Jeffrey L. Meikle | |
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| Born | Jeffrey Lee Meikle July 2, 1949 Columbus, Ohio, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Professor Historian |
| Spouse | Alice Marie Stone |
| Children | Jason Stone Meikle Vanessa Kathryn Meikle |
| Parent(s) | Wendell Alvin Meikle Arlene Martha Craner |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Brown University University of Texas at Austin |
| Thesis | Technological Visions of American Industrial Designers, 1925-1939 (1977) |
| Doctoral advisor | William H. Goetzmann |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | Colby-Sawyer College University of Texas at Austin |
| Doctoral students | Christina Cogdell |
Jeffrey Lee Meikle (born July 2, 1949, in Columbus) is an American cultural historian and educator. Meikle is currently the Stiles Professor in American Studies Emeritus at the University of Texas at Austin. He has generally been credited as one of the founders of the discipline of design history since his book Twentieth Century Limited: Industrial Design in America, 1925-1939 was published in 1979. The text lays out some of the central issues confronting the field.[1]