Visible Self: Global Perspectives on Dress, Culture, and Society
Joanne B. Eicher is Regents' Professor at the University of Minnesota. She is a member of several honour societies, including Tau Sigma (Science and Arts) and Gamma Sigma Delta (Agriculture). She has conducted research worldwide, throughout Africa, Asia, Europe the Middle East and many other locations. Eicher is also author of Dress and Ethnicity: Change Across Space and Time, and co-author of Dress and Identity.  Sandra Lee Evenson is Associate Professor at the University of Idaho, where she has taught courses on dress and culture, and apparel design. She was awarded the Marion Featherstone Award for Faculty Development in 1998 and the Lois Dickey Fellowship from the International Textiles and Apparel Association. Hazel A. Lutz is a professor at the University of Minnesota, where she teaches textile analysis, quilting, embroidery, introduction to design thinking and cultural perspectives on dress. She is a specialist in South Asian textiles and dress and has completed five years of research in India. Lutz is also a textile artist and a member of the Phi Upsilon Omicron honourary society.