridging discipline - Sustainability, University of Texas - Austin. 2018 - Present