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Lynda May Xepoleas, Ph.D. is an assistant professor in the School of Fashion Design and Merchandising at 5X����. Professor Xepoleas uses archival- and museum-based research methods in combination with oral history and curatorial practice to explore overlooked histories of nineteenth and twentieth century North American fashion. She is currently working on a number of projects at the intersection of fashion, history, social justice, and museum studies, including Native agency in the curation of Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) fashion and textiles, localized histories of apparel production in the Western Reserve, as well as equitable approaches to fashion curation within a university setting. 

Curatorial Scholarship:

Curator, Redressing Histories of Early Hodinǫhsǫ́:nih Women at Cornell, 1914-1942, Cornell University Library Online Exhibitions, December 1, 2023 – Present. 

Co-curator (with Emily Hayflick), Engaging Communities, Empowering Students: Fostering Cross-Cultural Connections through Dress, 1936-1958, Cornell Fashion + Textile Collection, Ithaca, NY, October 15, 2021 –January 31, 2022.

Co-curator (with Emily Hayflick), In Search of Costumes from Many Lands: The Collecting Practices of Beulah Blackmore and Ruth Sharp, Cornell University Library Online Exhibitions, December 20, 2020 – Present.

Expertise:
History of dress and textiles, Native American fashion, social justice, museum studies, and curatorial practice