We are a diverse group from local and regional institutions and organizations dedicated to interdisciplinary collaboration in the study of the material world. Includes, but is not limited to, faculty and students from the following departments: Anthropology, Art, Art History, Communication Arts, English, Environment, Textiles & Design, Folklore, History, Landscape Architecture, Languages & Cultures of Asia, and Music. These faculty members from the three core departments of Art History, Environment, Textiles and Design, and History, provide the foundation for the Material Culture Program on the UW campus.  In addition to overseeing the program's administrative details, they provide advising for students interested in the study of material culture.   Anna Vemer Andrzejewski Assistant Professor Department of Art History University of Wisconsin Room 210 Elvehjem Museum of Art Madison, WI 608-262-9183 avandrzejews@wisc.edu Research interests: Vernacular architecture; history and theory of modernism. Department Website Virginia T. Boyd Professor Environment, Textiles and Design University of Wisconsin Room 245  Human Ecology Building Madison, WI 608-262-9983 vtboyd@wisc.edu Research interests: Nineteenth and 20th century interior environments. Department Website Janet Gilmore Assistant Professor Landscape Architecture and Folklore Universtiy of Wisconsin 46B Agriculture Hall Madison, WI 608-265-8270 jgilmore@wisc.edu Research interests: Department Website Beverly Gordon Professor Environment, Textiles and Design (department chair through Spring 2007) University of Wisconsin Room 242 Human Ecology Building Madison, WI 608-262-2015 bgordon@wisc.edu Research interests: History and meaning of folk, decorative, domestic and design art; interpreting material culture, particularly in terms of gender and ethnic difference; building theory in the area of the objects that are most personal and intimate; individuals' relationship with artifacts/objects; museums and other institutions related to interpretation of material culture. Department Website Ethan Lasser Curator, Chipstone foundation Adjunct Professor Department of Art History University of Wisconsin Room 205 Elvehjem Museum of Art Madison, WI 608-263-5684 Department Website     Jean B. Lee Professor Department of History University of Wisconsin Room 5102  Mosse Humanities Building Madison, WI  608-263-1837 jblee@wisc.edu Research interests: Revolutionary America; historical memory; the South to 1835; slavery in the Atlantic world. Department Website Ann Smart Martin Stanley and Polly Stone Associate Professor of American Decorative Arts Department of Art History University of Wisconsin Room 205 Elvehjem Museum of Art Madison, WI 608-263-5684 asmartin@wisc.edu Research interests: Decorative arts and material culture method and theory; the "art of folk" in Wisconsin. Department Website	Core Faculty Affiliated Faculty & Staff Students
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