
Meet a Member: Fireside Chat with Amy Thompson
February 12, 2025
Join WARP for our February Fireside Chat with Amy Thompson! During our monthly Meet a Member program, we get to know a different WARP member each month.
Amanda (Amy) Thompson received her B.Sc. from BYU in archaeology and a minor in botany where she also volunteered and worked at the Museum of Peoples and Cultures. Here she discovered that textiles could be a focus of study as she worked with the many collections in the museum. She pursued her M.Sc. and Ph.D. at The Ohio State University in textiles science with a focus on archaeological textiles. The OSU Historic Costume and Textiles Collection served as another hub for material culture understanding as she served a two-year assistantship at OSU. After receiving her Ph.D., she accepted a professorship at the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa where her courses focus on textiles, textile science, cultural dynamics, and independent research for undergraduates and graduate students. She found WARP in 2019 through friends (thanks Teena and Erika!) and has found new ways to enrich her courses and research though WARP experiences. Her current research focuses on fiber, textile testing and sustainability, and creative scholarship.
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