Leadership and Faculty Directors
Faculty Director of Material Culture; Associate Professor of Chinese Art
Department of Art History
Dr. Marina Moskowitz
Faculty Director of Textiles; Lynn and Gary Mecklenburg Chair in Textiles, Material Culture and Design
Dr. Jung-hye Shin
Faculty Director for Design Thinking; Department Chair, Interior Architecture Program Coordinator, Associate Professor
Core Staff
Sophie Pitman
Pleasant Rowland Textile Specialist and Research Director
spitman@wisc.edu
608-262-3623
Residents
Affiliated Faculty
Dr. Ann Smart Martin
Faculty Director for Material Culture;
Stanley and Polly Stone (Chipstone) Professor of American Decorative Arts and Material Culture
Graduate Students
Danielle Burke – Jane Graff Textile Research Assistant, PhD Student in Design Studies
Maeve Hogan – Special Project Assistant, PhD Student in Design Studies
Addison Nace – Special Projects Assistant, PhD Student in Design Studies
Advisory Committees
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Center Steering Committee
Dr. Sarah Anne Carter, Chair
Jonathan Prown – Executive Director and Chief Curator, Chipstone Foundation
Lynn Mecklenburg – CDMC/HLATC Donor and Volunteer
Dr. Ann Smart Martin – Stanley and Polly Stone (Chipstone) Professor of American Decorative Arts and Material Culture, UW–Madison Department of Art History
Dr. Marina Moskowitz – Lynn and Gary Mecklenburg Chair in Textiles, Material Culture, and Design
Dr. Jung-hye Shin – Chair, UW–Madison Design Studies Department
Amanda Thatch – MFA candidate, UW–Madison Design Studies Department
Textile Collection Committee
Carolyn Jenkinson – Collection Manager
Dr. Sarah Anne Carter – Visiting Executive Director of the Center for Design and Material Culture
Carolyn Kallenborn – Jane Rafferty Thiele Professor in Human Ecology, Textiles and Fashion Design
Dr. Marina Moscowitz – Lynn and Gary Mecklenburg Chair in Textiles, Material Culture, and Design
Maeve Hogan – Jane Graff Textile Research Assistant, PhD Candidate in Design Studies
Sandy Winder – CDMC/HLATC Donor and Volunteer
Liz Hooper-Lane, Senior Lecturer, Art History Department and Design Studies Department
Gallery Committee
Dr. Sarah Anne Carter – Visiting Executive Director of the Center for Design and Material Culture
Lesley Sager – Faculty Associate, Design Studies Department, UW-Madison
Anna Campbell – Associate Professor, Gender and Women’s Studies Department, UW-Madison
Marianne Fairbanks – Associate Professor, Design Studies Department, UW-Madison
Design Thinking Working Group
Lisa Andrews – Faculty Associate, Consumer Science Department
Jennifer Angus – Audrey Rothermel Bascom Professor in Human Ecology, Design Studies Department
Kristy Burkholder – Faculty Associate, Human Development and Family Studies Department
Sarah Anne Carter – Visiting Executive Director of the Center for Design and Material Culture,
Lori DiPrete Brown – Distinguished Faculty Associate, Civil Society, and Community Studies Department; Director 4W Initiative
Michelle Kwasny – Academic Director, MS Design + Innovation; Design Research & Strategy, Chancellor’s Office
Linda Lepe – Director of Consumer Finance and Financial Planning, Consumer Science Department
Polina Levchenko – Faculty Associate, Human Development and Family Studies Department
Michael Maguire – Faculty Associate, Civil Society and Community Studies Department
Lesley Sager – Faculty Associate, Design Studies Department
Patty Sigler – Faculty Associate, Consumer Science Department