Dr. Vicki Cassman Department of Art Conservation [email protected] EDUCATION Ph.D. 1997 Arizona State University, Archaeology M.S. 1985 University of Delaware, Art Conservation M.S. 1984 University of California, Davis, Textile Science B.A. 1981 University of California, Davis, Art History Diploma 1978 Textil Institutet, Borås, Sweden, Weaving PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 2006-present Director of Undergraduate Studies (2006-2012), Assistant Professor (2006-2012), Associate Professor (2012-present), Dept. of Art Conservation, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware. 1999–2006 Assistant Professor, Dept. of Anthropology and Ethnic Studies, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. 1996–1998 Textile Conservator, Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, California. 1987–1998 Private Textile Conservator – Part and Full time 1985-1987 Assistant Conservator, Arizona Historical Society, Tucson, Arizona. Other Languages: Spanish and Swedish (fluent in both) PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES • Study Abroad Program Organizer. Centro di Conservazione Archeologica in Italy 2013, 2015 & 2017 • Iraq Cultural Heritage Project partner working to establish a Conservation and Preservation Institute in Northern Iraq, train Iraqi museum professionals, and renovate the Iraq National Museum. • Photograph Preservation Summit for Historically Black Colleges and Universities 2007-2009. Co- author of Andrew W. Mellon Foundation grant for $1.23 million. • University of Delaware Arts and Humanities Summer Institute for Rising Minority Seniors to Explore graduate school. Summer 2009. Co-instructor of the Preservation Courses. History, English and the Conservation Departments. • Study Abroad Program for Univ. of Delaware Conservation Undergraduates to Chile and Peru. January 2008. Universidad de Tarapacá, Arica, Chile. And in 2010 coordinated trip to Peru. HONORS & AWARDS • 2014 Sheldon and Carolyn Keck Award from the American Institute for Conservation • 2012 College of Arts and Science Service Award • 2012 University of Delaware Mentor Award • 2010 Recognition for Exemplary Contribution for E-Portfolios. University of Delaware • 2009 Recognition of Exemplary Contribution as an Assessment Fellow. University of Delaware • 2000 and 2005 Commendation for work on the Kennewick Project Secretary of the Interior and Army CORPS of Engineers • 1986 and 1990 Summer Work Projects at the Universidad de Tarapacá, Chile, sponsored by the Fulbright Commission in Chile. BOOKS Cassman, Vicki, Nancy Odegaard and Joseph Powell (2007) Human Remains: guide for Museums and Academic Institutions. AltaMira Press, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. Lanham, Maryland. PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS 1. Odegaard, Nancy and Vicki Cassman (Submitted for new edition July 2017) Authentication and Conservation in Archaeological Science. For Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology. Invited update. Springer Nature References. 2. Odegaard, Nancy and Vicki Cassman (December 2016) The Conservation of Human Remains: Ethical Questions and Experiences in America. In Deontology of the Conservation of Human Remains. Human remains as patrimonial archives of mankind. Techne, The Journal of the Centre de Recherche et de Restauration des Musées de France (C2RMF), n° 44. 3. Odegaard, Nancy and Vicki Cassman (In Press) Chapter: Storage of Human Remains. Collection Storage: Preventive Conservation Approach. American Institute for Conservation of Historic & Artistic Works (AIC). 4. Bernardo Arriaza, Vivien Standen, Jorg Heukelbach, Vicki Cassman, and Felix Olivares (2014) Head Combs For Delousing In Ancient Arican Populations: Scratching For The Evidence. Chungara, Revista de Antropología Chilena Volume 46, Nº 4, 2014. 1-11 5. Odegaard, Nancy and Vicki Cassman (2014) Authentication and Conservation in Archaeological Science. C. Smith (ed.), Encyclopedia of global Archaeology. © Springer Science+Business Media New York 2014. 10.1007/978-1-4419-0465-2_336. 6. Blatt, Samantha, Brian Redmond, Vicki Cassman, and Paul Sciulli (2010) "Dirty Teeth and Ancient Trade: Evidence of Cotton Fibers in Human Dental Calculus from Late Woodland, Ohio." International Journal of Osteoarchaeology. 21. 669 - 678. 10.1002/oa.1173. 7. Arriaza, Bernardo, Vivien Standen, Vicki Cassman and Calogero Santoro (2008) Chinchorro, the Pioneers of the Atacama Coast. Handbook of South American Archaeology, edited by Helaine Silverman and William H. Isbell. 8. Cassman, Vicki and Nancy Odegaard (2004) The Conservator’s Role. Studies in Conservation. London. 49 pp. 1-12. 9. Arriaza, Bernardo, Vicki Cassman (2004) La Cultura Chinchorro. Museo Arqueológico San Miguel de Azapa website. http://www.uta.cl/masma/patri_edu/chinchorro.htm 10. Cassman, Vicki (2004) Book Review for American Antiquity, Vol 69 # 1, p.162-163. Destruction and Conservation of Cultural Heritage edited by Robert Layton, Peter g. Stone and Julian Thomas (2001) One World Archaeology #41, Routledge. 11. Cassman, Vicki, Jennifer Riddle and Lai Yip (2004) Initial Concept and Overall design for Bones. Computer software for Collection Management of Human Skeletal Remains. Software. 12. Cassman, Vicki, Jennifer Riddle, and many other students (2003) Design and production of a Human Remains Curation Box. Now produced and marketed by Hollinger Corporation. Until this box there was no such thing as an archival box designed specifically for human remains on the market. 13. Cassman, Vicki, Larry Cartmell, and Eliana Belmonte (2003) Coca as Symbol and Labor Enhancer in the Andes: A Historical Overview. In Stimulating Trade: Drugs, Labor and European Expansion. Editors William Jankowiak and Daniel Bradburd. University of Arizona Press. Pp. 149-158. 14. Cassman, Vicki (2001) Prehistoric Ethnicity and Status Based on Textile Evidence from Arica, Chile. Chungará 32(2) 253-257. 15. Cassman, Vicki; Kristen Martine; Jennifer Riddle; and Sali Underwood (2001) Neglect of an Obvious Issue: The Storage of Human Remains. Cultural Resource Management Magazine. Invited contribution. http://www.cr.nps.gov/crm/index.htm. 16. Cassman, Vicki and Bernardo Arriaza (2001) Chinchorro Studies: A Historical Perspective. In Studies on Ancient Mummies and Burial Archaeology, proceedings of the II World Congress on Mummy Studies, Colombia, edited by F. Cárdenas-Arroyo and C. Rodríguez-Martín. Fundacion Erigaie and Universidad deLos Andes, Bogotá, Colombia. Pp. 37-41. 17. Belmonte, Eliana; Marietta Ortega, Patricia Arévalo, Vicki Cassman, and Larry Cartmell (2001) Presencia de la Hoja de Coca en el Ajuar Funerario de Tres Cementerios del Periodo Tiwanaku: AZ- 140, AZ-6 y PLM-3. Presence of Coca Leaf in Funerary Bundles from three Tiwanaku Cemeteries. Chungará 31(1) 125-136. 18. Cassman, Vicki (2001) Introduction to articles related to the Conservation and Exhibition of Mummies from the III World Congress of Mummy Studies. Universidad de Tarapacá, Arica, Chile Chungará 33(1) 3-4. 19. Trimble, Michael, Odegaard, Nancy, Cassman, Vicki, Militelo, Teresa. (2001) Curation of the Kennewick Remains. In Human Remains: Conservation, Retrieval, Analysis. Edited by E.Williams. BAR International Series, 934. 237-248. Oxford: Archaeopress. 20. Cassman, Vicki (2001) Artifacts Associated With Human Remains In Human Remains: Conservation, Retrieval, Analysis. Edited by E. Williams. BAR International Series, 934 Pp. 57-59 21. Cassman, Vicki (2000) Prehistoric Andean Ethnicity and Status: The Textile Evidence. Chapter in Beyond Cloth and Cordage, edited by Penny Drooker and Laurie Webster. University of Utah Press. Pp. 253-266. Won best academic title. 22. Cassman, Vicki (1998) Archaeological Textiles and the Case for Collection Management. Textile Specialty Group Postprints. American Institute for Conservation. Washington, D.C. 23. Arriaza, Bernardo and Vicki Cassman (1997) South American Mummies. In Encyclopedia of the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine in Non-Western Cultures. Edited by H. Selaine. Kluwer Academic Publishers. Pp. 750-752. 24. Oakland, Amy and Vicki Cassman (1995) Andean Tapestry: Structure Informs the Surface. Art Journal 54(2):33-39. 25. Cassman, Vicki (1992) Organización del Trabajo de Conservación. Organizing the Work of Conservation. In Encuentro Regional de Expertos Sobre Conservación de Textiles Precolombinos. Informe Final. PNUD-UNESCO/Getty Conservation Institute Conference Proceedings Publication. Pp. 197-201 26. Cassman, Vicki (1992) El Catastro: Primer Paso en la Conservación Preventiva. The Survey: First Step in Preventive Conservation. In Encuentro Regional de Expertos Sobre Conservación de Textiles Precolombinos. Informe Final. PNUD-UNESCO/Getty Conservation Institute Conference Proceedings Publication. Pp. 189-196. 27. Cassman, Vicki (1989) Simbiosis entre el Museo y la Arqueología. Simbiosis Between the Museum and Archaeology. Chungará 23:93-109. 28. Arriaza, Bernardo and Vicki Cassman (1988) Se Esta Produciendo un Arqueocidio? Are We Producing an Archaeocide? Chungará 20:69-73. 29. Needles, H.L, Vicki Cassman, and Martha Collins (1986) Mordanted Natural-Dyed Wool and Silk Fabrics: Light and Burial-Induced Changes in the Color and Tensile Properties of Mordanted Natural Dyed Silk and Wool Textiles*. In Historic Textiles and Paper Materials: Conservation and Characterization. Edited by H.L. Needles and H. Zeronian. Washington, D.C. American Chemical Society. Pp. 199-210. 30. Cassman, Vicki (1983) Contributing writer to Saints and Sinners in Master Drawings. Edited by Seymour Howard. Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, California. EXHIBITIONS 2017 Contributor Fashion On All Fronts: Stories from the Wardrobe. 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