Joanne B. Eicher is Regents Professor Emerita at the University of Minnesota. Joanne is Editor-in-Chief, Encyclopedia of Dress and Fashion (Bloomsbury and OUP); Series Editor, Dress, Body Culture (Bloomsbury); Author, Editor, Co-Editor, "The Visible Self", (Fairchild); "Dress and Gender" (Berg); "Dress and Ethnicity" (Berg); "Beads and Beadmakers" (Berg); "Mother, Daughter, Sister, Bride" (National Geographic); a wide variety of published articles in professional journals and chapters in books.