Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Research interests
Specialization: Dress and textiles as design artifacts and non-verbal communication systems. Area: focus: Africa/Asia.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
External Positions
Keynote Address, London College of Fashion, Symposium on Fashion and the Senses "Dress, the senses and the public, private and secret selves."
2015 → …
Editor, Bloomsbury Academic "Dress and Fashion Research Series."
2013 → …
Editor, Berg Fashion Library
2011 → …
Textile Society of America
2008 → 2012
Advisory Council, Textile Research Center, Leiden, Netherlands
2006 → …
Editor, Bloomsbury Academic
1994 → …
Research Interest Keywords
- Non-verbal Communication
- Dress and Fashion
- Cultural Dress
- Body and Dress
- Cultural Authentication;
- Clothing and dress-African
- Textiles- African
- Textiles - Kalabari
Fingerprint
The Fingerprint is created by mining the titles and abstracts of the person's research outputs and projects/funding awards to create an index of weighted terms from discipline-specific thesauri.
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Forward in forthcoming : "Fashion History: A Global View": Fashion History: A Global View
Lillethun, A., Welters, L. & Eicher, J., 2018, Fashion History: A Global View. Oxford, U.K.: Bloomsbury PublishingResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
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The Anthropology of Dress and Fashion: A Reader,
Luvaas, B. (Editor) & Eicher, J., 2018, (In preparation) Bloomsbury Publishing.Research output: Book/Report › Book
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1 untitled photograph in V. Rovine, Networks of Threads: Textiles and Clothing as Routes of Exchange, Global Africa, Bayfield, J and Hodgson, D
Eicher, J. (Photographer), 2017Research output: Non-textual form › Digital or Visual Products
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Fashion Icon: Marilyn Monroe, Fashion Photography Archive. Valerie Steele (Ed), Bloomsbury Publishing Pictures
Eicher, J., 2016, Fashion Photography Archive. Valerie Steele (Ed), Bloomsbury Publishing Pictures. Oxford, U.K.: Bloomsbury PublishingResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary
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Forward in "African Lace-Bark in the Caribbean"
Eicher, J. & Buckridge, S., 2016, African Lace-Bark in the Caribbean. Bloomsbury PublishingResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Other chapter contribution
Activities
- 3 Editorial activity
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Dress, Body and Culture Book Series (Journal)
Eicher, J. B. (Peer reviewer)
2013 → …Activity: Editorial work types › Editorial activity
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Dress and Fashion Research Book Series (Journal)
Eicher, J. B. (Peer reviewer)
2013 → …Activity: Editorial work types › Editorial activity
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Berg Fashion Library (Journal)
Eicher, J. B. (Peer reviewer)
2011 → 2013Activity: Editorial work types › Editorial activity
Fellowships, Honors, and Prizes
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Ada Comstock Distinguished Woman's Faculty Award/Lecturer
Eicher, J. B. (Recipient), Nov 2007
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Award of Merit, Gamma Sigma Delta (Agricultural Honorary Society), 1993.
Eicher, J. B. (Recipient), 1993
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Bobbin Educator of the Year, International Textiles and Apparel Association, 1994.
Eicher, J. B. (Recipient), 1994
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Charter Fellow, International Textiles and Apparel Association, 1989.
Eicher, J. B. (Recipient), 1989
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Cooper Hewitt National Design Awards, nominated for Design Mind.
Eicher, J. B. (Recipient), 2015
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)