Faculty and Staff

Jan Doyle
Email: VAVLKYRIE@aol.com
an has a BA and MA in psychology from RIC and a NEA sanctioned Master Weaver designation. She is co-founder and Artistic Director of the Carolina Fiber and Fiction Center in Richmond RI. Her works have appeared in museums in the US, Canada and the UK and currently are featured on www.dmoma.org the Digital Museum of Modern Art. She teaches TMD 358 and the master weaver program.

Meg DeCubellis

Email: megan.desouza@gmail.com

Meg is a graduate of RISD's Apparel Design Department, class of 1983. She started her career in NYC at Jack Winter, Co.
then moved on to Mast Industries and the Limited Corporation. Meg became Design Director at Cherry Tree, Inc. where she directed the design and production of their infant/childrenswear line. While there, she received an Earnie Award from Earnshaw’s magazine for excellence in children’s outerwear and design. She is still producing a line of children’s outerwear aptly called “Nutmeg” which is produced domestically.

Currently, Meg is an owner of Illuminite and the Vice President of Creative Design. The collection consists of reflective running
and cycling gear for men and women which is produced both domestically and abroad.  She is teaching TMD 355 "Draping for Apparel"

 

 

George DuBois
Email: jeddelta@msn.com
George DuBois is President of JedDelta Corporation in Woonsocket RI, and works as an environmental and chemical consultant to the textile and other industries. He was Technical Director of Seville Dyeing Corp for 11 years. He was chair of the RI section of AATCC, and remains active with the New England Section. He teaches sections of TMD113 Color Science and TMD 313, Textile Science Lab

Gideon Loewenstein
Email: gideonlus@yahoo.com
Gideon has a BA in Interior Architecture from Weisbaden in Germany, and an MA in Interior Design Education from the University of Connecticut. He is a member of ASID, and runs his own interior design consulting company. He teaches interior design courses, TMD 226, 326, 426, and works with students on special projects related to Interior Design.

 

 

Richard Malachowski

Email: rmalachowski@mail.uri.edu

Richard Malachowski holds a BS in Chemistry and a MBA from Providence College.  He recently retired after working 35 years for Cranston Print Works Company as a Plant Chemist, Director of Research and Engineering and Technical Manager. He has been a member of the American Association of Textile Chemist and Colorists for 36 years and recently received the AATCC Chapn Award for outstanding service to the organization.  He is a past member of the TMD Department's Advisory Board. Malachowski taught TMD 303 Textile Science in the fall, and is teaching TMD 403 Textile Performance in the Spring.

Diane Martin
Diane Martin has taught for twenty years in the Master Seamstress program offered through URI's cooperative extension service. She is teaching TMD 325, Apparel I. Currently she also performs contract work for Cranston Print Works, is the Program Chair for the Rhode Island Sewing Network, is President of the Association of Custom Clothiers.She runs her own business, "Sew that's how". She was formerly a patternmaker for Royal Robes (leisurewear and lingerie), Stevens Sportswear (childrenswear), and Philippa of Boston (Bridal). She has a degree from the School of Fashion Design, Boston

 

Deb Siravo

Email: Deblily@cox.net

Deb is teaching a section of URI 101 to TMD majors. She has BA in Art History from URI (Magna Cum Laude), Master Seamstress I and II Certificates, and an MS in Textiles, Fashion Merchandising, and Design. Her thesis ("Reflections of Modernism: Textiles from the Tirocchi Dressmakers' Shop, 1915-1947") explored the connections between modern art and textile design, and led to an exhibition in the Textile Gallery in Quinn Hall. She is currently principal conservator of DL Textiles/Conservation and Restoration Services, and primary assistant conservator at ArtCare Resources.She serves on the board of directors of the Seabee Museum and Memorial Park in North Kingstown.