I am a design researcher and practitioner who studies decarbonization in the fashion industry and equity in the global supply chain by conducting research in materials, social dynamics, economics, and valuation. I work at North Carolina State University where I am an Assistant Teaching Professor in MADtech, the Department of Media Arts, Design, and Technology.

Papers

Design in 3D: A Computational Fashion Design Protocol (2020) by Katherine Greder and Jie Pei, Jooyoung Shin in the International Journal of Clothing Science and Technology

Fashion Exhibitions as Scholarship: Evaluative Criteria for Peer Review (2019) by Denise Nicole Green, Jenny Leigh DuPuis, Chris Hesselbein, Lynda Xepoleas, Katherine Greder, Tori Peitsch, Rachel Getman, and Jessica Estrada in the Clothing and Textile Research Journal

The Importance of Attendance in an Introductory Textile Science Cours (2013) by Sara B. Marcketti, Xinxin Wang, and Kate Greder in the Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences 105 (1): 47–49.

Is Anything Ever New? Fashion Design Students` Perceptions of Piracy by Sara Marcketti, Katherine Greder, and Heather Sinclair. 2014. International Journal of Costume and Fashion 14 (1): 17–28.

Proceedings/Presentations

Ultra-commodity Markets: Technoutopian idealism in the digital resale fashion industry (2020). Northeast Modern Language Association Annual Conference Proceedings. Roundtable (Boston, Mass) Katherine Greder

Luxury Resale Arbitrage and the Financialization of the Everyday (2020). In American Everyday: Resistance, Revolution, and Transformation Symposium Proceedings. (Chicago, IL) Katherine Greder

Go Figure: The Fashion Silhouette and the Female Form (2019). In 2019 Costume Society of America Annual Symposium Proceedings. (Seattle, WA) by Rachel Doran, Denise Nicole Green, Kate Greder, Rachel Getman, and Helen McLallen

Elegance in Abstract: The Conservation of a 2800 Lb. Modernist Tapestry (2018) In International Textile and Apparel Association (ITAA) Annual Conference Proceedings (Cleveland, OH) by Katherine Greder, and Lynette Pohlman

The Corset Algorithm (2018) In International Textile and Apparel Association (ITAA) Annual Conference Proceedings (Cleveland, OH) by Jie Pei, Katherine Greder, and Yixiao Wang

America Welcomes the King: The Influence of King Tut on American Women and Fashion (2014) In International Textile and Apparel Association (ITAA) Annual Conference Proceedings (Charlotte, NC) by Sara Marcketti, Jong Geun Lee, Katherine Greder, and Rachel Charlton-Halweg

‘Is Anything Ever New?’ Student Perceptions of Design Piracy in Their Apparel Design Work and as Consumers (2013) In International Textile and Apparel Association (ITAA) Annual Conference Proceedings (New Orleans, LA) by Sara Marcketti, Katherine Greder, and Helen Sinclair

Education

Doctor of Philosophy, Cornell University, 2022, Department of Fiber Science and Apparel Design

Master of Science, Iowa State University, 2013, Department of Apparel, Merchandising, and Design

Bachelor of Arts, University of California Santa Cruz, 2004, Department of Philosophy