VITA
Jo
Barraclough Paoletti
American
Studies Department
1124
Holzapfel Hall
University of
Maryland College Park
College Park,
MD 20742
(301)
405-6646 or jpaol@umd.edu
EDUCATION
B.S. Syracuse University, Clothing
Design (cum laude) 1971
M.S. University of Rhode Island, Textiles
1976
Ph.D. University of Maryland, Textiles 1980
PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE
1976- University of Maryland, College Park
Current
Appointment
1992- Associate
Professor, Department of American Studies
Previous
Appointments
1996-2003 Co-Director, College Park Scholars
- American Cultures
2000 (Summer)
Visiting Professor, Office of
Information Technology, UMCP
Teaching/Research
Appointments (Department of Textiles and Consumer Economics):
1987-92 Associate
Professor,
198l-87
Assistant Professor
1980-81
Lecturer
1978-80 Instructor (part-time)
1977-78 Teaching Assistant,
Department of Textiles and Consumer Economics
1976-77 Instructor (full-time)
Previous
Administrative Experience
1999-2000 Director of Undergraduate Studies,
Department of American Studies
1995-97
Director of Graduate Studies, Department of American Studies
1991-92
Acting Department Head, Department of Textiles and Consumer Economics
1989-91
Assistant Dean for Student Affairs, College of Human Ecology
1980-90
Curator, Historic Costume and Textile Collection, Dept. of Textiles and
Consumer Economics
PUBLICATIONS
Books and
Book Chapters
Jo B.
Paoletti and Carol Kregloh, "The Children's Department," in Claudia
Brush Kidwell and Valerie Steele, ed., Men and Women: Dressing the Part, (Smithsonian Institution Press, 1989).
Jo B.
Paoletti and Claudia Brush Kidwell, "Conclusion," in Claudia Brush
Kidwell and Valerie Steel, ed., Men and Women: Dressing the Part, (Smithsonian
Institution Press, 1989).
"Wanted: An Interdisciplinary Approach to
Comfort," in Susan Kaiser and Mary Lynn Damhorst, ed., Exploring Knowledge
Constructions (Association of College Professors of Textiles and Clothing,
1993).
"The
Gendering of Infants' and Toddlers' Clothing in America," in Katharine
Martinez and Kenneth Ames, ed. The Material Culture of Gender/ The Gender of
Material Culture, (The Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, 1997.
"The
Value of Conversation in Teaching and Learning", Stephen Selden, ed.
Essays on Quality Learning, University of Maryland IBM-TQ Project, 1997.
Using a
virtual museum for collaborative exhibit design in an undergraduate course.
Proceedings of the 1998 international meeting of Digital Resources for the
Humanities, Glasgow, Scotland, 2000. (co-author with Mary Sies and Virginia
Jenkins)
Jo B.
Paoletti, Mary Sies and Virginia Jenkins. “Using a virtual museum for collaborative
exhibit design in an undergraduate course.” Electronic Collaboration in the
Humanities: Issues and Opinions, ed. By James Inman, Cheryl Reed and Peter
Sands. (Lawrence Erlbaum Associates: Mahwah, N.J., 2004)
Articles
and Other Short Works (selected)
"The
Role of Choice in the Democratization of Fashion: A Case Study 1875-1885." Dress 5 (1980):
47-56.
"Cartoons
and the Costume Historian " Dress 7 (1981): 47-51.
"Content
Analysis: Its Application to the Study
of History of Costume " Clothing and Textiles Research Journal 1
(1982): 14-17.
"Clothes
Make the Boy 1860-1910 " Dress 8 (1983).
"Ridicule
and Role Models as Factors in American Men's Fashion Change " Costume (1985: 121-134.
"Clothing
and Gender in American Children's Fashions 1890-1920 " Signs
13:1 (Autumn 1987): 136-143.
Catherine
Beeker and Diana Pelletier "Men's
Jacket Styles 1919-1941: An Example of
Coordinated Content Analysis and Object Study " Dress 13 (1987): 44-48.
"Comment: Children's Clothes and Gender " Threads
19 (Oct./Nov. 1988): 98.
Louise Wehrle
and Jo B. Paoletti "What Do We
Wear to the Wedding Now that the Funeral is Over?" Dress 16 (1990):
81-87.
"Little
Lord Fauntleroy and His Dad Hope and Glory 5:1 (Summer 1991): 18-25.
"Between
a Rock and a Hard Place" ASA Newsletter Fall 1998 (exhibit review)
"Online
Discussion of Race and Ethnicity: Using Technology to Break Down Barriers” in
Literature and Emerging Issues: Breaking Barriers University of Maryland
Eastern Shore 1998: 149-153 (conference proceedings).
"Is it a
Girl? is it a Boy?" Exhibit
catalog (co-author Colleen Callahan) Valentine Museum Richmond Virginia 1999.
“The Fauntleroy Mania” Historic Fashions of Women and Children 9 October 2002 <http://www.sallyqueenassociates.com/fauntleroy.htm > (published summer 1999)
“Teaching Material Culture On The Web” ASA
Newsletter Sept. 1999 co-authored with Virginia Jenkins
“Reflections” (a bimonthly historical column) Sew Beautiful (11/99 2/00 4/00 6/00 8/00 10/00 12/00)
“Historical Details” in Heirloom Sewing for Jack & Jill by Martha Pullen Martha Pullen Co. Huntsville AL (1999)
“Home Sewing in Early Greenbelt” Humanities Maryland Humanities Council (December 2000)
"Clothing” Encyclopedia of American Boyhood ABC/CLIO (2001)
"Clothing” Encyclopedia of American Girlhood ABC/CLIO (2001)
“Wanted: Course Revision Without Pain” Technology Source <http://ts.mivu.org/default.asp> accepted and in production.
Other
Creative Works
Undergraduate
Advising Portfolio, an online course and advising environment for American
Studies majors. (1999-2002 )
Virtual
Greenbelt, a site for collaborative research and exhibition.
(http://otal.umd.edu/vg). (established Summer, 1995)
Is it a Girl?
is it a Boy? Gender Identity and Children's Clothing, an exhibit at the
Valentine Museum, Richmond, Va. (co-curator, with Colleen Callahan) 1998-1999
(exhibit opened 8 April 1999).
FUNDED
RESEARCH PROJECTS
Title:A
Computer-Assisted Content Analysis of Fashion Illustrations, 1875-1885.
Dates:June,
1978 - January, 1979
Funding:Smithsonian
Institution Visiting Fellowship, $1,000
Title:Clothes
Make the Boy, 1860-1910.
Dates:July -
August, 1982
Funding:University
of Maryland General Research Board Grant, $3,200
Title:A
Comparison of Extant Garments and Fashion Illustrations as Sources of Information on Children's Costume, 1860 to
1910.
Dates:July -
August, 1986
Funding:University
of Maryland General Research Board Grant, $2,000
Title:Gender
Differentiation in Toddlers' Clothing, 19l0-1930
Dates:September,
1986 - June, 1987
Funding:University
of Maryland College of Human Ecology Small Grant, $1,000
Title: Child
Life in 19th Century America: Toys in the Index of American Design
Dates: June 1,
1993 - Sept. 1, 1993
Funding:
University of Maryland General Research Board Grant, $6750
Title:
Stitches in Time: Homemade Clothing During the Great Depression
Dates: June 1, 1998 - Sept. 1, 1998
Funding:
Funding: University of Maryland General Research Board Grant, $7100
Title:
Interrogating the Question: How do Undergraduates Initiate Research?
Dates June 1, 2001-Sept 1 2001
Funding :
CTE Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Fund, $5000
PAPERS AND
SEMINARS (last five years)
Growing up
Unisex: Childrens' Fashion in the 70's. Popular Culture Association, San
Antonio, TX, March 1997.
Stepping onto
the Web. University of Maryland Eastern Shore, August 1998. (invited)
Using a
virtual museum for collaborative exhibit design in an undergraduate course.
Digital Resources in the Humanities '98, University of Glasgow, Scotland,
September 1998.
Online
Discussion of Race and Ethnicity: Using Technology to Break Down Barriers. Literature and Emerging Issues: Breaking
Barriers International Conference, University of Maryland Eastern Shore,
October 1998 (invited).
Using WebCT
for Distance Teaching, WebCT Users' Group, UMCP, February 1999.
The Challenge
of Distance Learning, Teaching With Technology Conference, UMCP, April 1999.
Distance Education: Faculty Concerns, Maryland Association of Higher Education, Baltimore, MD, May 1999 (invited panel)
Learning by Doing: Collaborative Projects for Faculty, Web Initiative in Teaching Conference, UMUC, May 1999. (refereed)
Ramping-Up Courses: Faculty Experiences
of Using WebCT in Classes, WebCT Conference, Vancouver, BC, June 1999.
(refereed panel)
Collaborative/Cooperative Learning, AAHE Summer Academy, Aspen, CO, July 1999. (invited workshop)
Using WebCT for a Distance Course, WebCT Brown Bag, OIT, UMCP, Sept. 1999. (invited)
The Scholarship of Teaching, CTE Brown Bag, UMCP, October 1999. (invited)
Novel Applications of the WebCT Quiz feature, WebCT Brown Bag, OIT, UMCP, Jan. 2000. (invited)
The Scholarship of Teaching, Digital Dialogs Series, Cyberculture Working Group, April 2000. (invited)
Managing Online Courses, Lily-Atlantic
Conference, Towson, MD, April 2000. (refereed panel)
A Software Development Approach to Course Design, Teaching with Technology, OIT/CTE, UMCP, April 2000. (refereed)
Learning Partners: A Service-Learning Approach to Popular Culture, Popular Culture Association, New Orleans, LA, April 2000.
Diversity Online, WIT Organizational Learning Conference, UMUC, College Park, MD, May 2000. (invited)
Teaching Material Culture Online, Costume Society of American, Williamsburg, VA, June, 2000. (invited)
Making MITH a Reality: The Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities, Year Two, Panel Session for joint international conference of the Association for Literary and Linguistic Computing and the Association for Computing and the Humanities, University of Glasgow, Scotland, July 21-25, 2000. (refereed panel)
Humanities Computing, two-part lecture series, Honors Humanities, September, 2000 (invited)
Peer Review of ALN Courses: Promise, Problems and Practice, Sixth International Conference on Asynchronous Learning Networks. College Park, MD, Nov. 4, 2000 (refereed panel)
Solving Teaching/Learning Problems in On-Line Classes, Sixth International Conference on Asynchronous Learning Networks. College Park, MD, Nov. 4, 2000. (refereed panel)
Assessing online courses. MHEC faculty training session. Catonsville (MD) Community College, Nov. 10, 2000 (invited workshop)
Winter Semester Courses: An Overview , UMCP Center for Teaching Excellence, November 2001. (invited)
Lessons Learned on Teaching with the Web. Towson University, Towson, MD. Jan. 22, 2001. (invited panel)
Long-Term Online Learning Communities. Teaching with technology, OIT/CTE, UMCP, March 2001. (refereed)
A Software Development Approach to Course Design. WebCT Conference, Vancouver, BC June 2001. (refereed)
Curriculum Development in Material Culture. Fashion Institute of technology, New York, MY, October 2001 (invited)
Discovery Projects: First Steps in Interdisciplinary Research for Undergraduate Students. Popular Culture Association, Toronto, ON, March 2002.
The Scholarship of teaching and Learning, UMCP Center for Teaching Excellence, March 2002. (invited)
Interrogating the Question, Library Staff Development, McKeldin Library, UMCP, April 2002. (invited)
Online Teaching and Learning (workshop), Wakonse Teaching Conference, Shelby, MI May 2002. (invited)
Teaching the One-Credit Course, College Park Scholars Faculty Institute, College Park, MD, June 2002.
Acts of Diversity (panel). Mid-Atlantic Popular Culture Association, November 4, 2002. (refereed)
Interrogating the Question: How Undergraduates Approach Research, Lilly-Atlantic Conference, April 4, 2003. (refereed)
PCA/ACA ‘03: Undergraduate Responses. Popular Culture Association, New Orleans, Louisiana, April 19, 2003.
Learning styles approach to course design. American Studies Association, Hartford, CT, November, 2003.
Crossing the Boundary from Service-Learning to Community-based Research. Council on Undergraduate Research, 2004 National Conference, University of Wisconsin - La Crosse, June 23rd - 26th, 2004.
PROFESSIONAL
SOCIETIES AND HONORARIES
American
Association for Higher Education
American
Studies Association
Costume
Society of America
1989-90 Program Co-Chair,
Research,
1990 Annual Meeting and
Symposium, Washington, DC
1992-95 Board member, Region II
(Mid-Atlantic)
1984- Reviewer, Dress
1997-99 CSA Scholars Roundtable
Council on
Undergraduate Research
Popular
Culture Association
Phi Kappa Phi
(inducted as a faculty member, 1994)
HONORS AND
AWARDS
S. I.
Newhouse Journalism Scholarship, Syracuse University, 1967-1969
Joseph Lubin
Scholarship, Syracuse University,
1969-1971
University of
Maryland Fellowship, 1978-1980
Outstanding
Young Women in America, 1981-83
Distinguished
Alumnus Award, College of Human Ecology, UMCP, 1983
Member of the
Graduate Faculty of the University of Maryland, 1987- present
Who's Who in
American Women, 1992-
UMCP
Improvement of Teaching Grants, 1982, 1985, 1990, 1992, 1995,2003
Distinguished
Service Award, College of Human Ecology, UMCP 1992
Lilly-Center
for Teaching Excellence Fellowship, 1993-94.
Costume
Society of America Scholars Roundtable, 1996-98
Web
Initiative in Teaching (WIT) Fellow (a USM distance education initiative),
1998-2000
Fellow,
Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities 2000-1
RELEVANT
CONSULTANTSHIPS (Last 5 years)
Cooperative
State Research Service (USDA), 1994
NEH Division
of Research (1996, 1999)
Valentine
Museum, Richmond, Virginia, 1998-99.
Albany
Institute of History and Art, 2000.
University of
Delaware, 2000.
Chesapeake
and Ohio Canal Park, 2000.
Northwestern
High School, 2001-
Museum of the
Rockies, 2002-
COURSES
TAUGHT (* indicates courses developed or substantially revised, # indicates
web-supported)
Undergraduate:
*#Introduction
to American Studies
*#American
Cyberculture
*#Diversity
in American Culture (online)
*#Electronic
Exhibits and Publication in American Studies (online)
*#Growing Up
American
Material Aspects of American Life
*#Orientation
to American Studies
*#Seminar
in Service-Learning Experiences
*#Senior
Seminar in American Studies: Fashion and Consumer Culture
*#Senior
Seminar in American Studies: Writing the Seventies
*#Senior
Seminar in American Studies: Seventeen Ways to Read a Shirt
*Technology
and the Modernization of the American Home
Graduate:
*Childhood in
American Culture
*#Fashion and
Consumer Culture
Material Culture Theory
*Historiography
of Costume and Textiles
*#Masculinity
in American Culture
*Research
Seminar in Costume and Textiles
GRADUATE
COMMITTEES, 2002-2003
PhD.
Jane
Dusselier, AMST
Stacy
Irwin, EDPL
Paul Reber, AMST (major
professor)
Stephen Wright, EDHD
SERVICE TO
THE UNIVERSITY – previous and current academic year (committees)
Department
Bode Prize
Center
for Teaching Interdisciplinary Studies
Technology requests
Syllabus Slam
Campus Senator (AMST and WMST)
College Park
Scholars
Library/Undergraduate Research
Centreville Community Advisory
Committee
CPS Faculty Institute planning
committee
Campus
ARHU
Learning Communities
Founding
Council, Academy for Excellent in Teaching and Learning (Academic Affairs)
Honor Council
Service-Learning Community
Engaged University Committee
CTE Teaching Consultant
Student
Affairs Committee