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 and Research Director
spitman@wisc.edu
608-262-3623
Affiliated Faculty
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
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, 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, UW–Madison 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
Adriana Barrios – 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