Rogers, Jane
Curator
My research interests focus on extreme and non-traditional sports including, but not limited to, snowboarding, skateboarding, surfing, dog sled racing, adaptive sports, the Olympics and the Paralympics. I also study the role of children in sports and the impact their participation has on America’s cultural identity.
Background And Education
Education And Training
Publications
Selected Publications
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Article
- Joron, Mathieu, Frezal, Lise, Jones, Robert T., Chamberlain, Nicola L., Lee, Siu F., Haag, Christoph R., Whibley, Annabel, Becuwe, Michel, Baxter, Simon W., Ferguson, Laura, Wilkinson, Paul A., Salazar, Camilo, Davidson, Claire, Clark, Richard, Quail, Michael A., Beasley, Helen, Glithero, Rebecca, Lloyd, Christine, Sims, Sarah, Jones, Matthew C., Rogers, Jane, Jiggins, Chris D., and ffrench-Constant, Richard. 2011. "Chromosomal rearrangements maintain a polymorphic supergene controlling butterfly mimicry." Nature 477:203-206. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature10341 2011
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Blog Posting
- Rogers, Jane. 2019. "Let's Go Caps! A Curator's Collecting Trip into Caps Mania." O Say Can You See? Washington, DC: National Museum of American History. Jun 12, 2019. https://americanhistory.si.edu/blog/caps. 2019
- Rogers, Jane. 2018. "Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders donate iconic uniforms to the museum's sports collection." O Say Can You See? Washington, DC: National Museum of American History. Feb 26, 2018. https://americanhistory.si.edu/blog/dallas-cowboys-cheerleaders. 2018
- Rogers, Jane. 2018. "Special Olympics at 50." O Say Can You See? Washington, DC: National Museum of American History. Jul 10, 2018. https://americanhistory.si.edu/blog/special-olympics-50. 2018
- Rogers, Jane. 2018. "Special delivery by sled dogs." O Say Can You See? Washington, DC: National Museum of American History. Mar 5, 2018. https://americanhistory.si.edu/blog/special-delivery-sled-dogs. 2018
- Rogers, Jane. 2018. "The Unbreakable Spirit of American Paralympians is Embodied in These Artifacts." Smithsonian.com Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution. Feb 6, 2018. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/unbreakable-spirit-american-paralympians-embodied-these-artifacts-180968038/. 2018
- Rogers, Jane. 2017. "4 favorite pieces of adaptive winter sports gear." O Say Can You See? Washington, DC: National Museum of American History. Mar 20, 2017. https://americanhistory.si.edu/blog/adaptive-winter-sports-gear. 2017
- Rogers, Jane. 2017. "An auto racing legacy: Meet the Black American Racers." O Say Can You See? Washington, DC: National Museum of American History. Feb 1, 2017. https://americanhistory.si.edu/blog/black-american-racers. 2017
- Rogers, Jane. 2017. "Contemporary Collecting: Creep Costumes and Props from "The Walking Dead" Join Our Collection." O Say Can You See? Washington, DC: National Museum of American History. Oct 10, 2017. https://americanhistory.si.edu/blog/walking-dead-joins-collection. 2017
- Rogers, Jane. 2017. "The Day I Decided Not to Collect: A Curator's View into 9/11." O Say Can You See? Washington, DC: National Museum of American History. Sep 8, 2017. https://americanhistory.si.edu/blog/curators-view-ground-zero. 2017
- Rogers, Jane. 2016. "Army-Navy Saturday: A family tradition." O Say Can You See? Washington, DC: National Museum of American History. Nov 22, 2016. https://americanhistory.si.edu/blog/army-navy-saturday-family-tradition. 2016
- Rogers, Jane. 2016. "Follow the yellow brick road, the Appalachian Trail, or your own path." O Say Can You See? Washington, DC: National Museum of American History. Nov 15, 2016. https://americanhistory.si.edu/blog/yellow-brick-road-appalachian-trail. 2016
- Rogers, Jane. 2016. "Ray Werner: Wheelchair basketball pioneer." O Say Can You See? Washington, DC: National Museum of American History. Feb 5, 2016. https://americanhistory.si.edu/blog/ray-werner-wheelchair-basketball-pioneer. 2016
- Rogers, Jane. 2016. "WANTED: One Olympic Medal from Team USA Swimmer Michael Phelps Preferably Gold but will take Silver or Bronze Please Contact Jane Rogers, Associate Curator, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution." O Say Can You See? Washington, DC: National Museum of American History. Sep 7, 2016. https://americanhistory.si.edu/blog/wanted-one-olympic-medal. 2016
- Rogers, Jane. 2016. "Why they're called the "Paralympics" and other facts about the Paralympic Games." O Say Can You See? Washington, DC: National Museum of American History. Sep 14, 2016. https://americanhistory.si.edu/blog/why-theyre-called-paralympics-and-other-facts-about-paralympic-games. 2016
- Rogers, Jane. 2014. "Do you believe in miracles (on ice)?" O Say Can You See? Washington, DC: National Museum of American History. Feb 21, 2014. https://americanhistory.si.edu/blog/2014/02/do-you-believe-in-miracles-on-ice.html. 2014
- Rogers, Jane. 2014. "Pre-Sochi tour of our Winter Olympics collections." O Say Can You See? Washington, DC: National Museum of American History. Feb 6, 2014. https://americanhistory.si.edu/blog/2014/02/pre-sochi-tour-of-our-winter-olympics-collections.html. 2014
- Rogers, Jane. 2012. "Snowboarding shreds into the Smithsonian." O Say Can You See? Washington, DC: National Museum of American History. Feb 23, 2012. https://americanhistory.si.edu/blog/2012/02/snowboarding-shreds-into-the-smithsonian.html. 2012
- Rogers, Jane. 2012. "Wrapping up the London Olympics...in 1948." O Say Can You See? Washington, DC: National Museum of American History. Aug 9, 2012. https://americanhistory.si.edu/blog/2012/08/wrapping-up-the-london-olympicsin-1948.html. 2012
- Rogers, Jane. 2012. "Wrapping up the London Olympics...in 1948." O Say Can You See? Washington, DC: National Museum of American History. Aug 9, 2012. https://americanhistory.si.edu/blog/2012/08/wrapping-up-the-london-olympicsin-1948.html. 2012
- Rogers, Jane. 2011. "Tony Hawk skates into history." O Say Can You See? Washington, DC: National Museum of American History. Sep 20, 2011. https://americanhistory.si.edu/blog/2011/09/tony-hawk-skates-into-history.html. 2011
Editor Of
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Book
- Rogers, Jane and Gordon, Betsy, editors. 2022. Four Wheels and a Board: The Smithsonian History of Skateboarding. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Books. 2022
Contact
Location
- National Museum of American History Department
