MGSA Survey of University Faculty and Administrators
Dr. Linda M. Welters
Professor and Department Chairperson
University of Rhode Island
Department of Textiles, Fashion Merchandising, and
Design
I. Degrees
Ph.D. 1981 University
of Minnesota (Design)
M.A. 1973 Colorado
State University
(Textiles)
II. Areas of Specialization
Folk dress and textiles
III. Courses Taught in Modern Greek Studies
Ethnic Costume
IV. Principal Publications (Greek words are given in transliteration)
"Folk
Dress, E. Europe," Folk Dress, W. Europe,"
and "Folklore Look." In Encyclopedia
of Clothing and Fashion, vol. 2, ed. by Valerie Steele (New York:
Charles Scribner's Sons, 2005): 93-104.
"Dress." In Encyclopedia
of Greece and the Hellenic
Tradition, Vol. 1, ed. by Graham Speake (London: Fitzroy Dearborn
Publishers, 2000): 516-19.
"Textiles." In Encyclopedia
of Greece and the Hellenic
Tradition, Vol. 2, ed. by Graham Speake (London: Fitzroy Dearborn
Publishers, 2000): 1607-09.
(with Priscilla Reinhardt) "Symmetry Analysis of
Embroideries on Greek Women’s Chemises," Clothing and Textiles Research Journal, Vol. 17, No. 4 (1999):
176-90.
(Ed.)
Folk Dress in Europe and Anatolia: Beliefs about Protection and Fertility. Oxford,
UK: Berg
Publishers, 1999.
"Women's
Traditional Dress in Argolidocorinthia: Local
Variations." Ethnografika,
11 (1998): 133-176.
"Ethnicity in Greek Dress." In Ethnicity and Dress. Joanne B. Eicher,
ed. New York and Oxford: Berg Publishers,
Ltd., (1995): 53-77.
"Greek Folk
Dress: Application of the Ethnohistorical Method."
Clothing and Textile Research Journal 10,3 (1992): 29-35.
"Women's
Traditional Dress in the Provinces of Argolida and Corinthia. Part I: Stability and Change." Ethnographika 7
(1989): 17-30.
Women's Traditional Costume in Attica, Greece. Nafplion: Peloponnesian Folklore Foundation,
1988.
"The
Transition from Folk to Fashionable Dress in Attica, Greece." Dress 11
(1985): 57-67.
"Greek
Women's Chemises." Dress 8 (1982): 10-21.
V. Office Address
University of Rhode Island
303 Quinn Hall
Kingston,
RI 02881
Office Telephone (F)=Fax
(401) 874-4525
(401) 874-4574
(401) 874-4029 (F)
Electronic Address
[email protected]
VI. Home Address
34 Broad Rock Road
Wakefield,
RI 02879
Home Telephone (F)=Fax
(401) 783-9692
VII. Comments and Additional Information
(no information submitted)
Last revised September 22, 2005.
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