Ellan Spero received a BS/MS in Fiber Science at Cornell University as well as an MA in Museum Studies and Textile & Fashion History at the Fashion Institute of Technology. She has worked as a textile conservator on projects ranging from the history of the American presidency and military to ancient Peruvian mummy bundles. She has also studied field development in women's higher education, specifically the history of home economics. Her fiber science work examined the degradation of polyurethane in ultrasuede and self-decontaminating textile surfaces for protective clothing. Her HASTS interests include the textile industry and global development, the making of "modernity" through mass production and design, material solutions to design problems, adaptations between new technology and traditional craft methods.
textile; industry; consumer culture; design; development; protective clothing; home economics
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