Professor Andrea Eklund, MA

Professor Andrea Eklund has been at CWU teaching Apparel, Textiles, and Merchandising for 16 years. Starting out with 25 students she solely built the program for 11 years to a thriving industry-relevant program with graduates working at small and large companies like REI, Eddie Bauer, zumiez, zulily, Amazon, and Nike to name a few. Andrea’s time in the industry as a Quality Engineer for Nordstrom’s private label division, Nordstrom Product Group gave her experience working with men’s, women’s, kid’s, at home, accessories and shoes. She brings this experience into the classroom for industry-relevant content assuring students are prepared for the industry. In her time at CWU as the program director and the Student Fashion Association advisor, she has 30 category A publications and 26 category B publications, teaches 12 different classes a year, advises 50 students and serves the department, college, university, profession and community.

Andrea enjoys spending time with her husband and son taking adventures to the Oregon Coast. For the last 12 years she has been a member of Rodeo City Roller Derby, staring out as a skater and coaching for the last 11. Her roller derby name is Professor Pain. Her passion for roller derby and skating has lead her to research the impact of participation in roller derby on the participants body image.

Courses Taught

• ATM 280 Basic Sewing Techniques
• ATM 281 Sociocultural Aspects of Apparel
• ATM 301 Introduction to the Fashion Industry
• ATM 310 ATM Internship Planning
• ATM 340 Fashion Trend Analysis
• ATM 360 Fashion Show Production
• ATM 382 Advanced Fashion Design
• ATM 420 Consumer Textiles
• ATM 425 NW Field Experience in Apparel & Textiles
• ATM 482 Fashion Line Development
• ATM 487 ATM Exit Assessment
• ATM 492 ATM Practicum
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To meet with Andrea for advising or to learn more about the program please email to set up an in-person or zoom appointment.