CURRICULUM VITA
Jo
Barraclough Paoletti
American
Studies Department
1102
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 (TEACHING AND RESEARCH)
1992-present
Associate Professor, Department of American Studies, University of Maryland
2000
(Summer) Visiting Professor, Office of Information Technology, UMCP
1987-92
Associate Professor, Department of Textiles and Consumer Economics, University
of Maryland
198l-87
Assistant Professor, Department of Textiles and Consumer Economics, University
of Maryland
1980-81 Lecturer, Department of Textiles and Consumer Economics,
University of Maryland
1978-80
Instructor (part-time), Department of Textiles and Consumer Economics,
University of Maryland
1977-78 Graduate Teaching and Administrative Assistant, Department of
Textiles and Consumer Economics, University of Maryland
1976-77
Instructor (full-time), Department of Textiles and Consumer Economics,
University of Maryland
1975-76
Graduate Teaching and Research Assistant, Department of Textiles, Clothing and
Related Arts, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI
PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE (ADMINISTRATIVE)
2004-2009 Director of Undergraduate Studies,
Department of American Studies
1996-2003
Co-Director, College Park Scholars - American Cultures
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
"The
Children's Department," in Claudia Brush Kidwell and Valerie Steele, ed.,
Men and Women: Dressing the Part,
(Smithsonian Institution Press, 1989).
(primary author, with Carol Kregloh)
"Conclusion,"
in Claudia Brush Kidwell and Valerie Steel, ed., Men and Women: Dressing the
Part, (Smithsonian Institution Press, 1989). (primary author, with Claudia Brush
Kidwell)
"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.
"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).
"Historical Details" in Heirloom Sewing for Jack & Jill by Martha Pullen Martha
Pullen Co. Huntsville AL (1999)
"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)
"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) (co-author with Mary Sies and Virginia
Jenkins)
Jo B. Paoletti, "Creating and Sustaining Online Learning Communities," Encyclopedia of Distance Learning, ed. by Caroline Howard. (Idea Group: Hershey, PA, 2005)
Jo B. Paoletti, "E-portfolio Thinking: The Challenge of the Public Research University", Handbook of Research on ePortfolios, ed. by Ali Jafar and Catherine Kaufman. (Idea Group: Hershey, PA, 2006)
Colleen R. Callahan & Jo B. Paoletti, "Is it a Girl or a Boy? Gender Identity and Children's Clothing", The Fashion Reader ed. by Linda Welters and Abby Lillethun (Oxford, UK: Berg, 2007)
Jo B. Paoletti, Eden Segal and Christina Totino. "Acts of Diversity: Assessing the Impact of Service-Learning", The Scholarship of Multicultural Teaching and Learning ed. by Matthew Kaplan (San Francisco, Jossey Bass, 2007)
Jo B. Paoletti. "Children and Adolescents in the United States", The Berg Encyclopedia of World Dress and Fashion, Volume 3. (Oxford, UK: Berg, 2010)
Jo B. Paoletti. Pink and Blue: Telling the Boys From the Girls in America (in progress publication anticipated in 2012)
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. Translated into Russian
and reprinted in Теория
моды: Одежда,
Тело, Культура
(Fashion Theory: Dress, Body, Culture) Spring 2010. Pp. 55-74
"Clothing
and Gender in American Children's Fashions 1890-1920 " Signs 13:1 (Autumn 1987): 136-143.
"Men's
Jacket Styles 1919-1941: An Example
of Coordinated Content Analysis and Object Study " Dress 13 (1987): 44-48.
(primary author, with Catherine Beeker and Diana
Pelletier )
"Comment: Children's Clothes and Gender " Threads 19 (Oct./Nov. 1988): 98.
"What Do
We Wear to the Wedding Now that the Funeral is Over?" Dress 16 (1990): 81-87. (co-author with Louise Wehrle)
"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. Valentine Museum Richmond Virginia 1999. (co-author with Colleen
Callahan
"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)
"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" The Technology Source, November/December 2003. Available online at http://ts.mivu.org/default.asp?show=article&id=1034.
"Designing
Authentic Class Discussions", Center for Teaching Excellence Newsletter
(April/May 2004).
Ready Made Democracy: History of Men's
Dress in the American Republic,1760-1860 by Michael Zakim. (Review)Men and Masculinities. 8:2
(October 2005): 239-241.
Declining by Degrees by John Merrow
. (Review) Faculty Voice. May 2006.
Learning
Outcomes Assessment, (3-part series). Faculty Voice. April, June, October 2007.
My Freshman Year/I'm the Teacher, You're
the Student. (Review)
Faculty Voice. April 2007.
American Beauty by Patricia Mears. (Review) American
Studies (in press).
EXHIBITS,
PERFORMANCES, DEMONSTRATIONS AND OTHER CREATIVE WORKS:
"Coverlets:
The Woven Record". Symposium and exhibit, University of Maryland, College
Park, Sept. 23-24, 1983. Planned theme, selected and invited speakers, selected
objects for exhibition and wrote exhibit catalog (shared tasks equally with
Clarita Anderson.)
Virtual
Greenbelt, a site for collaborative research and exhibition. (http://otal.umd.edu/vg).
(established Summer, 1995). Original concept my own; executed collaboratively
with Mary Corbin Sies, David Silver, Psyche Williams, Virginia Jenkins and Sandor Vegh of the American
Studies Department and the staff and friends of the Greenbelt Museum.
AMST 212
– Online Version. Original concept and entire execution my own. (Under
development 1996-1999, in use 1998-2003.)
The
Intercultural Learning Center, an online meeting place for cross-cultural
interaction. (established Winter, 1998, inactive since Fall 2001). Original
concept my own, executed collaboratively with Andrew Cavanaugh, Kathleen Kilday and Holly Gray of the Maryland English Institute.
"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).
Undergraduate
Advising Portfolio, an online course and advising environment for American
Studies majors. (established 1999, in use 1999-2005. ). Original concept a
collaboration between myself and Mary Corbin Sies, executed by myself with
assistance from Sandor Vegh.
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
Title: Pink
and Blue: Gender Differences in American InfantsÕ Clothing
Dates: March
2010
Funding: UCLA James and Sylvia Thayer Short-Term
Research Fellowship, $1500
PRESENTED:
Invited
talks and professional workshops:
"Reading Non-Verbal Materials,"
Smithsonian Institution – Co-operative Program in American Culture,
Washington, DC, Sept. 1979.
"The Role of History in Human
Ecology," University of Rhode Island, March 1980.
"Sex-Role Stereotyping of Clothing
Behavior," Kean College of New Jersey, March 1980.
"Men's Dress in Humor", Howard University, Forum
1981 Lecture Series.
"Documenting Historic Costume and
Textiles", Georgia College, Milledgeville, GA, June 1984 (workshop)
"The
Use of Eagles as a Decorative and Symbolic Motif in 19th Century
Coverlets", Second Annual Conference on the Creation of Complex Weave
Structures, Mineral Point, WI, July 1984.
"Technology and Family Life",
International Federation of Home Economics, Oslo, Norway, July 1984.
"Historic
Costume and Textiles: Curricula and Competencies for a Changing World",
ACPTC-ER/AHEA Conference, Philadelphia, PA, June 1985 (workshop).
"Thinking of Computerization?",
Costume Society of America, Atlanta, GA, July 1986.
"Comfort Assessment of Non-wovens Using Human Perception in the Home," Association
of non Woven Fabrics Industry, Boston, MA, June 1985.
"Email in the Classroom", CTE
Brown Bag, UMCP, Fall 1994.
"Using Email to De-center the
Classroom", Teaching with Technology conference, UMCP, spring 1995.
Quantitative Methods in Popular Culture.
NMAH Symposium, Smithsonian Institution, October 1987.
The Politics and Meaning of Men's Hair,
1963-1973. "Out of the Sixties: The HAIR Symposium", UMCP, October
1995.
"and
the groom woreÉ".Fairfax Park and Recreation Annual Symposium for historic
site interpreters and managers. George Mason University, Fairfax, VA March
1996.
"Electronic Museums as Collaborative
Works". National Museum of American History in-house seminar. Washington,
DC. April 1996.
"Visual Merchandising at Woodward
and Lothrop", Historical Society of Washington, DC, April 1996.
Stepping onto the Web. University of
Maryland Eastern Shore, August 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
Using
WebCT for Distance Teaching, WebCT Users' Group, UMCP, February 1999.
Why
Use the Web? In-service training, Northwestern High School and Hyattsville
Middle School, Prince George's County, MD. March 1999.
Humanities
Teaching Resources on the Web. ? In-service training, Northwestern High School.
Spring 1999.
Distance Education: Faculty Concerns, Maryland Association of Higher Education, Baltimore, MD, May 1999
Collaborative/Cooperative Learning, AAHE Summer Academy, Aspen, CO, July 1999. (workshop)
Using WebCT for a Distance Course, WebCT Brown Bag, OIT, UMCP, Sept. 1999.
The Scholarship of Teaching, CTE Brown Bag, UMCP, October 1999.
Novel Applications of the WebCT Quiz feature, WebCT Brown Bag, OIT, UMCP, Jan. 2000.
The Scholarship of Teaching, Digital Dialogs Series, Cyberculture Working Group, April 2000.
Diversity Online, WIT Organizational Learning Conference, UMUC, College Park, MD, May 2000.
Teaching Material Culture Online, Costume Society of American, Williamsburg, VA, June, 2000.
Humanities Computing, two-part lecture series, Honors Humanities, September, 2000
Assessing online courses. MHEC faculty training session. Catonsville (MD) Community College, Nov. 10, 2000 (workshop)
Curriculum Development in Material Culture. Fashion Institute of technology, New York, MY, October 2001
Winter Semester Courses: An Overview , UMCP Center for Teaching Excellence, November 2001.
Lessons Learned on Teaching with the Web. Towson University, Towson, MD. Jan. 22, 2001.
The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, UMCP Center for Teaching Excellence, March 2002.
Interrogating the Question, Library Staff Development, McKeldin Library, UMCP, April 2002.
Online Teaching and Learning, Wakonse Teaching Conference, Shelby, MI May 2002. (workshop)
Academic Restructuring: Exploring meaning, experience and direction, Savannah, GA, November 2003
Interrogating the Question: How Students Approach Research, Slippery Rock University, Slippery Rock, PA., September, 2004
"Podcasting in the Classroom" (panel response), College of Arts and Humanities, University of Maryland. November 2005.
Podcasting at the University of Maryland, UMBC Technology Center and Videocast to System Campuses, January 2006
The Role of Disciplinary Associations in Supporting the Scholarship of Teaching, Carnegie Foundation Colloquium, March 2006
Interdisciplinary Teaching and Learning: A Graduate Research Seminar, UM Center for Teaching Excellence, May 2006
The World is Flat: Implications for Higher Education, UM Academy for Excellence in Teaching and Learning, October 2006
Teaching for Civic Engagement, UM Center for Teaching Excellence, October 2006
Getting Started in SoTL (workshop), Juniata College, Huntingdon, PA, January 2007
"Poking and Prying with a Purpose: The Nature of Research" (keynote), Assumption College, Worcester, PA, April 2007
ÒGreen is the New BlackÓ, Science and Technology lecture series, Riderwood Village, Silver Spring, MD January 2010
ÒBefore Pink and Blue: Baby Clothes before Babies had GenderÓ, Bill Blass Lecture, Indiana University, Bloomington, January 2010
Contributed
talks and workshops:
"Children's
Role in Wool Production," Association of College Professors of Textiles
and Clothing Eastern Regional Meeting, Washington, DC, Oct. 1978. (ACPTC
Combined Proceedings, 1978, p. 40.)
"A
Computer-Assisted Content Analysis of Fashion Illustrations, 1875-1885,"
Association of College Professors of Textiles and Clothing Eastern Regional
Meeting, Williamsburg, VA, Oct. 1979, (ACPTC Combined Proceedings, 1979,
p. 33-34.)
Changes in the Masculine Image,
1880-1910: A Content Analysis of Popular Humor," Association of College
Professors of Textiles and Clothing National Meeting, Washington, DC, October,
1980. (ACPTC Proceedings, 1980, p.81)
"Changes
in the Masculine Image in America 1880-1910," Costume Society of America
Annual Meeting, Cleveland, OH, May, 1981.
"Clothes
Make the Boy: 1860-1910," Association of College Professors of Textiles
and Clothing Eastern Regional Meeting, Atlanta, GA, October 1982. (ACPTC
Combined Proceedings, 1982, p. 214-215.)
"A
Content Analysis of Magazine Descriptions of Boys' Clothing, 1860-1910,"
Association of College Professors of Textiles and Clothing National Meeting,
Honolulu, Hawaii, July 1983. (Read by Dr. Barbara Starke, Howard University). (ACPTC
Proceedings, 1983, p.65-66)
"Home Economics and Fashion
Merchandising: A Portrait of the Odd Couple," Costume Society of America
– Central Atlantic Region, Philadelphia, PA., Sept. 1984.
"The Use of Eagles as a Decorative
and Symbolic Motif in 19th Century American Coverlets,"
Association of College Professors of Textiles and Clothing Eastern Regional
Meeting, White Sulphur Springs, WV, Nov. 1984. , (ACPTC Combined Proceedings,
1984, p. 105-106.)
"Selecting
and Using File Management Software for Indexes, Bibliographies and
Catalogs," Association of College Professors of Textiles and Clothing
Eastern Regional Meeting, White Sulphur Springs, WV,
Nov. 1984. , (ACPTC Combined
Proceedings, 1984, p. 111-112.)
"The
Fauntleroy Plague", Popular Culture Association National Conference,
Louisville, KY, April 1985.
"Men's Jacket Design,
1919-1941", ," Costume Society of America Annual Meeting, New York,
NY, June 1985.
"An
Analysis of Men's Jacket Design, 1919-1929", Association of College Professors of
Textiles and Clothing Eastern Regional Meeting, Providence, RI, Nov. 1985. (ACPTC Combined Proceedings,
1985, p. 168.)
"A Documentation and Analysis of
Dated Victorian Crazy Quilts," Association of College Professors of
Textiles and Clothing Eastern Regional Meeting, Providence, RI, Nov. 1985.
Graduate Research Competition (ACPTC
Combined Proceedings, 1985, p. 173.)
"Let's
Pretend: Costume Playclothes for Children, 1909-1978," Popular Culture
Association National Conference, Atlanta, GA April 1986.
"Welcoming
the Little Stranger: Infants' Layettes in Sears, Roebuck Catalogs,
1900-1985," Costume Society of America Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, IN,
1986.
"Brides in Mourning: An
Investigation into the Use of Popular Literature to explain Behavior at the
Intersection of Two Social Rituals, 1880-1910," Association of College
Professors of Textiles and Clothing National Meeting, October 1986. (ACPTC
Proceedings, 1986)
"Infants' Dresses, 1910-1960: The
Decline of the Small White Uniform," Popular Culture Association National
Conference, Montreal Quebec, Canada, Match 1987.
"Costume
as Popular Culture," Popular Culture Association National Conference,
Montreal Quebec, Canada, Match 1987.
"Wanted:
An Interdisciplinary Approach to Comfort", ," Association of College
Professors of Textiles and Clothing Central Regional Meeting, Dearborn, MI,
October, 1987.
"Clothing
and Gender: Teaching Sex Roles through dress, 1900-1940. American Studies
Association, New York, NY, November 1987.
"Accessories:
Bits and Pieces or Missing Pieces", Costume Society of America Annual
Symposium, Cincinnati, OH May 1988.
"ARTIFACT
and the Material Culture Resources Gopher", American Studies Association
meeting, Nashville, TN, November 1994.
Web-based
Teaching and Research in Popular Culture. Great Plains Popular Culture
Association, Sioux City IA, October 1995.
"Letting
My Freak Flag Fly: Men's Hair, 1963-1973", Popular Culture Association,
Chicago, IL., March 1996.
"Using
a virtual museum for collaborative exhibit design in an undergraduate
course.", What Works II Conference. National Center on Postsecondary
Teaching, Learning and Assessment. Pennsylvania State University, June 1996.
Growing up Unisex: Children's' Fashion in
the 70's. Popular Culture Association, San Antonio, TX, March 1997.
Using a virtual museum for collaborative
exhibit design in an undergraduate course. Digital Resources in the Humanities
'98, University of Glasgow, Scotland, September 1998. (refereed)
The Challenge of Distance Learning,
Teaching With Technology Conference, UMCP, April 1999. (refereed)
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)
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.
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)
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)
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)
Discovery Projects: First Steps in Interdisciplinary Research for Undergraduate Students. Popular Culture Association, Toronto, ON, March 2002.
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. (refereed)
Assessing Critical Thinking at the Program Level. AAHE Assessment Conference, Denver, CO, June 2004. (refereed)
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. (refereed)
Developing and Answering Learning-centered Research Questions about Power and Diversity with Students as Partners, (with Eden H. Segal and Chip De Atley), International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning , Bloomington, IN, October, 2004. (refereed)
Crossroads in the Classroom: American Studies as honors, American Studies Association, Atlanta, GA, November, 2004. (refereed)
How Students Learn about Diversity. (with Eden Segal) Maryland College Personnel Association, Baltimore, MD, December, 2005 (refereed)
Student-Teacher Partnerships: SoTL
Research about Power and Diversity, (with Eden H. Segal, Jessica Toole, Jo
Paoletti & Chip De Atley), 2005 Carnegie Colloquium on the Scholarship of
Teaching and Learning, Atlanta, GA, March, 2005 (refereed).
"Student-Teacher Partnerships: Student Testimony as Evidence of Learning",(with Eden H. Segal and Jessica Toole, International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, Vancouver, BC. October 2005.
"From the Ground UP: Teaching and
Transformation in American Studies" (roundtable/workshop with Michael
Coventry, Stephanie Tingley, Martha Pallante, Lynne Adrian, Edward Tang and Lawrence Hanley).
American Studies Association annual meeting, November 2005.
The Goals of Inquiry: Student and Faculty
Perceptions. Carnegie
Academy for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Colloquium, Madison, WI,
April 2006.
Excavating
Signature Pedagogies: Teaching and Learning in American Studies, 1945-1955. International Society for the Scholarship of
Teaching and Learning, Washington, DC. November
2006
Innovations in Teaching with Technology: UMS Initiatives. Innovations in teaching and Learning Conference, University of Maryland, February, 2007.
Service-Learning and Literacy: A Case Study. Maryland Association for Adult, Community and Continuing Education, Baltimore, MD. May 2007.
Service-Learning and Literacy: A Case Study. Mid-Atlantic Popular Culture Association, Philadelphia, PA. November 2007.
ÒGreen is the New BlackÓ: Sea Change or Greenwash ClichŽ? Popular Culture Association, San Francisco, CA. March 2008.
Prettier in Pink: Color Symbolism in American Children's Clothing since 1900. Chesapeake American Studies Association, College Park, MD. April 2008.
Prettier in Pink: Color Symbolism in American Children's Clothing since 1900. Costume Society of America, SE Region, Williamsburg, VA. Oct. 2008.
ÒFree to be You and MeÓ: Unisex fashions and non-sexist child-raising in the 1970s. Popular Culture Association, New Orleans, LA. April 2009.
Prettier in Pink: Color Symbolism in American Children's Clothing since 1900. Costume Society of America National Symposium, Phoenix, AZ. May. 2009.
Archival Sources for Costume Study. Costume Society of America National Symposium, Kansas City, MO. June, 2010.
Prettier in Pink: Color Symbolism in American Children's Clothing since 1900. MidAtlantic PCA/ACA. October. 2010.
Pink Boys
and Tomgirls: Raising Gender Variant Boys in the
Twentieth Century. Popular Culture Association, San Antonio, TX. April 2011
PROFESSIONAL
SOCIETIES AND HONORARIES
American
Studies Association
Chesapeake
American Studies Association
2004-2006
Vice President
2006-2008 President/Treasurer
2008- Secretary/Treasurer
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
Educause
International
Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
Convener,
Teaching and Learning Diversity working group
Local
planning, ISSOTL 2006
Disciplinary
Societies outreach coordinator 2006-2008
Popular
Culture Association
Phi Kappa Phi
(collegiate honor society)
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
Distinguished
Service Award, College of Human Ecology, UMCP 1992
Who's Who
Among American Women 1992-present
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
University of
Maryland Award for Innovation in Teaching With Technology, 2000
Fellow,
Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities 2000-2001
Who's Who Among
America's Teachers 2004-present
Visible
Knowledge Writing Residency, Georgetown University January 2005 (competitive)
Academy for
Excellence in Teaching and Learning, University of Maryland 2005-
James and
Sylvia Thayer Short-Term Research Fellowships, UCLA, 2010
Improvement
of Teaching Awards:
1982-83,
purchase of slide presentations on the preservation of textiles. $390.
1985-86,
production of video tapes of slide reviews in TEXT 345, 347 and 363. $500.
1990,
software purchase for collection cataloging. $200.
1992,
development of AMST 212, Diversity in American Culture. $2000.
1995,
development of Virtual Greenbelt, $10,900
2003, Using
service-learning as a text in AMST 201. $2000
2004,
Creating visual materials for new material culture course, $1000
2007, Incorporating Uniform
Writing Standards and Calibrated Peer review into AMST 201 (Introduction to
American Studies), $1000.
CONSULTANTSHIPS
Cooperative
State Research Service (USDA), 1994 (External Program Review)
NEH Division
of Research (1996, 1999) (Research Reviews)
Valentine
Museum, Richmond, Virginia, 1998-99. (Exhibit co-curator)
Albany
Institute of History and Art, 2000. (Collection evaluation)
University of
Delaware, 2000. (Course management systems)
Chesapeake
and Ohio Canal Park, 2000. (Historic costume research)
Northwestern
High School, 2001- present (Teacher development, Enhancement of dress code.)
Museum of the
Rockies, 2002-2004 (Collection evaluation, Historic costume research)
SUNY Potsdam,
2009 (Title III Strengthening Institutions Grant – Undergraduate
Research)
EDITORSHIPS,
EDITORIAL BOARDS AND REVIEWING ACTIVITIES
Editorships:
1981-83 Regional Editor, ACPTC Newsletter
1984-85 Editor, ACPTC Proceedings (Eastern Region)
Reviewing Activities:
1980-81 ACPTC Proceedings (Eastern Region)
1981-87 Non-print materials, Choice
1984-85 Historic textiles monographs, American Chemical Society Books
1984-present Dress (Costume Society of America)
1986-present Clothing and Textiles Research Journal
COURSES
TAUGHT (* indicates courses developed or substantially revised, # indicates
web-supported, % indicates online)
Undergraduate:
*# American
Cyberculture
*# American
Popular Culture for ESOL Programs
*# Colloquium
in American Cultures (College Park Scholars)
*# Discovery
Research – Popular Culture (College Park Scholars)
*#% Diversity in
American Culture
*# % Electronic Exhibits and
Publication in American Studies
*# Growing
Up American
*#% Introduction to
American Studies
Material
Aspects of American Life
*#% Orientation to
American Studies (ePortfolio course)
*# Popular
Culture, Youth and Literacy
*# Practicum
in American Cultures (College Park Scholars)
*# Seminar
in Service-Learning Experiences (Beyond the Classroom)
*# Senior
Seminar in American Studies: Fashion and Consumer Culture
*# Senior
Seminar in American Studies: "Moral Values": Religion and Faith in
American Culture
*# Senior
Seminar in American Studies: Writing the Seventies
*# Senior
Seminar in American Studies: Seventeen Ways to Read a Shirt
*#
Special Topics in American Studies:
Material Culture Research: Costume and Textiles
* Technology
and the Modernization of the American Home
* Advanced
Material Culture : Craft and Production
Graduate:
* Childhood
in American Culture
* Fashion
and Consumer Culture
Material
Culture Theory
* Historiography
of Costume and Textiles
*% Interdisciplinary
Teaching and Learning
* Masculinity
in American Culture
* Research
Seminar in Costume and Textiles
RESEARCH
MENTORING ACTIVITIES
UNDERGRADUATE
HONORS THESES current students are
italicized (*co-authored publication resulted)
Emily Brecht,
AMST
Theresa Cancro, TXCE
Christopher
Jacobs, AMST
Stephanie
Thompson, TXCE*
James Tobin,
AMST
Virginia
Russell, TXCE*
Angela Wish,
AMST
UNDERGRADUATE
INDEPENDENT STUDY PROJECTS RESULTING IN PUBLICATIONS OR OFF-CAMPUS CONFERENCE
PRESENTATIONS
Diana
Pelletier, TXCE (publication and presentation)
David
Frederick, CPS-AM (presentation)
Abigail
Keller, CPS-AM (presentation)
Lauren
Andres, CPS-AM (presentation)
Erin
Callaway, CPS-AM (presentation)
Jamie Lampel, CPS-AM (presentation)
Adam Peck,
CPS-AM (presentation)
Kristen Waldemayer, CPS-AM (presentation)
Ryan Dowd,
AMST (presentation)
Joi Stanley, IVSP (presentation)
Jessica
Toole, BEES (presentations)
Christina Totino, HIST (presentations and publication)
GRADUATE
COMMITTEES, last 5 years
MA. Abigail Kiesa, AMST (major professor - current)
PhD.
Gilda
Anroman, AMST (Spring 2006)
Cathy
Carter, GEOG (Fall 2004)
Isabell Cserno, AMST
(Spring 2008)
Jane
Dusselier, AMST (Spring 2005)
David
Eubanks, ENGL (Fall 2005)
Catherine
Field, ENGL (Spring 2006)
Charles
Flanagan, AMST (Spring 2005)
Stacy
Irwin, EDPL (Spring 2005)
Laura Napolitano, ARTH (Spring 2008)
Donna
Paoletti, EDPL (Fall 2006)
Jennifer
Pizgah, EDPL (Spring 2005)
Paul
Reber, AMST (major professor) (Spring 2003)
Eden
Segal, EDPL (in progress)
Kimberlee Staking, WMST (in progress)
Chris
Steele, GEOG (Fall 2006)
Cynthia
Whitesel, EDPL (Fall,2009)
Kristen
Williams, AMST (Spring 2010)
Stephen
Wright, EDHD (Spring 2004)
SERVICE TO
THE UNIVERSITY – previous and current academic year (committees)
Department
LOA
Representative
Search
Committee
College
LOA
Committee
Campus
Coalition
for Civic Engagement and Leadership
Academy
for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (book review committee)
Campus
Senate