Patricia Hunt-Hurst
Associate Professor
303 Dawson Hall
(706) 542-4888
phunt@uga.edu

Education: Ph.D. - Ohio State University

Current Research Interests: West African head ties: past and present, Fancy print and wax print cloth: historical and contemporary perspectives, 19th and 20th century American costume and textile history-specifically the study of the dress of African-American women, 1865-1940 in Georgia and South Carolina, Slave clothing and textiles in Georgia and South Carolina

Courses Taught: Directed Research in Textiles, Study Tour in Textiles, History of Textiles, West African Families

Selected Publications:

“Round Homespun Coat and Pantaloons of the Same”:Slave Clothing as Reflected in Fugitive Slave Advertisements in Antebellum Georgia. The Georgia Historical Quarterly, 63(4), 727-740.

“A Plantation Quilt from South Carolina: Analysis and Meaning”.ARST extrina, 28, 123-136.

Regional Interests: West Africa [Ghana]