Associate Professor and
Director of Undergraduate Studies (on sabbatical AY 08-09)
301.405.6646
http://www.glue.umd.edu/~jpaol/
jpaol@umd.edu
Jo Paoletti's training is in apparel design and the
history of textile and clothing, and she has spent about 25 years researching
and writing about children's clothing in America. This has given way to
an interest in how to do the best possible job of interdisciplinary education.
How do we teach critical thinking? How do students best learn to do research?
How do we make the best use of available technologies?
Degrees:
Ph.D. Textiles
(University of Maryland, 1980)
M.S. Textiles (University of Rhode Island, 1976)
B.S. cum laude in Clothing Design (Syracuse University, 1971)
Publications:
- "Using a Virtual Museum
for Collaborative Exhibit Design in an Undergraduate Course." humanities.team@edu
: Exploring Electronic Collaboration in the Humanities. Ed. James
Inman. MLA, in press. (Co-author with Mary Sies and Virginia Jenkins)
- "The Value of Conversation
in Teaching and Learning." Essays on Quality Learning. Ed.
Stephen Selden. University of Maryland IBM-TQ Project, 1997.
- "The Gendering of Infants'
and Toddlers' Clothing in America." The Material Culture of Gender/The
Gender of Material Culture. Ed. Katharine Martinez and Kenneth
Ames. (The Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, 1997.)
- "The Children's Department."
Men and Women: Dressing the Part. Ed. Claudia Brush Kidwell
and Valerie Steele. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press,
1989.
- "Clothing and Gender in
American Children's Fashions, 1890-1920." Signs 13 (Autumn
1987): 136-143.
Courses Taught:
Introduction
to American Culture (undergraduate)
Diversity in American Culture (undergraduate)
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