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Sara Evans

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History 831 Soc Sci

Department Affiliations


Specialties

  • gender analysis
  • family history
  • American women's history
  • social movements

Publications

  • Tidal Wave: How Women Changed America at Century's End. Evans, Sara M, The Free Press, 2003.
  • Personal Politics: The Roots of Women's Liberation in the Civil Rights Movement and the New Left. Evans, Sara M, Knopf, Vintage Paperback, 1979, 1980.
  • Free Spaces: Sources of Democratic Change in America, 2nd edition. Evans, Sara M, Harry C. Boyte, University of Chicago Press, 1992.
  • Wage Justice: Comparable Worth and the Paradox of Technocratic Reform. Evans, Sara M, Barbara J. Nelson, University of Chicago Press, 1989.
  • Born for Liberty: A History of American Women. Evans, Sara M, Free Press, 1989.
  • Journeys That Opened Up the World: Women, Student Christian Movements, and Social Justice, 1955-1975. Evans, Sara M, Rutgers University Press, October 2003.

Professional Activities

  • editor, Feminist Studies
  • consulting editor, Journal of American History

Awards

  • McKnight Distinguished University Professorship, 1997 - present
  • McKnight Humanities Scholar, University of Minnesota, 1996 - 1999
  • Award for Outstanding Contributions to Postbaccalaureate, Graduate, and Professional Education, 2002 - 2003
  • President's Outstanding Service Award, University of Minnesota, June 1999
  • American Council of Learned Societies Fellowship, 2001 - 2002
  • College of Liberal Arts Dean's Medal, University of Minnesota, March 1999
  • College of Liberal Arts Scholars of the College, University of Minnesota, 1991 - 1994
  • CLA Dean's Medal, 1999
  • Award for Outstanding Contributions to Postbaccalaureate, Graduate, and Professional Education, 2002 - 2003
  • Regents' Professor, 2004

Courses Taught

  • Hist 1302 - American History 1877-present
  • Hist 3348 - Women in Modern America
  • Hist 5858 - Proseminar: Social History of American Women
  • Hist 8347 - Research Seminar: Social History of American Women
  • WoSt 8101 - Intellectual History of Feminism
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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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