ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
Associate Professor of History, Social Science Department, 2020 –
Assistant Professor of History, Social Science Department, 2017 – 2020
CUNY – LaGuardia Community College
Graduate Student Instructor, 2010 – 2015
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
EDUCATION
Ph.D., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, History, 2016
Dissertation: “That Women Could Matter”: Building Lesbian Feminism in California, 1955-1982
*Recipient, John D’Emilio LGBTQ History Dissertation Award from the Organization of American Historians for best dissertation in US LGBTQ history
Dissertation Committee: Regina Morantz-Sanchez (chair), Matthew Lassiter, Gayle Rubin, Rachel Neis, and Rebecca Kluchin
M.A., California State University, Sacramento, History, 2009
Thesis: The Lesbian is Political: Finding Women’s Liberation in the Emergence of Lesbian Identity Politics
Thesis Advisors: Rebecca Kluchin and Chloe Burke
B.A., University of California, Davis, History, 2001
PUBLICATIONS
Articles and Book Chapters
“Lesbian Identities and Subcultures via Race, Class, and Gender,” in Cambridge History of Sexuality in the US (forthcoming).
“Voicing Gay Women’s Liberation: Judy Grahn and the Shaping of Lesbian Feminism,” Journal of Lesbian Studies 19 (3): 357-366.
Encyclopedia Entries
“Femmes and Butches,” Global Encyclopedia of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer History, Farmington Hills, MI: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 2019), 538-543.
Reviews
Review of Strange Bedfellows: Marriage in the Age of Women’s Liberation by Alison Lefkovitz, The Docket at Law & History Review (August 2018).
Review of “‘She’s That Way’: Female Same-Sex Intimacy and the Growth of Modern Sexual Categories in the US, 1920-1940,” by Anastacia Jones, Dissertation Reviews.
AWARDS, FELLOWSHIPS, AND GRANTS
Faculty Fellowship Publishing Program, City University of New York, 2019
John D’Emilio LGBTQ History Dissertation Award, Organization of American Historians, 2018
Rackham Merit Fellow, 2009-2016
History Department Endowment Fellowship, University of Michigan, 2016
Rackham Humanities Research Candidacy Fellowship, University of Michigan, 2015
Arts of Citizenship Mellon Public Humanities Fellowship, University of Michigan, 2014
Rackham Graduate Student Research Grant, University of Michigan, 2013
Mellon Dissertation Research Fellowship, University of Michigan, 2012
PAPERS, PANELS, AND PRESENTATIONS
“Roundtable: Whither the Spinster – Sexuality, Labor, and Race in Defining and Locating Women Alone,” Annual Meeting of the American Historical Association, New York, 2020.
“Historical, Psychological, and Sociological Diversity for Social Justice,” Social Science Conference: Difference, Diversity, and Social Justice, LaGuardia Community College, 2019.
“Clinic Escorting, Clinic Defense, and the Politics of Abortion Activism,” Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Conference: Body Politics, LaGuardia Community College, 2019.
“New Work in LGBTQ History,” Annual Meeting of the Organization of American Historians, 2019.
“Round Table: Building Queer-Inclusive Curriculum and Student Life Beyond the R1,” Annual Meeting of the American Historical Association, Chicago, 2019.
Ask an Assistant Professor, Annual Meeting of the American Historical Association, Chicago, 2019.
“History and Memory,” Urban Studies Conference: The Queer City, LaGuardia Community College, 2018.
“Organizing for Civic Engagement on our Diverse and International Campus,” Opening Sessions Panel, LaGuardia Community College, 2018.
“Lesbians at Home: Letter Writing and Making Meaning of Intimacy,” Berkshire Conference of Women Historians, New York, 2017.
“A Contested Vision: California Lesbian Feminisms and Telling Queer History through Oral Histories” (Panel Organizer), Annual Meeting of the American Historical Association, New York, 2015.
“‘Toward Our Sisters’: Lesbian Feminists Lay Claim to Women’s Liberation from the Periphery,” Annual Meeting of the Organization of American Historians, Atlanta, 2014.
“Looking to Lesbian Feminism: Opening Historical Narratives and Fostering Activist Alliances,” A Revolutionary Moment: Women’s Liberation in the late 1960s and early 1970s, Boston University, 2014.
“Generations of Feminists: Changes and Continuities,” Center for Gender in the Global Context, Women’s History Month Series, Michigan State University, 2013.
“‘Toward Our Sisters’: Lesbian Feminism and Power Dynamics in Women’s Liberation” (Panel Organizer), Annual Meeting of the Social Science History Association, Chicago, 2013.
“‘On a Queer Day You Can See Forever’: The Furies through the Lens of Lesbian History,” Graduate Student Conference in Modern American History, University of Michigan, 2012.
“A Freer Human Being: Finding Feminism in Lesbian’s Pursuit of Identity, Partnership, and Community,” Annual Meeting of the Western Historical Association, Oakland, 2011.
“Finding Lesbian History in Lesbian Feminist Vanguardism,” Doing Queer Studies Now Graduate Student Conference, University of Michigan, 2010.
“Politics and Memory and in the Gay and Lesbian Community,” Women’s Resource Center, Women’s Herstory Month Series, California State University, Sacramento, 2009.
SERVICE
Queer Advisory Team Co-Chair, LaGuardia and Wagner Archives, 2020-present
Committee on LGBT History, Co-Chair, 2021-2023
Founder and Chair, Lavender LaGuardia, 2019-present
Committee on LGBT History, Board Member, 2018-2020
Advisement 2.0 Initiative, Liberal Arts Advising Team Member, LaGuardia Community College, 2019-2020
Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Open House, Organizer, LaGuardia Community College, 2019
Benchmark Assessment of Inquiry and Problem Solving Competencies, LaGuardia Community College, 2019
Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Option in Liberal Arts, Executive Committee Member and Community Outreach Coordinator, LaGuardia Community College, 2018-2019
Writing in the Disciplines Seminar, LaGuardia Community College, 2018-2019
LaGuardia and Wagner Archives, LGBTQ Public History Project, 2017-2019
Women’s Studies Quarterly, Manuscript Reviewer, 2018
Provost Learning Space Seminar, LaGuardia Community College, 2018
Benchmark Assessment of Writing Competencies, LaGuardia Community College, 2018
New Faculty Colloquium, LaGuardia Community College, 2017-2018
Committee on LGBT History, Lorde and Sprague Prizes Committee member, 2015-2016
Historical Approaches to Gender and Sexuality, Co-founder and Coordinator, Graduate Student Workshop, University of Michigan, 2014-2016
Institute for Research on Labor, Employment, and the Economy, Mellon Public Humanities Fellow, 2014
Graduate Employees’ Organization, Women’s Caucus Chair, University of Michigan, 2013-2014
Graduate Employees’ Organization, Bargaining Team Coordinator, University of Michigan, 2013
Graduate Employees’ Organization, Grievance Chair, University of Michigan, 2012-2013
Graduate Employees’ Organization, Vice President, University of Michigan, 2010-2012
Clio History Journal, Editor, Second Place Award, George D. Nash History Journal Competition, California State University, Sacramento, 2008-2009
“This Light, This Air: Dorothea Lange’s FSA Photographs of the Central Valley, 1930-1945,” Member, Exhibit Curatorial Board, Sacramento, California, 2008-2009
Teach American History Grant Project, Graduate Student Research Assistant, Placer County of Education, 2008
Women’s Resources and Research Center, Peer Educator, University of California, Davis, 2000-2001
COURSES
United States History to 1865
United States History since 1865
History of Women, Gender, and Sexuality (WGSS Core Curriculum)
African American History
Sex and Politics in 20th Century U.S. (First Year Writing Requirement)
The Games We Play (Honors Program; First Year Seminar)
Building American Empire, 1901-1950
Graduate Student Instructor Training (Mentor and Course Coordinator)
Sickness and Health in America, 1492 – Present
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
Clinic Escorts for New York City, Co-Coordinator, 2018-present
Northeast Regional Clinic Escort Conference, Moderator, Reducing Abortion Stigma Panel, 2018
Wild West Women Films, Historical Consultant on Tea with Alice and Me, 2014-2017
Wild West Women Films, Historical Consultant on Inez Milholland-Forward Into the Light, 2015-2016
Veteran Feminists of America, The Bridge Project, Co-founder, 2011-2014
California National Organization for Women, President, 2008
California National Organization for Women, Vice President, 2007
Sacramento Women’s Health Specialists, Clinic Escort , 2002-2009
Sacramento National Organization for Women, Executive Committee, 2003-2007
Northern California Association for Women Take Back the Night, Committee Member and Organization Historian, 2004-2006
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