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Trish Cunningham
Campbell Hall 265F
(614) 292-0999
tcunningham@ehe.osu.edu
Associate Professor
View Trish Cunningham's curriculum vitae.
Ph.D. Textiles and Clothing;
Florida State University
M.S. Textiles and Clothing;
University of Illinois
B.S. Home Economics;
University of Illinois
A.A. Liberal Arts;
Stephens College
Dr. Cunningham's scholarly interests are in the history of clothing and textiles and dress as a phenomenon in popular culture. A book-length study of popular culture Reforming Women's Fashion: Dress Reform-Politics, Health, and Art, 1850-1920 (2003) Kent State University Press, examines nineteenth and twentieth-century women's clothing reform. A book of readings, Fashioning America (with Linda Welters) will appear in 2004 (Berg). The book provides a cultural history of fashion in North America with a focus on the twentieth century.
Articles that appear in Dress range from costume in eighteenth-century paintings to swimwear in the 1930's. These studies draw on relationships of dress to contemporary theories and traditions in art, technological innovations, or societal customs.
Broad research interests include the following:
History of Costume: 18th, 19th and 20th Century,
History of American Textiles
Women's Dress Reform
North American Women's Material Culture
A current project in addition to those listed under Publications includes a study of the knitting industry in Piqua, Ohio (with Jim Oda, Piqua Library Archivist).
Books:
Cunningham, Patricia A. and Linda Welters. Fashioning America. In contract with Greenwood Press. (2006)
Cunningham, Patricia A. and Linda Welters, editors. Twentieth Century American Fashion. London: Berg, 2005. In press.
Cunningham, Patricia A. Reforming Fashion, 1850-1914: Politics, Health, and Art Kent State University. Kent, OH; 2003.
Chapters in Books:
Cunningham, Patricia A., “Polyester”, in vol 2. American Icons ed. by Dennis R. Hall and Susan Grove Hall. New York: Greenwood Press, 2006.
Cunningham, Patricia A. and Linda Welters, “Introduction: Fashion in the Twentieth Century.” Twentieth Century American Fashion, London: Berg, 2004. (In press).
Cunningham, Patricia A. “ Television and Fashion: the 1980s.” Twentieth Century American Fashion, London: Berg, 2004. (In press).
Cunningham, Patricia A. “Dressing for Success: the Re-Suiting of Corporate America in the 1970s.” Twentieth Century American Fashion. London: Berg, 2004. (In press).
Cunningham, Patricia A. “Fashion,” in Handbook of American Popular Culture, third edition. New York: Greenwood Press, 2002. (with Joe Hancock)
Patricia A. Cunningham. “Fashion. Encyclopedia of American Studies, Vol 1.. 2001.
Journal Articles:
Cunningham, Patricia A. “Introduction.” Historic Fashions During War Times: 1775-1945 2001 Calendar. Arlington VA: Q Graphics Production Co, 2001.
Book Reviews and Exhibition Reviews:
Cunningham, Patricia A., Book Review. Ready-Made Democracy: a History of Men's Dress in the American Republic, 1760-1860 by Michael Zakim. Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, 2003, in American Historical Review, 2005.
Cunningham, Patricia A. Book Review. Selling Style: Clothing and Social Change at the Turn of the Century. Rob Schorman. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2003, in Journal of American Culture, 2006.
Cunningham, Patricia A. Exhibition review. The Artistry of Adrian. Kent State University Museum. Dress 30 (2003): 91-92.