ABOUT ME
Born in West Palm Beach, FL on the heels of war and the fringes of the African American Civil Rights Movement, Professor Cynthanie Sumpter is no stranger to the themes she explores through art, education, and fashion design. As an educator, she utilizes a Bachelor of Science in Psychology; an Associate of Arts in Fashion Design: and a terminal degree, Master of Fine Arts in Fashion with a concentration in Fashion Design along with over 35 years of teaching experience and a lifetime of living to enrich her art, inside and out of the classroom. Professor Sumpter currently teaches fashion courses as a full-time faculty member at Clark Atlanta University, one of the nation’s largest Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU). As a designer, Sumpter’s forte included creating fashion apparel and accessories. Later, Professor Sumpter used experience gained while working as a patternmaker for moderate-high end women's apparel manufacturers to launch her freelance design business as a patternmaker, fashion designer and fashion instructor. Out of all of the accomplishments and contributions she has made, Professor Sumpter is most eager to use her skills and experience to develop manufacturing practices in emerging African countries as a means of economic empowerment for women in those areas.