Maria Elena Buszek (PhD, Art History, Kansas) is Associate Professor of Art History at the University of Colorado, Denver, where she teaches courses on Modern and contemporary art and design history. Her recent publications include the books Pin-Up Grrrls: Feminism, Sexuality, Popular Culture (Duke University Press, 2006) and Extra/Ordinary: Craft and Contemporary Art (Duke, 2011). She has also contributed to scholarly journals such as Art Journal and American Quarterly.