People

Leadership & Faculty Directors

Sarah Anne Carter

Position title: Chipstone Foundation Design and Material Culture Chair, Associate Professor of Design Studies, Executive Director of the Nancy M. Bruce Center for Design and Material Culture

Email: scarter5@wisc.edu

website bio

Phone: 608-890-4854

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Yuhang Li

Position title: Faculty Director of Material Culture; Professor of Chinese Art, Department of Art History

Email: yuhang@wisc.edu

website bio

Phone: 608-263-1175

Marina Moskowitz

Position title: Faculty Director of Textiles, Lynn and Gary Mecklenburg Chair in Textiles, Material Culture, and Design, Professor of Design Studies

Email: mmoskowitz@wisc.edu

website bio

Phone: 608-262-2015

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Samuel Dennis

Position title: Senior Academic Faculty and Administrator, Design Studies Department

Email: samuel.dennis@wisc.edu

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Staff

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Marissa Henry

Position title: Assistant Collection Manager

Email: mjhenry3@wisc.edu

Phone: 608-262-4858

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Carolyn H. Jenkinson

Position title: Collections Manager

Email: jenkinson@wisc.edu

website bio

Phone: 608-262-3606

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Dakota Mace

Position title: Photographer

Email: dmace@wisc.edu

website bio

Phone: 608-262-1162

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Bo Owen

Position title: Engagement Manager for Exhibitions & Programs

Email: bo.owen@wisc.edu

website bio

Phone: 608-262-8815

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Laura Sims Peck

Position title: Senior Operations Manager

Email: laura.peck@wisc.edu

website bio

Phone: 608-262-1162

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Sophie Pitman

Position title: Pleasant Rowland Textile Specialist & Research Director

Email: spitman@wisc.edu

website bio

Phone: 608-262-3623

Fellows

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Gianofer Fields

Position title: Honorary Fellowship

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Trudy Watt

Position title: Academic Director for the Master of Science in Design + Innovation, Kay Vaughan Innovation Fellow in Design for the Nancy M. Bruce Center for Design and Material Culture

Email: tawatt@wisc.edu

website bio

Phone: 608-262-8822

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Mengni Zhang

Position title: Assistant Professor of Design Studies, Design Studies Department, Dean's CDMC Design Research Faculty Fellow with the Nancy M. Bruce Center for Design and Material Culture

Email: mzhang574@wisc.edu

Phone: 608-262-7319

Affiliated Faculty

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Anna Andrzejewski

Position title: Professor of American Art and Architecture; Centennial Chair

Email: avandrzejews@wisc.edu

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Jennifer Angus

Position title: Professor of Design Studies, Kay Vaughan Faculty Fellow of Design + Innovation, Design Studies Department

Email: jrangus@wisc.edu

website bio

Phone: 608-263-3122

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Jill Casid

Position title: Professor of Visual Studies; Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Art History

Email: jhcasid@wisc.edu

website bio

Phone: 608-265-0136

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Wei Dong

Position title: Professor Emerit, Design Studies Department

Email: weidong@wisc.edu

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Marianne Fairbanks

Position title: Audrey Rothermel Bascom Professor of Design Studies, Kohl’s Center Innovation Faculty Fellow

Email: mfairbanks@wisc.edu

website bio

Phone: 608-890-3327

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Mitch Frank

Position title: Teaching Faculty, Design Studies Department

Email: msfrank2@wisc.edu

website bio

Phone: 608-262-4519

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Brooke Godfrey

Position title: Teaching Faculty, Design Studies Department

Email: bagodfrey@wisc.edu

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Beverly Gordon

Position title: Professor Emerit, Design Studies Department

Email: bgordon@wisc.edu

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Erin Hamilton

Position title: Assistant Professor of Design Studies, Design Studies Department

Email: ehamilton@wisc.edu

website bio

Phone: 608-261-1003

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Mary Hark

Position title: Professor of Design Studies, Design Studies Department

Email: hark@wisc.edu

website bio

Phone: 608-262-1367

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Elizabeth Hooper-Lane

Position title: Teaching Faculty, Design Studies Department

Email: ehooperl@wisc.edu

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Cynthia Jasper

Position title: Vaughan Bascom Professor of Women and Philanthropy, Civil Society and Community Studies Department

Email: crjasper@wisc.edu

website bio

Phone: 608-262-2384

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Carolyn Kallenborn

Position title: Professor Emerit, Design Studies Department

Email: cmkallen@wisc.edu

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Esther Kang

Position title: Assistant Professor of Design Studies, Design Studies Department

Email: eykang2@wisc.edu

website bio

Phone: 608-890-2722

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Anika Kozlowski

Position title: Assistant Professor of Design Studies, Design Studies Department, Vaugh Sustainability and Innovation Faculty Fellow

Email: akozlowski3@wisc.edu

website bio

Phone: 608-609-7736

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Maria Kurutz

Position title: Teaching Faculty Emerit, Design Studies Department

Email: kurutz@wisc.edu

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Kristin Litzelman

Position title: Associate Professor of Human Development & Family Studies

Email: litzelman@wisc.edu

website bio

Phone: 608-262-3314

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Mark Nelson

Position title: Professor Emerit, Design Studies Department

Email: mnelson2@wisc.edu

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Zj Pan

Position title: Teaching Faculty in Fashion Design and Entrepreneurship, Design Studies Department

Email: zpan57@wisc.edu

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Kevin Ponto

Position title: Associate Professor, Textiles and Fashion Design, Design Studies Department

Email: kevin.ponto@wisc.edu

website bio

Phone: 608-265-3958

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Lesley Sager

Position title: Teaching Faculty Emerit, Design Studies Department

Email: lhsager@wisc.edu

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Majid Sarmadi

Position title: Audrey Rothermel Bascom Professor Emerit, Design Studies Department

Email: majidsar@wisc.edu

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Jonathan Senchyne

Position title: Associate Professor & Director, Center for the History of Print and Digital Culture, The Information School

Email: senchyne@wisc.edu

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Phone: (608) 263-2900

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Ann Smart Martin

Position title: Stanley and Polly Stone (Chipstone) Professor Emeritus of American Decorative Arts and Material Culture, Department of Art History

Email: asmartin@wisc.edu

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Emily Stover

Position title: Teaching Faculty, Design Studies Department, DesignConnect Initiative Director

Email: stover3@wisc.edu

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Monika Thadhani

Position title: Teaching Professor, Design Studies Department

Email: mthadhani@wisc.edu

website bio

Phone: 608-263-1148

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Uchita Vaid

Position title: Assistant Professor of Design Studies, Design Studies Department

Email: uvaid@wisc.edu

website bio

Phone: 608-265-5209

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Qi Yang

Position title: Assistant Professor of Design Studies, Design Studies Department

Email: qyang347@wisc.edu

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Bowen Zhan

Position title: Assistant Professor of Design Studies, Design Studies Department

Email: bzhan8@wisc.edu

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Mengni Zhang

Position title: Assistant Professor of Design Studies, Design Studies Department, Dean's CDMC Design Research Faculty Fellow with the Nancy M. Bruce Center for Design and Material Culture

Email: mzhang574@wisc.edu

Phone: 608-262-7319

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Yaoyi Zhou

Position title: Assistant Professor of Design Studies, Dean's Human-Centered Design Faculty Fellow, Design Studies Department

Email: yzhou657@wisc.edu

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Affiliated Graduate Students

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Danielle Burke

Position title: PhD Student, Design Studies Department

Email: danielle.burke@wisc.edu

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Erin Dowding

Position title: PhD Student, Design Studies Department

Email: dowding2@wisc.edu

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Maeve Hogan

Position title: PhD Candidate, Design Studies Department

Email: mmhogan3@wisc.edu

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Svea Larson

Position title: PhD Candidate, Folklore Studies Department

Email: selarson3@wisc.edu

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R.J. Maupin

Position title: PhD Student, Design Studies Department

Email: rmaupin@wisc.edu

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Addison Nace

Position title: PhD Candidate, Design Studies Department

Email: ahnace@wisc.edu

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Travis Olson

Position title: PhD Candidate, Department of Art History

Email: tdolson@wisc.edu

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Youngsoon Takei

Position title: PhD Student, Design Studies Department

Email: ytakei@wisc.edu

Natalie Wright

Position title: PhD Candidate, Design Studies Department

Email: newright3@wisc.edu

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Xiao Yang

Position title: PhD Student, Design Studies Department

Email: xyang722@wisc.edu

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Advisory Committees

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Steering Committee

Sarah Anne Carter – Chipstone Foundation Design and Material Culture Chair, Associate Professor of Design Studies, Executive Director of the Nancy M. Bruce Center for Design and Material Culture
Yuhang Li – Professor of Chinese Art, Department of Art History
Marina Moskowitz – Lynn and Gary Mecklenburg Chair in Textiles, Material Culture, and Design, Professor of Design Studies
Jonathan Prown – Executive Director and Chief Curator, Chipstone Foundation
Sam Dennis – Department Convener, Design Studies, Senior Academic Faculty and Administrator
Danielle Burke – PhD Candidate in Design Studies Department

 

Textile Collection Committee

Jenny Angus – Professor of Design Studies, Kay Vaughan Faculty Fellow of Design + Innovation
Barbara Borders – center/collection supporter
Sarah Anne Carter – Chipstone Foundation Design and Material Culture Chair, Associate Professor of Design Studies, Executive Director of the Nancy M. Bruce Center for Design and Material Culture
Erin Dowding – Design Studies PhD student, Jane Graff Textiles Project Assistant
Carolyn Jenkinson – Collections Manager
Marina Moskowitz – Lynn and Gary Mecklenburg Chair in Textiles, Material Culture, and Design, Professor of Design Studies
Sophie Pitman – Pleasant Rowland Textile Specialist and Research Director

Gallery Committee

Anna Campbell – Associate Professor, Gender and Women’s Studies Department, and Art History
Sarah Anne Carter – Chipstone Foundation Design and Material Culture Chair, Associate Professor of Design Studies, Executive Director of the Nancy M. Bruce Center for Design and Material Culture
Marianne Fairbanks – Audrey Rothermel Bascom Professor of Design Studies, Kohl’s Center Innovation Faculty Fellow
Brooke Godfrey – Teaching Faculty, Design Studies Department
Bo Owen – Engagement Manager for Exhibitions & Programs
Lars Shimabukuro – MFA Student in Design Studies
Mengni Zhang – Assistant Professor of Design Studies