Fellows comprise the academic governing body for the International Quilt Museum. Fellows include scholars presently holding appointments at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln who are concerned with the past, the present, and the future of quiltmaking traditions worldwide and with those who have practiced the tradition. Candidates for this status must be nominated by a Fellow and must present evidence of a research, teaching, or public service commitment to the preservation of the tradition. Fellows are elected by a majority vote of the Fellows.

• Carolyn Ducey, curator of collections, International Quilt Museum
• Mary Ellen Ducey, associate professor and Special Collections/Archives librarian
• Marin Hanson, curator of international collections, International Quilt Museum
• Mark Hinchman, professor of Interior Design
• Margaret Jacobs, professor of History
• Jeannette Jones, associate professor of History
• Wendy Katz, associate professor, Art and Art History
• Kari Ronning, Research Associate Professor, English
• Matthew Sontheimer, assistant professor of Art (Painting)
• Sandra Williams, professor, Art, Art History and Design
• Kenneth Winkle, professor, History

Associate Fellows include persons not presently holding regular appointments at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln who have a professional interest in the purposes and program of the Center. Associate Fellows are invited to attend all special programs and exhibitions sponsored by the Center, but are not expected to attend an annual meeting.

Associate Fellows may serve as internship supervisors for students and may serve as adjunct members of a graduate student's reading committee. Associate fellows must be nominated by a Fellow. The nominator must present evidence of a research, teaching or public service commitment to the mission of the International Quilt Museum. Associate Fellows are elected by a majority vote of the Fellows, but do not have voting privileges.

• Katherine J. Adams, quilt curator, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History at The University of Texas at Austin
• Jacqueline Atkins, chief curator, Allentown Art Museum
• Lynne Z. Bassett, independent curator and author, Ware, Massachusetts
• Linda Baumgarten, retired curator of costume and textiles, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
• Nancy Bavor, curator of collections - San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles
• Kathryn Berenson, author, Paris, France
• Janet Berlo, professor of art history, University of Rochester
• Barbara Brackman, independent curator, author and scholar, Lawrence, Kansas
• Linda Arthur Bradley, professor, Washington State University
• Glen Brown, professor of art history, Kansas State University
• Pauline Burbidge, artist, Allanbank Mill Steading
• Dorothy Caldwell, artist, Hastings, Ontario
• Denise Campbell, associate vice president for student affairs, ethnic studies faculty, Cal Poly State University
• Xenia Cord, independent scholar, Kokomo, Indiana
• Geraldine Craig, associate professor of art, Kansas State University

• Patricia Crews, professor emeritus, Textiles, Merchandising & Fashion Design

• Raymond Dobard, professor of art, Howard College
• Judy Elsley, professor of English, Weber State University
• Sandi Fox, independent curator/author/scholar, Los Angeles
• Annette Gero, associate professor, University of New South Wales
• Laurann Gilbertson, textile curator, Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum
• Jennifer Goldsborough, museum curator and adjunct professor, Sotheby’s Institute of Art and The New School for Design
• Beverly Gordon, professor emeritus, University of Wisconsin-Madison
• Virginia Gunn, professor, University of Akron, Ohio
• Colleen Hall-Patton, lecturer, University of Nevada-Las Vegas
• Marilyn Henrion, artist, New York City
• Bernard Herman, George B. Tindall professor of American studies, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
• Jonathan Holstein, author/independent curator, Cazenovia, New York
• Laurel Horton, folklorist/independent curator/author/consultant, Seneca, South Carolina
• Michael James, professor emeritus, Textiles, Merchandising & Fashion Design
• Mary Anne Jordan, professor, University of Kansas Lawrence
• Stacy Kamehiro, assistant professor, University of California, Santa Cruz
• Lisa Kriner, associate professor of art, Berea College
• Bridget Long, visiting research fellow in history at the University of Hertfordshire
• Marsha MacDowell, curator of folk arts, Michigan State University Museum
• Terrie Hancock Mangat, artist, Valdez, New Mexico
• Susan Marks, independent scholar, England
• Carolyn Mazloomi, artist/author, West Chester, Ohio
• Ronald Naugle, professor emeritus of history, Nebraska Wesleyan University
• Aimee Newell, director of collections,Scottish Rite Masonic Museum
• Alden O’Brien, curator of costume, textiles and toys - DAR Museum
• Thereza Oleinick, associate professor of theatre, Auburn University
• Ellen Oppenheimer, artist, Oakland, California
• Margaret Ordonez, professor, University of Rhode Island
• Dorothy Osler, independent scholar and author, Northumberland, England
• Rachel Pannabecker, director, Kauffman Museum, Bethel College,
• Cynthia Prescott, assistant professor of history, University of North Dakota
• Sue Prichard, curator of decorative arts, Royal Museums Greenwich
• Jane Przybysz, director, McKissick Museum of Art
• Clare Rose, lecturer, Royal School of Needlework
• Joy Saville, artist, Princeton, New Jersey
• Judy Schwender, retired curator of collections, National Quilt Museum
• Marilyn Serraino, associate professor of humanities, College of Mount Saint Joseph
• Lynn Setterington, artist and senior lecturer, Manchester Metropolitan University
• Robert Shaw, independent scholar/author, Shelburne, Vermont
• Sandra Sider, consulting curator, Texas Quilt Museum
• Janneken Smucker, assistant professor of History, West Chester University, PA
• Marybeth Stalp, department head/ professor of Sociology, University of Northern Iowa
• Alison Stewart, professor, Art and Art History
• Patricia Stoddard, independent scholar, author, Provo, UT
• Diane Vigna, professor emeritus, Textiles, Merchandising & Fashion Design
• Maude Wahlman, Professor, University of Missouri-Kansas City
• Merikay Waldvogel, Independent curator, author, lecturer, Knoxville, Tennessee
• Janice Wass, Curator (Retired), Illinois State Museum
• Linda Welters, Professor of Textile and Costume History, University of Rhode Island
• Jenny Yearous, Curator of Collections, North Dakota State Historical Society
• Shelly Zegart, Author, collector, founding director of the Alliance for American Quilts