MacDowell, M. and Wabanimkee, M. Introduction. In Marsha MacDowell and Minnie Wabanimkee, eds. Gaawi Eta-Go Aawizinoo Gaawiye Mkakoons (It's Not Just a Quill Box); Anishinaabe Gaak Gaawiiyikewin Zhichiganan (Anishinabek Porcupine Quill Art). Michigan State University Press. (expected in print by June 2027).

MacDowell, M. Quilts, museums, and communities: Objects, stories, audiences, and connections. Prepared for Ann K. Ferrell & Lizette Gradén, eds. Museums on the Move: Towards a Reflexive and Democratic Cultural Museology (University of Wisconsin, expected publication in 2027) 

Dewhurst, C. K. and MacDowell, M. Folklore, museums and communities: Fostering connections and partnerships. Prepared for Ann K. Ferrell & Lizette Gradén, eds. Museums on the Move: Towards a Reflexive and Democratic Cultural Museology (University of Wisconsin, expected publication in 2027)

MacDowell, M. Quilts, health, and intangible cultural heritage: Intersections, Cultural Heritage [a journal published by Sun Yat-sen University,  Guangzhou, China] forthcoming late 2026

MacDowell, M.( 2025). The Quilt Index: South African quilt history, preservation, and access. In MacDowell, Marsha, ed. Quilt Arts of South Africa: Threaded Legacies (pp. 195-198). Bloomington: Indiana University Press.

MacDowell, M. (2025). Defining a South African quilt aesthetic. In MacDowell, Marsha, ed. Quilt Arts of South Africa: Threaded Legacies (pp. 163-184). Bloomington: Indiana University Press.

MacDowell, M. (2025). South Africa, AIDS, and quilts. In MacDowell, Marsha, ed. Quilt Arts of South Africa: Threaded Legacies (pp. 141-148). Bloomington: Indiana University Press.

MacDowell, M., Mazloomi, C., and Turner, P. (2025). Common ground, building bridges: The Women of Color Quilters Network and South African quilt artists. In MacDowell, Marsha, ed. Quilt Arts of South Africa: Threaded Legacies (pp. 185-194). Bloomington: Indiana University Press.

MacDowell, M. (2025). Zamani wuilters of Soweto. In MacDowell, Marsha, ed. Quilt Arts of South Africa: Threaded Legacies (pp. 119-128). Bloomington: Indiana University Press.

MacDowell, Marsha, 2025. “The Border: Piecing Together a History of Quilts and Related Textiles in South Africa,” pp. 1-58 in MacDowell, Marsha, ed. Quilt Arts of South Africa: Threaded Legacies. Bloomington: Indiana University Press.

MacDowell, M., ed. 2025. Quilt Arts of South Africa: Threaded Legacies. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. https://iupress.org/9780253072580/quilt-arts-of-south-africa

[invited] Marsha MacDowell, “Dr. Carolyn Mazloomi: Transformational Force in African American Quilting,” chapter article for forthcoming book to accompany exhibition of Mazloomi’s collection acquired by the Smithsonian Museum of African American History and Culture.”  [In 2022 I completed interviews with 16 individuals (NEA grants officers, founding members of the Women of Color Quilt Network, historians and folklorists who have insights into her legacy or whose personal creative and scholarly bodies of work have been impacted by Dr. Mazloomi.]