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Jeffrey Meikle
Jeffrey L. Meikle, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of American Studies
College of Liberal Arts

CONTACT INFORMATION
Office: 512-232-2166
E-mail: meikle@mail.utexas.edu

WEB PAGE
http://www.utexas.edu/cola/depts/ams/faculty/meikle


BIOGRAPHY

Dr. Meikle's research interests as a cultural historian include industrial design and technology, visual representation in popular print media, and alternative cultures from 1950 to the present.

His books include Twentieth Century Limited: Industrial Design in America, 1925-1939; American Plastic: A Cultural History; and Design in the USA. He has received research awards from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the American Council of Learned Societies, the Mellon Foundation, and the Getty Grant Program.

Media Relations CONTACT
Michelle Bryant
512-232-4730
mbryant@austin.utexas.edu

Jessica Sinn
512-471-2404
sinnjessica@austin.utexas.edu

David Ochsner
512-475-9712
dochsner@austin.utexas.edu

EXPERTISE
20th century U.S. cultural history; history of design; history of technology; history of plastics; history of architecture; Arts & Humanities

 

AWARDS
1996 Dexter Prize of the Society for the History of Technology; 1997 and 2006 Hamilton Book Award runner-up




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