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, Professor
Core Staff
Dr. Sophie Pitman
Pleasant Rowland Textile Specialist & Research Director
spitman@wisc.edu
608-262-3623
Graduate Students
Heidi Bechler – Special Projects Assistant, MA Student in the iSchool
Danielle Burke – PhD Student in Design Student
Maeve Hogan – Jane Graff Textile Research Assistant, PhD Candidate in Design Studies
Affiliated Faculty
Cynthia Jasper
Vaughan Bascom Professor of Women and Philanthropy
Civil Society and Community Studies Department
Dr. Ann Smart Martin
Stanley and Polly Stone (Chipstone) Professor Emerita of American Decorative Arts and Material Culture
Jonathan Senchyne
Associate Professor & Director
Center for the History of Print and Digital Culture, The Information School
Advisory Committees
This is an accordion element with a series of buttons that open and close related content panels.
Center Steering Committee
Dr. Sarah Anne Carter, Center for Design and Material Culture Executive Director, Associate Professor in Design Studies
Yuhang Li – Associate Professor of Chinese Art
Lynn Mecklenburg – CDMC/HLATC Supporter
Dr. Marina Moskowitz – Lynn and Gary Mecklenburg Chair in Textiles, Material Culture, and Design
Jonathan Prown – Executive Director and Chief Curator, Chipstone Foundation
Dr. Jung-hye Shin – Chair, Design Studies Department
Danielle Burke – PhD Student in Design Studies Department
Textile Collection Committee
Jenny Angus – Professor, Textiles and Fashion Design
Dr. Sarah Anne Carter – Center for Design and Material Culture Executive Director, Associate Professor in Design Studies
Liz Hooper – Lane, Senior Lecturer, Art History Department and Design Studies Department
Carolyn Jenkinson – Collection Manager
Dr. Marina Moskowitz – Lynn and Gary Mecklenburg Chair in Textiles, Material Culture, and Design
Dr. Sophie Pitman – Pleasant Rowland Textile Specialist and Research Director
Sandy Winder – CDMC/HLATC Supporter
Gallery Committee
Emma deVries – Engagement Manager for Exhibitions and Programs
Anna Campbell – Associate Professor, Gender and Women’s Studies Department, UW-Madison
Dr. Sarah Anne Carter – Center for Design and Material Culture Executive Director, Associate Professor in Design Studies
Marianne Fairbanks – Associate Professor, Design Studies Department, UW-Madison
Lesley Sager – Faculty Associate, Design Studies Department, UW-Madison
Design Thinking Committee
Jennifer Angus – Audrey Rothermel Bascom Professor in Human Ecology, Design Studies Department
Hande Burcu Deniz – Human Ecology PhD Student
Dr. Sarah Anne Carter – Center for Design and Material Culture Executive Director, Associate Professor in Design Studies
Marianne Fairbanks – Associate Professor, Design Studies Department, UW-Madison
Annette McDaniel – Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education & Innovation
Dr. Jung-hye Shin – Design Studies Chair, Interior Architecture Program Coordinator, Associate Professor
Uchita Vaid – Assistant Professor, Design Studies