Portrait of Dr. Cosette Joyner Martinez

Dr. Cosette Joyner Martinez

  • Associate Professor at School of Family & Consumer Sciences, College of Applied Arts

Scholarly and Creative Works

2025

  • Joyner Martinez, C. M. (2025). Exploring spirituality’s location in sustainable clothing consumption through “Black Swan” narratives. Retrieved from https://journals.aau.dk/index.php/plate2025
  • Joyner Martinez, C. M. (n.d.). On the wings of a black swan: Narratives of pandemic-inspired spiritual awakenings and sustainable clothing consumption lifestyles. Vitae Scholasticae: The Journal of Educational Biography.

2024

  • Dao, J., & Joyner Martinez, C. M. (2024). Defining sustainable clothing use: A taxonomy for future research. International Journal of Consumer Studies, 48(2), e13033. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1111/ijcs.13033
  • Iran, S., Joyner Martinez, C. M., & Walsleben, L. (2024). Unraveling the closet: Exploring reflective decluttering and its effect on long term sufficient clothing consumption. Cleaner Production and Consumption, 15, 100230.
  • Joyner Martinez, C. M., Iran, S., & Dao, J. F. (2024). Tackling fashion waste from inside the wardrobe: The influence of personal factors on sustainable clothing use practiceA. Cleaner and Responsible Consumption, 15, 100233.
  • Joyner Martinez, C. M. M., & Iran, S. (2024). Making the short game, a long game: Promoting clothing longevity in the use phase. International Journal of Sustainable Fashion and Textiles, 3(1), 49–77. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1386/sft_00039_1

2023

  • Joyner Martinez, C. M., & Dao, J. (2023). Practical Approaches to Teaching Sustainability: Key Competencies. In Spirituality: Competence and pedagogy for sustainability education. (pp. 45–51). U.S.: Sustainability Curriculum Consortium (SCC) and Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE). Retrieved from https://www.curriculumforsustainability.org/scc-aashe-key-competencies-book/
  • Joyner Martinez, C. M., & Vladimirova, K. (2023). Fashion Futures 2040. International Network for Sustainable Fashion Consumption. Retrieved from https://sustainablefashionconsumption.org/projects-2/fashion-futures-2040/

2022

  • Vladimirova, K., Henninger, C. E., Joyner Martinez, C. M., Iran, S., Diddi, S., Durrani, M., … Wallaschkowski, S. (2022). Fashion consumption during COVID-19: Comparative analysis of changing practices across nine countries and implications for sustainability. Cleaner and Responsible Consumption, 5, 100056. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clrc.2022.100056
  • Singh, C., Joyner Martinez, C. M., & Jayadas, A. (2022). Assessment of perceived discomfort in older      women with and without osteoarthritis when reaching for items on different shelf heights. Journal of Aging and Environment, 37(4), 442–459. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1080/26892618.2022.2109791
  • Iran, S., Joyner Martinez, C. M., Vladimirova, K., Wallaschkowski, S., Diddi, S., Henninger, C. E., … Tiedke, L. (2022). When mortality knocks: Pandemic-inspired attitude shifts towards sustainable clothing consumption in six countries. International Journal of Sustainable Fashion and Textiles, 1(1), 9–39. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1386/sft/0002_1
  • Singh, C., Park, H., & Joyner Martinez, C. M. (2022). Love letters to Patagonia: Fostering Sustainable Consumption via Consumer Brand Relationships. International Journal of Sustainable Fashion and Textiles, 1(1), 41–62. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1386/sft/0003_1

2021

  • Joyner Armstrong, C. M. (2021). Fashion and the Buddha: What Buddhist economics and mindfulness have to offer sustainable consumption. Clothing & Textiles Research Journal, 39(2), 91–105. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1177/0887302X20917457
  • Kang, J., Joyner Martinez, C. M., & Johnson, C. (2021). Minimalism as a sustainable lifestyle: Its behavioral representations and contributions to consumer well-being. Sustainable Production and Consumption, 27, 802–813. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.spc.2021.02.001

2020

  • Joyner Armstrong, C. M., & Park, H. (2020). Online clothing resale: A practice theory approach to evaluate sustainable consumption gains. Journal of Sustainability Research, 2(2), e200017. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.20900/jsr20200017
  • Park, H., & Joyner Armstrong, C. M. (2020, November 16). Secondhand clothing sales are booming – and may help solve the sustainability crisis in the fashion industry. The Conversation. Retrieved from https://theconversation.com/secondhand-clothing-sales-are-booming-and-may-help-solve-the-sustainability-crisis-in-the-fashion-industry-148403

2019

  • Park, H., & Joyner Armstrong, C. M. (2019). Is money the biggest driver? Uncovering motives for engaging in online collaborative consumption retail models for apparel, 42–50. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jretconser.2019.05.022
  • Park, H., & Joyner Armstrong, C. M. (2019). Will “no-ownership” work for apparel? The endowment effect and perceived risk of collaborative consumption. Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services, 47, 66–73. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jretconser.2018.10.012
  • Joyner Martinez, C. M. (2019). Online collaborative clothing consumption = “business as usual”? A look at female practitioners of online redistributed ownership (pp. 419–423). Retrieved from https://api-depositonce.tu-berlin.de/server/api/core/bitstreams/1419ca59-57ce-4ede-b7a8-963469509667/content

2018

  • Joyner Martinez, C. M., & Lang, C. (2018). The clothing confidence mindset. In K. Niinimäki (Ed.), Sustainable fashion through circular economy approach (pp. 42–61). Finland: Aalto Arts Books.
  • Joyner Armstrong, C. M., Kang, J., & Lang, C. (2018). Clothing style confidence: The development and validation of a multi-dimensional scale to explore sustainable consumption. Journal of Consumer Behaviour, 17(6), 553–568. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1002/cb.1739
  • Lang, C., & Joyner Armstrong, C. M. (2018). Fashion leadership and intention toward clothing product-service retail models. Journal of Fashion Marketing and Management, 22(4), 571–587. https://doi.org/10.1108/JFMM-12-2017-0142
  • Lang, C., & Joyner Armstrong, C. M. (2018). Collaborative consumption: The influence of fashion leadership, need for uniqueness, and materialism on female consumers’ adoption of clothing renting and swapping. Sustainable Production and Consumption, 3, 37–47. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.spc.2017.11.005

2017

  • Joyner Armstrong, C. M., & Clare, G. (2017). Come grow old with me: The use of simulation in retail merchandising education. Retail Education Today.
  • Hirscher, A. L., Niinimaki, K., & Joyner Armstrong, C. M. (2017). Social Manufacturing in the fashion sector: New value creation through alternative design strategies? Journal of Cleaner Production, 172, 4544–4554. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.11.020
  • Joyner Armstrong, C. M., & Park, H. (2017). Sustainability and collaborative apparel consumption: Putting the digital ‘sharing’ economy under the microscope. International Journal of Fashion Design, Technology and Education, 9(3), 276–286. https://doi.org/10.1080/17543266.2017.1346714
  • Park, H., & Joyner Armstrong, C. M. (2017). Collaborative apparel consumption in the digital sharing economy: an agenda for academic inquiry. International Journal of Consumer Studies, 41(5), 465–474. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1111/ijcs.12354

2016

  • Lang, C., Joyner Armstrong, C. M., & Liu, C. (2016). Creativity and sustainable apparel retail models: Does consumers’ tendency for creative choice counter conformity (TCCC) matter in sustainability? Fashion and Textiles, 3(24). https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1186/s40691-016-0076-7
  • Lang, C., & Joyner Armstrong, C. M. (2016). Personal attributes: Influences on clothing disposal reasons and frequency. Family and Consumer Science Research Journal, 108(3), 41–47. https://doi.org/10.14307/JFCS108.3.41
  • Armstrong, C. M., Niinimaki, K., & Lang, C. (2016). Towards design recipes to curb the clothing carbohydrate binge. The Design Journal, 19(1), 159–181. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1080/14606925.2016.1109207
  • Joyner Armstrong, C. M., Hustvedt, G., Hiller, K. Y. C., LeHew, M. L. A., & Anderson, B. G. (2016). When the in formal is the formal and the implicit is the explicit: Holistic sustainability education at Green Mountain College. International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 17(6), 756–775.
  • Armstrong, C. M. (2016). “Don’t step on the ants!” Biomimetic pedagogy for sustainability in a Costa Rica study away experience. Journal of Sustainability Education, 11(February). Retrieved from https://www.susted.com/wordpress/content/dont-step-on-the-ants-biomimetic-pedagogy-for-sustainability-in-a-costa-rica-study-away-experience_2016_05/
  • Armstrong, C. M., Niinimaki, K., Lang, C., & Kujala, S. (2016). A use-oriented clothing economy? Preliminary affirmation for sustainable clothing consumption alternatives. Sustainable Development, 24, 18–31. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1002/sd.1602
  • Joyner Armstrong, C. M., Hiller Connell, K. Y., Lang, C., Ruppert-Stroescu, M., & LeHew, M. L. A. (2016). Educating    for sustainable fashion: Using clothing acquisition abstinence to explore sustainable consumption and life beyond growth. Journal of Consumer Policy, 39(4), 417–439. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10603-016-9330-z

2015

  • Armstrong, C. M. (2015). In the zone: Vygotskian-inspired pedagogy for sustainability. Journal of Classroom Interaction, 50(2), 48–59.
  • Ruppert-Stroescu, M., LeHew, M. L. A., Armstrong, C. M., & Hiller Connell, K. Y. (2015). Creativity and sustainable fashion apparel consumption: The fashion detox. Clothing Textile and Research Journal, 33(3), 167–182. https://doi.org/10.1177/0887302X15579990
  • Armstrong, C. M., Niinimaki, K., Kujala, S., Karrell, E., & Lang, C. (2015). Sustainable product-service systems for clothing: exploring consumer perceptions of consumption alternatives in Finland. Journal of Cleaner Production, 97, 30–39. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2014.01.046
  • Armstrong, C. M., & LeHew, M. L. A. (2015). Barriers and mechanisms to the integration of sustainability in textile and apparel education: Stories from the front line. Fashion Practice, 6(1), 59–86. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.2752/175693814X13916967094830

2014

  • Joyner Martinez, C. M. (2014). Product service systems design thinking for sustainable fashion. In Sustainable fashion (pp. 102–109). Helsinki, Finland: Aalto University Publishing.
  • Eike, R. J., Armstrong, C. M., Hiller, K. Y. C., Hustvedt, G., LeHew, M. L. A., & Anderson, B. G. (2014). Integrating sustainability into the social sciences: what are the essentials? Journal of Sustainability Education, 7(December). Retrieved from https://www.susted.com/wordpress/content/integrating-sustainability-into-a-social-science-what-are-the-essentials_2014_12/

2013

  • Niinimaki, K., & Armstrong, C. M. (2013). From pleasure in use to preservation of meaningful memories: A closer look at the sustainability of clothing via longevity and attachment. International Journal of Fashion Design, Technology, and Education, 6(3), 190–199. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1080/17543266.2013.825737
  • Lang, C., Armstrong, C. M., & Brannon, L. A. (2013). Drivers of clothing disposal in the United States: An exploration of the role of personal attributes and behaviors in frequent disposal. International Journal of Consumer Studies, 37, 706–714. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1111/ijcs.12060
  • Remington, S., Hiller Connell, K. Y., Armstrong, C. M., & Musgrove, S. (2013). Assessing sustainability education in a transdisciplinary undergraduate course focused on real-world problem solving: a case for disciplinary grounding. International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 14(4), 404–433.
  • Armstrong, C. M., & Lang, C. (2013). Sustainable product service systems: The new frontier in apparel retailing? Research Journal of Textile and Apparel, 17(1). https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1108/RJTA-17-01-2013-B001
  • LeHew, M. L. A., Armstrong, C. M., Hiller Connell, K. Y., Hustvedt, G., & Anderson, B. G. (2013). Making climate change a functioning thread in the baccalaureate curriculum: Transforming fiber, textiles, and clothing education. NACTA Journal, 57(1).
  • Armstrong, C. M., & LeHew, M. L. A. (2013). A case study in sustainability and fashion education: Adventures on the green. Journal of Sustainability Education, 4. Retrieved from http://www.jsedimensions.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/CosetteArmstrong2Winter2013.pdf

2012

  • Armstrong, C. M., & LeHew, M. L. A. (2012). Shifting the dominant social paradigm in the apparel industry: Acknowledging the pink elephant (pp. 544–552). New York, NY, United States: Fairchild Books.
  • Hiller Connell, K. Y., Remington, S., & Armstrong, C. M. (2012). Assessing systems thinking skills in two undergraduate sustainability courses: A comparison of teaching strategies. Journal of Sustainability Education, 3. Retrieved from https://www.susted.com/wordpress/content/assessing-systems-thinking-skills-in-two-undergraduate-sustainability-courses-a-comparison-of-teaching-strategies_2012_03/
  • LeHew, M. L. A., Hiller Connell, K. Y., & Joyner Martinez, C. M. (2012). Making climate change a functioning thread in the baccalaureate curriculum: Initiating a transformation in fiber, textiles, and clothing education. NACTA Journal, 56(1), 55.

2011

  • Armstrong, C. M., & LeHew, M. L. A. (2011). Scrutinizing the explicit, the implicit, and the unsustainable: A model for holistic transformation of a course. Journal of Teacher Education for Sustainability, 13(2), 17–43. https://doi.org/10.2478/v10099-011-0012-2
  • Armstrong, C. M., LeHew, M. L. A., & Hiller Connell, K. Y. (2011). Ten lessons for teaching sustainability.
  • Armstrong, C. M., & LeHew, M. L. A. (2011). Sustainable apparel product development: In search of a new dominant social paradigm for the field using sustainable approaches. Fashion Practice, 3(1), 29–62. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.2752/175693811X12925927157018
  • Armstrong, C. M. (2011). Implementing education for sustainable development: The potential use of time-honored pedagogical practice from the progressive era of education. Journal of Sustainability Education, 2. Retrieved from https://www.susted.com/wordpress/content/implementing-education-for-sustainable-development-the-potential-use-of-time-honored-pedagogical-practice-from-the-progressive-era-of-education_2011_03/

2009

  • Armstrong, C. M. (2009). Teaching sustainability holistically.