Angie Dowell
Fashion Merchandising
Instructor
Family & Consumer Sciences
Pittsburg State University
1701 S. Broadway
Pittsburg, KS 66762
U.S.A.
620-235-4016 office phone
620-235-4686 fax
adowell@pittstate.edu
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Education and Certifications
Doctoral student in American Studies, University of Kansas,
Fall 2003-present
M.S. in Human Environmental Sciences: Textile and Apparel Management; Graduate Minor in Women's Studies, University
of Missouri - Columbia
B.S. in Human Environmental Sciences: Textile and Apparel Management, University of Missouri - Columbia
Professional Interests
My professional interests include history of costume, and the study of dress as it relates to gender and sexuality. Specifically, my research endeavors have included a comparison study of gender differences in pre- and post-Enlightenment Italian dress, and the influence of fashion on 19th century textile mill workers’ dress and an analysis of the messages about domesticity and feminity that are communicated through post-WWII hygiene advertisements. Areas of study in my doctoral education include 19th and 20th century U.S. women’s history, gender studies, textual analysis, and dress studies.
Selected Qualifications and Professional Endeavors
Conference Presentation, "Kitchen-Soap Skin Isn't Kissable: Idealized Femininity in Post-WWII Personal and Home Maintenance Advertisements". International Conference on Arts and Humanities, Honolulu, Hawaii, January 2009.
Conference Presentation, "Symbolic Dislocation of Women in Interior Product Advertisements.", Women's Worlds: International Interdisciplinary Congress on Women, Madrid, Spain, July 2008.
Vocational Tour, Group Study Exchange to Northern India, Rotary International, January 2006
Conference presentation, "Lovely Lustrous Locks: Domesticity and the Feminine Ideal in Post-WWII Shampoo Advertisements", Popular Culture Association and American Culture Association, Joint National Meeting, San Diego, California, March 2005
Conference presentation, "’However Cheap and Poorly Made’: Mill Women, Their Work, and Fashionable Dress", Costume Society of America, Region III Symposium, St. Louis, Missouri, October 2004
Invited Guest Lecturer, "Women’s Work in Early 19th Century American Textile Mills", presented to the History of American Women, Colonial to 1870 class, University of Kansas, November 2003
Conference presentation, "One- and Two-Sex Bodies, Their Ideals, and Dress", Costume Society of America, Region III Symposium, St. Paul, Minnesota, October 2001
Assistant to the Curator, Stephen's College costume collection, Columbia, MO, Summer 2002
Adjunct Instructor, Department of Textile and Apparel Management, University of Missouri, Columbia, 1999-2002
Buyer and Manager, Florence Dress Shop, St. Louis, MO 1998-1999
Interim Manager, Puckett's Bridal, Columbia, MO Summer 1997
Selected Service
Pittsburg State University
Fashion Merchandising New York Study Tour Coordinator, May 2004 - present
Women’s Studies Faculty, 2003-present
Women’s Studies Council, Fall 2003-present
Fashion Merchandising Association student group Advisor, 2002-present
Family and Consumer Sciences Costume Collection Curator, 2002-present
African Students Association African Night Fashion Show Consultant, 2004
College of Arts and Sciences Curriculum Committee, 2002-2004
Community Involvement
International Friends of Pittsburg Board Member, 2006 - present
Mother-to-Mother Ministry Board of Directors, Vice-President, 2005 - present
Make-it-Yourself-With-Wool Contest Judge, Fall 2004, 2005
Harley Davidson Cycle Connection Fashion Show Consultant, 2004
