Dianna Vass Ph.D. is the Director of Sponsored Programs and Research within the Division of Academic Affairs at Coppin State University.
Designing programs for improved leadership, collaboration, and operations, Dr. Vass is an innovative executive and a passionate advocate for experiential education and transdisciplinary research across an institution, metro area, and the globe. Her professional achievements include reducing a direct marketer’s apparel returns by 20 percentage points employing quality training and partnering with the supply chain on sizing and fit standards and annually fundraising $2.2 Million for the College of Engineering at North Carolina A&T.
Her research projects with wearer needs and sewing dynamics improve solutions at the intersections of creativity and strategy, innovation and operations, community well-being, and quality of life. Dr. Vass earned her MBA from the University of Delaware and her Ph.D. in Total Quality Management and Training within Apparel/Textile Product Manufacturing Organizations from Virginia Tech.