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International Quilt Study Center

  • Fellows of the International Quilt Study Center & Museum
    Fellows comprise the academic governing body for the International Quilt Study Center & Museum. Fellows include scholars presently holding appointments at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln who are concerned with the past, the present, and the future of quiltmaking traditions worldwide and with those who have practiced the tradition. Candidates for this status must be nominated by a Fellow and must present evidence of a research, teaching, or public service commitment to the preservation of the tradition. Fellows are elected by a majority vote of the Fellows.

    Dr. Barbara Banks, Director/Curator, Lentz Center for Asian Culture
    Dr. Peter Bleed, Professor, Anthropology
    Dr. Barbara Caron, Assistant Director, International Quilt Study Center & Museum
    Ms. Mary Cassner, Associate Professor & Subject Specialist Librarian
    Dr. Patricia Crews, Director, International Quilt Study Center & Museum and Professor, Textiles, Clothing & Design
    Ms. Carolyn Ducey, Curator of Collections, International Quilt Study Center & Museum
    Ms. Mary Ellen Ducey, Associate Professor & Special Collections/Archives Librarian
    Ms. Marin Hanson, Curator of Exhibitions, International Quilt Study Center & Museum
    Mr. Michael James, Chairperson and Ardis James Professor, Textiles, Clothing & Design
    Ms. Karen Janovy, Curator of Education, Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery
    Dr. Wendy Katz, Associate Professor, Art and Art History
    Dr. Margaret Latta, Associate Professor, Teaching, Learning & Teacher Ed.
    Dr. Shirley Niemeyer, Extension Specialist, Textiles, Clothing & Design
    Dr. Marshall Olds, Professor, Modern Languages & Literature
    Dr. Joy Ritchie, Chairperson and Professor,English
    Dr. Kari Ronning, Research Associate Professor, English
    Dr. Alison Stewart, Professor, Art and Art History
    Dr. Barbara Trout, Professor, Textiles, Clothing & Design
    Dr. Diane Vigna, Extension Specialist, Textiles, Clothing & Design
    Ms. Wendy Weiss, Professor, Textiles, Clothing & Design
    Dr. Lynn White, Emeritus Professor, Sociology
    Dr. Kenneth Winkle, Professor, History
    Dr. Susan Wunder, Associate Professor, teaching, Learning, and Teacher Education

  • Associate Fellows of the International Quilt Study Center & Museum
    Associate Fellows include persons not presently holding regular appointments at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln who have a professional interest in the purposes and program of the Center. Associate Fellows are invited to attend all special programs and exhibitions sponsored by the Center, but are not expected to attend an annual meeting. Associate Fellows may serve as internship supervisors for students and may serve as adjunct members of a graduate student's reading committee. Associate fellows must be nominated by a Fellow. The nominator must present evidence of a research, teaching or public service commitment to the mission of the International Quilt Study Center & Museum. Associate Fellows are elected by a majority vote of the Fellows, but do not have voting privileges.

    Dr. Linda Arthur, Professor, Washington State University
    Ms. Jacqueline Atkins, Curator of Textiles, Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, PA
    Ms. Lynne Z. Bassett, Independent curator and author, Ware, MA
    Dr. Janet Berlo, Professor of Art History, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
    Ms. Barbara Brackman, Independent Curator, author and scholar, Lawrence, KS
    Dr. Glen Brown, Associate Professor of Art History, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
    Pauline Burbidge, Artist, Allanbank Mill Steading, Berwickshire,Scotland
    Dorothy Caldwell, Artist, Hastings, Ontario, Canada
    Dr. Denise Campbell, Associate Vice President for Student Affairs, Ethnic Studies Faculty Member, Cal Poly State University, San Luis Obispo, CA
    Dr. Robert Cargo, Professor Emeritus, University of Alabama-Tuscaloosa
    Ms. Ricky Clark, Affiliate Scholar, Oberlin College, OH
    Ms. Xenia Cord, Independent Scholar, Kokomo,IN
    Dr. Raymond Dobard, Professor of Art, Howard College, Washington, DC
    Ms. Linda Eaton, Curator of Textiles, Winterthur Museum and Country Estate, Delaware
    Dr. Judy Elsley, Professor of English, Weber State University, Weber, UT
    Ms. Sandi Fox, Independent Curator, author and scholar, Los Angeles, CA
    Dr. Annette Gero, Associate Professor, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
    Ms. Jennifer Goldsborough, Museum Curator and Adjunct Professor, Parson's School of Design and Sotheby's Institute, NY
    Dr. Beverly Gordon, Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison
    Dr. Virginia Gunn, Professor, University of Akron, OH
    Dr. Colleen Hall-Patton, Lecturer, University of Nevada-Las Vegas
    Dr. Bernard Herman, Edward & Elizabeth Rosenberg Professor of Art History, University of Delaware
    Ms. Marilyn Henrion, Artist, New York, NY
    Mr. Jonathan Holstein, Author, independent curator, Cazenovia, NY
    Ms. Laurel Horton, Folklorist, independent curator, author, consultant, Seneca, SC
    Ms. Mary Anne Jordan, Professor, Department of Design, University of Kansas, Lawrence
    Ms. Stacy Kamehiro, Assistant Professor, University of California, Santa Cruz
    Ms. Lisa Kriner, Associate Professor of Art, Berea College, Berea, KY
    Ms. Bridget Long, Independent scholar and author, Hertfordshire, England
    Dr. Marilyn Luecke, Associate Professor of Humanities, College of Mount Saint Joseph, Cincinnati, OH
    Dr. Marsha MacDowell, Curator of Folk Arts, Michigan State University Museum and Professor of Art History, Michigan State University
    Ms. Terrie Hancock Mangat, Artist, Valdez, New Mexico
    Dr. Carolyn Mazloomi, Artist, author, West Chester, OH
    Dr. Ronald Naugle,Professor Emeritus of History, Nebraska Wesleyan University, Lincoln, NE
    Ms. Aimee Newell, Curator of Collections, National Heritage Museum, Lexington, MA
    Ms. Ellen Oppenheimer, Artist, Oakland, CA
    Ms. Thereza Oleinick, Associate Professor, Theatre Department, Auburn University, AL
    Dr. Margaret Ordonez, Associate Professor, University of Rhode Island
    Ms. Dorothy Osler, Independent scholar and author, Northumberland, England
    Dr. Rachel Pannabecker, Director, Kauffman Museum, Bethel College, Newton, KS
    Dr. Jane Przybysz, Executive Director, San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles, CA
    Ms. Joy Saville, Artist, Princeton, NJ
    Ms. Judy Schwender, Curator of Collections/Registrar, Museum of the American Quilters's Society, Paducah, KY
    Ms. Lynn Setterington, Artist and Senior Lecturer, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, England
    Mr. Robert Shaw, Independent scholar, author, Shelburne, VT
    Dr. Sandra Sider, Artist, curator, adjunct instructor Fashion Institute of Technology, Bronx, NY
    Ms. Janneken Smucker, Author and doctoral candidate, University of Delaware
    Dr. Marybeth Stalp, Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Northern Iowa
    Dr. Tricia Stoddard, Independent scholar, author, Provo, UT
    Dr. Susan Torntore, Assistant Professor, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID
    Dr. Maude Wahlman, Professor, Dept. of Art and Art History, University of Missouri - Kansas City
    Ms. Merikay Waldvogel, Independent curator, author, lecturer, Knoxville, TN
    Ms. Janice Wass, Curator, Illinois State Museum
    Dr. Linda Welters, Professor of Textile and Costume History, University of Rhode Island
    Ms. Jenny Yearous, Curator of Collections, North Dakota State Historical Society, Bismarck
    Ms. Shelly Zegart, Author, collector, founding director of the Alliance for American Quilts, Louisville, KY