Leadership and Faculty Directors
Dr. Ann Smart Martin
Faculty Director for Material Culture;
Stanley and Polly Stone (Chipstone) Professor of American Decorative Arts and Material Culture
Dr. Marina Moskowitz
Faculty Director of Textiles; Lynn and Gary Mecklenburg Chair in Textiles, Material Culture and Design
Core Staff
Residents
Carolyn Kallenborn
Jane Rafferty Thiele Professor in Human Ecology
Textiles and Fashion Design, Design Studies Department
Michelle Kwasny
Academic Director, MS Design + Innovation
Design Research & Strategy, Chancellor’s Office
Graduate Students
Katie Apsey – Operations & Programs Assistant, PhD Candidate in Art History
Samantha Comerford – Assistant Collections Manager, MA Candidate in Art History
Maeve Hogan – Jane Graff Textile Research Assistant, PhD Candidate in Design Studies
Addison Nace – Graduate Collection Assistant, PhD Candidate in Design Studies
Nora Renick Rinehart – Graduate Research Assistant, MFA Candidate in Design Studies
Natalie Wright – Graduate Research Assistant, PhD Candidate 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
Nora Renick Rinehart – MFA Candidate in Design 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