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Malinda Lindquist

Department of History 1139 HellerH

Specialties

  • African-American history
  • U.S. history
  • racial-gender theory
  • manhood in the Americas
  • feminist theory

Publications

  • Women of Color Health Data Book: Adolescents to Seniors. Lindquist, Malinda A, Wilhelmina Leigh, Bethesda, MD: Office of Research on Women's Health, 1997.

Research Activities

  • "The Gender of Racial Science: Modern Black Manhood and its Making, 1890-2000": revising and editing book manuscript

Professional Activities

  • "Black Manhoood and the 'Womanly' Race: Anna Julia Cooper's A Voice from the South, 1892," Berkshire Conference on the History of Women, University of Connecticut: June 2002
  • "Social Scientific Productions of Black Manhood in The Philadelphia Negro, 1899," Social Science History Association Annual Conference, Chicago, IL: November 2001
  • "Visions of Black Manhood in Social Science Fiction," American Studies Association Annual Conference: November 2001
  • "Disseminating Knowledge about Black Men," Modern America Workshop, Princeton University: November 2000
  • "'Perfect Terror': Women, the Freedmen's Bureau, and Violence in Texas, 1865-1868," Modern Amerca Workshop, Princeton University: February 1999
  • "E. Franklin Frazier and the Evolution of Paternal Authority in the Black Family, 1930-1960": Masculinity, Patriarchy, Power Conference at the University of Southampton, UK , April 2004

Outreach Activities

  • ESL Instructor, Sacred Heart Adult Education Center, Washington, D.C.: 1997 - 1998
  • Youth Group Facilitator, Sexual Minority Youth Assistance League, Washington, D.C.: 1997 - 1998
  • Literacy Tutor, Washington Literacy Council, Washington, D.C.: 1997 - 1998

Awards

  • President's Fellowship, Princeton University, 1998 - 2000
  • Fellowship of Woodrow Wilson Scholars, Princeton University, 2001 - 2003
  • Dissertation Fellow, Ford Foundation, 2003 - 2004
  • Affiliate, Center for Art and Cultural Policy Studies, Princeton University,, 2002 - 2003

Courses Taught

  • Historicizing Race: Creating Whiteness
  • African-American Gender History
  • African American History
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Featured Faculty

  • Gary Cohen Awarded Austrian Medal of Honor

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    Gary Cohen has been awarded the Austrian Medal of Honor (Verdienstkreuz) for Science and Arts, First Class. The ceremony was held at the Austrian Embassy in Washington. He was presented the award by Dr. Christian Prosl, the Austrian Ambassador to the United States.

    Congratulations to Gary! This is a much-deserved recognition of Gary's scholarship on the Habsburg Empire and his leadership of the Center for Austrian Studies.

    November 17th, 2009
  • Regina Kunzel, Lambda Literary Award Recipient

    Regina Kunzel has been awarded the Lambda Literary Award in the category of LGBT Studies for her book Criminal Intimacy: Prison and the Uneven History of Modern American Sexuality. Congratulations Regina.

    June 5th, 2009
  • Donna Gabaccia, Fesler-Lampert Chair

    Tthe Graduate School has appointed Donna Gabaccia to the Fesler-Lampert Chair in Public Humanities for 2009-2010.

    June 5th, 2009

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