Blaire's Curriculum Vitae
Curriculum Vitae |
Blaire Ort Gagnon Home Phone: 401-284-0640 Cell: 401-339-9120 |
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| Education:
2004 M.A. in Anthropology, University of Connecticut, Storrs. 2002 M.S. in Textiles, Fashion Merchandising and Design, University of Rhode Island, Kingston. 1986 B.A. Political Science and History, University of Connecticut, Storrs. |
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| Most Recent Positions: | |||||||||||||||
| 2006-2007 |
Graduate Assistant: Anthropology
Undergraduate Student Advisor. |
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| Internships: | |||||||||||||||
| January – June 2001 | Mashantucket Museum and Research
Center, Supervisor: Head Curator Steve Cook, Project: Material Analysis
of Nineteenth Iroquois Beaded Purses. |
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| Funding: | |||||||||||||||
| Summer 2006 | University of Connecticut Human Rights
Institute Grant: “Federal Indian Policy, Art, and Economic and Cultural
Rights” ($1000). |
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| Fall 2005 | Pre-doctoral Fellowship, Department
of Anthropology, University of Connecticut, Storrs ($4000). |
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| Summer 2005 | Faculty Small Research Grant, Co-investigator,
Office of the Vice Provost for Research and Graduate Education, University
of Connecticut, Storrs ($730). |
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| Summer 2005 | Summer Research Fellowship, Department
of Anthropology, University of Connecticut, Storrs ($150). |
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| Spring 2005 | Pre-doctoral Fellowship, Department
of Anthropology, University of Connecticut, Storrs ($6000). |
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| October 2004 | Student Presenter Travel Award, Textile Society of America ($500). | ||||||||||||||
| February 2004 | Graduate Student Travel Award, Graduate School,
University of Connecticut, Storrs. |
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| October 2003 | Graduate Student Travel Award, Graduate School,
University of Connecticut, Storrs. |
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| October 2002 | Seminar Scholarship Recipient, American Quilt Study Group ($250). | ||||||||||||||
| November 2001 | Travel Research Awards, Department
of Textiles, Fashion Merchandising and Design and the College of Human Sciences
and Services, University of Rhode Island, Kingston ($279). |
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| Publications: | |||||||||||||||
| 2003 | “Egyptian Appliqués,”
in Uncovering's 2003. Virginia Gunn, ed. Pp. 131-162. Lincoln: American
Quilt Study Group. |
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| Papers and Presentations: | |||||||||||||||
| 2006. “Quilting: Collecting and Care.” Invited presentation in conjunction with the exhibition To Honor and Comfort: Native Quilting Traditions, Mashantucket Museum and Research Center. April 15. | |||||||||||||||
| 2004. “Law, Identity and Textile Marketing at Powwows: A Preliminary Report.” And “Egyptian Tourist Appliqués: Context and Authenticity.” Presented at the Textile Society of America’s 9th Biennial Symposium, Oakland, CA. October 6-9. | |||||||||||||||
| 2004. “Federal Indian Policy and the Construction of Identity in Native American Arts and Crafts Vending.” Presented at the National Association of Native American Studies National Conference, Houston, Texas, February 16-21. | |||||||||||||||
| 2003. "Egyptian Appliqués." Presented at the 24th Annual Seminar of the American Quilt Study Group, Dallas, Texas, October 10-12. | |||||||||||||||
| 2000. “Analysis of A Seminole Male Doll: Tourist Art as a Window of Seminole Cultural Identity.” Presented at the joint Costume Society of America, Region I, and Textile Society of America Spring Symposium, Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center, Mashantucket, CT, April 15. | |||||||||||||||
| Professional Societies | |||||||||||||||
| 2000-present 2001-present 2002-present 2004-present 2005-present |
Textile Society of America American Quilt Study Group American Anthropology Association Native American Art Studies Association American Society for Ethnohistory |
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