Faculty News

Theresa Winge has been very active in publications. A list of her recent refereed publications and published photographs includes:
Winge, T. M. (in-press). Costuming the imagination: Origins of in Anime and Manga cosplay. Mechademia: A Journal of Anime, Manga, and Fan Arts. Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press.
Winge, T.M. (in-press). Gothic Lolita photograph, 2005. In Costuming the imagination: Origins of Anime and Manga cosplay. Mechademia: A Journal of Anime, Manga, and Fan Arts. Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press.
Winge, T.M. (in-press). Rainbow Brite Lolita photograph, 2005. In Costuming the imagination: Origins of Anime and Manga cosplay. Mechademia: A Journal of Anime, Manga, and Fan Arts. Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press.

Winge also has been very active in academic conference presentations as well as Jury/Reviews. Her recent activities include:
Academic Conference Presentations:
Winge, T. M. (2006). Beneath the ruffles and lace: Japanese Lolitagenres and fashions revealed. Midwest Popular Culture Association. Indianapolis.
Winge, T. M. (2006). Lolita uncovered: Demystifying the Japanese Lolita subculture and fashions. Schoolgirls and Mobilesuits: Culture and Creation in Manga and Anime. Minneapolis College of Art and Design.
Juror/ Reviewer:
Submission reviewer. Mechademia: A Journal of Anime, Manga, and Fan Arts. University of Minnesota Press (2006).
Submission reviewer. Dress. Costume Society of America. (2006).
Fashion design juror. Fresh Fruits fashion show. Schoolgirls and Mobilesuits: Culture and Creation in Manga and Anime annual conference, Minneapolis College of Art and Design (2006).

Heather Akou taught an Intensive Freshman Seminar titled, "Culture in Our Closets: Dress and Identity, in August 2006. In September 2006, Akou submitted an article to the journal "Fashion Theory" - "Building a New World Fashion: Islamic Dress in the 21st, Century." She also sent an abstract to the Arts Council of the African Studies Association to present at the triennial conference - "Interpreting Images of Somali Dress: Photographs from the World's Fair." Very recently Akou sent a solicited book review on "Cloth in West African History" to the journal, "Technology & Culture." She would also be conducting interviews on "Personal Motivations for Islamic Dress,"  which is for the book she is writing on faith and fashion in Islamic dress in the 21st century.

Mary Embry has had great accomplishment with SIFE [Students in Free Enterprise] this semester. The leadership class has doubled this year to 21 students leading service learning projects. New students have teamed with experienced students, for a total of eight service-learning projects. SIFE had over 100 attend the first mass meeting. SIFE largest project works with Global Gifts in Indianapolis and Ten Thousand Villages out of Akron, PA, to sell fair trade artisan items in the Bloomington community. The ultimate goal of this project is to inspire the community to create a non-profit fair trade store in Bloomington. This project has become a "community partner" or client for Beth Wood's Journalism's J360, a PR service-learning class. Those students are spending the semester creating PR outreach tools that will be used to help SIFE create a board next semester. SIFE students also received an IUSA grant for $1400 to go to our first ever retreat pre-competition in the Spring. The retreat will consist of doing a team-building ropes course and spending the afternoon and evening secluded in Brown County to prepare everything we need for Regional Competition.

Janis Shaffer and Eloise Paul have recently received MERC grants from Macy’s, Kohl's and Target. Shaffer attended a meeting in New York with the YMA Education Conference and in January of 2007 Eloise and Kate Rowold attended the National YMA Awards Scholarship Dinner along with the 8 students who won $5,000 last spring in the YMA competition. Shaffer and Paul went to a recognition dinner that Target sponsored in the fall as “A key leader of IU and an excellent partner to help the Target relationship."

Jessica Rall and Kelly Richardson hosted a Dental Conference tour group in September 2006 . Approximately 20 guests viewed highlights of the Sage Collection including IU memorabilia such as Senior Cords and artifacts related to Herman B Wells; Al Unser's Indy 500 automobile racing uniform; Bill Blass ensembles; garments from the 1920s-1990s; and various accessories and printed materials. The guests also received tips on preserving their own family heirlooms.

Location: AMID offices are in the east wing of Memorial Hall (1021 E Third Street) on the second floor, and may be accessed by elevator or stairs. The elevator is located in the west lobby of Memorial Hall; stairs are located in both east and west lobbies.
Parking: Visitors may park in the Jordan Garage, a few blocks northeast of Memorial Hall.
Classrooms: Accessible sewing and textile labs used by students in Apparel, Costume Construction, Fashion Design, and Interior Design are located in the basement of the east wing of Memorial Hall. Interior Design studios are located on the third floor of Kirkwood Hall, approximately 10 minutes away, and are not accessible.