Welcome to the Department of Textiles, Merchandising and Interiors! We are located in Dawson and Barrow Halls on south campus, (click here to see maps of the UGA campus) of the University of Georgia, and are a part of the College of Family and Consumer Sciences. The department office is located at 321 Dawson Hall. Fashion Merchandising and Textile Science faculty offices, textile labs and classrooms are also located in Dawson Hall. Furnishings and Interiors faculty offices, design studios, cad lab, resource room, and gallery are located in Barrow Hall. 

The faculty members in the department have teaching and research experience in many areas. We offer a diverse program which covers all aspects of fashion merchandising and residential interior design.

Our vision is to have internationally recognized graduate and undergraduate programs in Textiles, Merchandising and Interiors, to provide opportunities for the professional and personal development of our students resulting in leaders who enhance the quality of life, and to contribute significantly to the ever-changing body of knowledge in our disciplines.

The mission of our department is to:

• Create undergraduate curricula that are educationally sound, and that build on the liberal arts basis of the University of Georgia core curriculum.
• Build on the core curriculum, educate undergraduate students in their professional area, and provide them with the base of knowledge that will allow them well-qualified entry into the work force.
• Educate graduate students to seek and assimilate research knowledge in their professional area, and to conduct original, meaningful research.
• Conduct research that has an impact in both basic and applied areas of knowledge; ensure that the results of this research are made known in an effective way to academia, and to business and industry.
• Interact with business and industry to assist them in solving problems; provide for the transfer of technology and research results to outside users.