Eulanda Sanders

Eulanda Sanders, PhD, serves as a professor at Iowa State University in fashion, merchandising, and design, a role she has held as part of her 35-year faculty career that also included serving as department chair of apparel, events, and hospitality management and as founding director of Women's Studies and Gender Research at Colorado State University. She is the founder of Innovation Insights LLC in Ames, Iowa, a coaching and consulting firm that assists clients with career storytelling, resume writing, LinkedIn profiles, and content creation using innovation and storytelling techniques, and she operates additional ventures such as a podcast, digital and physical retail stores, Yo Fan Studios design firm, and the AI Textile Design Lab online community. Dr. Sanders earned an AA degree from a community college in southeastern Colorado between 1985 and 1987, a bachelor's of science in fashion design from Colorado State University completed in 1990, a master's in fashion design from the same institution between 1990 and 1994, and a doctorate in fashion design from the University of Nebraska, Lincoln between 1994 and 1997. She is a member of the International Textile and Apparel Association and the International Council on Hotel, Restaurant, and Resort Management (iCree), and she previously served on the board of the George Washington Carver Monument in Joplin, Missouri. She attributes her success to her parents and values integrity, community, inclusivity, and helping others, while advising professionals to document their work thoroughly and to pursue continuous learning especially in technology and AI.