Biography and education
I am an artist, educator, and sustainability practitioner whose work has evolved from traditional consumer research toward what I call "embodied sustainability scholarship" through textile arts. I apprenticed as a Master Tailor prior to graduate school and hold a PhD in Human Ecology with specialization in Apparel, Textiles, and Interior Design from Kansas State University.
Teaching Interests
Research Interests
Featured grants
- Hustvedt, G. (Principal), Percent Contribution: %60, Bravo Moix, Marie Karen (Supporting), Percent Contribution: %20, Underhill, B. (Supporting), Percent Contribution: %10, Schaffer, Maura Susan (Supporting), Percent Contribution: %10. Create Opportunities for Undergraduates to Understand Research (COUTURE): Design Research for Sustainable Fashion through Patternmaking and Garment Construction, College of Applied Arts, Texas State University, $4900. (Funded: August 2025 - August 2026). Grant.
- Liang, Yuli (Principal), Hustvedt, Gwendolyn (Co-Principal), Joyner Martinez, Cosette Marie (Co-Principal). Technology and Leadership Education Network for Texas Students, USDA NIFA, Federal, $50000. (Funded: September 1, 2024 - August 31, 2026). Grant.
- Joyner Martinez, C. M. (Principal), Percent Contribution: %40, Liang, Y. (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %30, Hustvedt, G. (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %25, Underhill, B. (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %5. Creating opportunities for undergraduates to participate in research (COUTURE): Continuing an undergraduate research learning community in fashion merchandising program undergraduate research learning communities grant, College of Applied Arts, Texas State University, $7000. (Funded: August 2024 - August 2025). Grant.
- Liang, Yuli (Principal), Hustvedt, Gwendolyn (Co-Principal). FCS: Using Technology for Underserved Rural Entrepreneurs (FUTURE), Research Enhancement Program, Texas State University, $15996. (Submitted: October 7, 2022, Funded: January 17, 2023 - December 31, 2024). Grant.
- Hustvedt, Gwendolyn, Hwang, Sangchul Scott, (Waliczek) Cade, Tina Marie. MESH (Making Erosion-safe Shoreline from Hyacinth), Environmental Protection Agency - P3, Federal, $25000. (Submitted: 2021, Funded: 2022 - 2023). Grant.
Featured scholarly/creative works
- Nest with Eggs.
Wimberley Valley Arts Association.
2026
Artists: Group
(State)
- (Juried) Reviewed by: Debbie Little Wilson.
- Groundwork.
Guadalupe Regional Medical Center.
2025 - September 2025
Artists: Solo
(State)
- (Invited).
- Groundwork.
Groundwork: Art Honoring the Aquifers.
1 - 38.
San Marcos, Texas: Subsurface Design Press.
State.
July 1, 2025.
- (Invited) Reviewed by: Margo Handwerker.
- (Invited) Reviewed by: Rudolph Rosen.
- Groundwork.
Meadows Center for Water and the Environment.
February 2026 - April 2025
Artists: Solo
(State)
- (Invited).
- Hustvedt, G. (2024). Connecting to the Global Cutting Edge. Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences (1st ed., Vol. 116, pp. 48–48). American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences. https://doi.org/10.14307/jfcs.116.1
Featured awards
- Award / Honor Recipient: President of Honour, International Federation for Home Economics. October 2024 - Present
- Award / Honor Recipient: 2023 American Association of Family & Consumer Sciences Leader Award, American Association of Family & Consumer Sciences (AAFCS). January 11, 2023 - April 3, 2023
- Award / Honor Recipient: Texas Leader of the Year Award, AAFCS-TX Affiliate. March 25, 2022 - April 1, 2022
- Award / Honor Recipient: Presidential Distinction Award for Scholarship, Texas State University. 2014
- Award / Honor Recipient: Presidential Excellence Award for Teaching, Texas State University. 2010
Featured service activities
- Other
Fashion Merchandising
- Other
International Federation for Home Economics
- Chair
Sustainable Fashion Week
- President
International Federation for Home Economics
- Chair
Program Committee on Textiles and Design, International Federation for Home Economics
- Other
International Federation for Home Economics