Joanne Eicher, also known as Joanne Bubolz Eicher, born in 1930, [1] is a retired professor and author who was at one point the leading scholar on Kalabari textiles. [2] [3]
In 1952 Eicher received an MS in sociology and anthropology, and in 1959 she received a PhD in sociology and anthropology, all from Michigan State University. She had previously received a BA from Michigan State University in 1948, having majored in languages and literature and minored in textiles and clothing. [4]
Eicher was part of the faculty of Michigan State University's Department of Human and Environmental Design beginning in the late 1960s and continuing until 1977. [4] That year she became head of the Department of Textiles and Clothing at the University of Minnesota; [5] she held that position until 1983. From 1983 until the end of 1987 she was the Department of Design, Housing, and Apparel's head, also at the University of Minnesota. [2] She taught at that university until her retirement in 2005, and in 1995 she was given a Regents’ Professorship there. [2] [6] She eventually became regents professor emerita. [7]
She was also director of the Goldstein Museum of Design from 1983 to 1987. [8]
She was a speaker as part of the Margaret Ritchie Distinguished Speaker series at the University of Idaho in 2003. [9] [10]
She was a member of the Textile Research Centre's Advisory Council beginning in 2006. She was also on the board of the Textile Society of America from 2008 to 2012. [11]
She is the editor-in-chief of the Berg Encyclopedia of World Dress and Fashion, first published in print in 2010. [7]
The Joanne B. Eicher papers are at the University of Minnesota Archives, under Collection Identifier ua2005-0028. [2] [13]
Joanne Eicher, also known as Joanne Bubolz Eicher, born in 1930, [1] is a retired professor and author who was at one point the leading scholar on Kalabari textiles. [2] [3]
In 1952 Eicher received an MS in sociology and anthropology, and in 1959 she received a PhD in sociology and anthropology, all from Michigan State University. She had previously received a BA from Michigan State University in 1948, having majored in languages and literature and minored in textiles and clothing. [4]
Eicher was part of the faculty of Michigan State University's Department of Human and Environmental Design beginning in the late 1960s and continuing until 1977. [4] That year she became head of the Department of Textiles and Clothing at the University of Minnesota; [5] she held that position until 1983. From 1983 until the end of 1987 she was the Department of Design, Housing, and Apparel's head, also at the University of Minnesota. [2] She taught at that university until her retirement in 2005, and in 1995 she was given a Regents’ Professorship there. [2] [6] She eventually became regents professor emerita. [7]
She was also director of the Goldstein Museum of Design from 1983 to 1987. [8]
She was a speaker as part of the Margaret Ritchie Distinguished Speaker series at the University of Idaho in 2003. [9] [10]
She was a member of the Textile Research Centre's Advisory Council beginning in 2006. She was also on the board of the Textile Society of America from 2008 to 2012. [11]
She is the editor-in-chief of the Berg Encyclopedia of World Dress and Fashion, first published in print in 2010. [7]
The Joanne B. Eicher papers are at the University of Minnesota Archives, under Collection Identifier ua2005-0028. [2] [13]