Archives: Staff Members

Jay F. Custer, Professor of Anthropology; Director, University of Delaware Center for Archaeological Research (Ph.D., Catholic University of America, 1979). Area specialization:  Eastern North America, Middle Atlantic region, Delmarva Peninsula.… Read More

Professor Wendy Bellion (Ph.D. Northwestern University) teaches American art history and material culture studies.  Professor Bellion’s scholarship takes an interdisciplinary approach to American visual and material culture, focusing on the late… Read More

Martin Brückner is Professor in the English Department and currently serves as the Director of the Winterthur Program in American Material Culture. His teaching and research interests concentrate on American literature… Read More

Sandy Isenstadt is an architectural historian whose interest in material culture is evident in his writings that treat topics such as picture windows, refrigerators, landscape views, kitchen design and real… Read More