Dr. Sharra Vostral
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Assistant Professor vostral@uiuc.edu Gender and Women’s Studies and History University of Illinois Urbana, IL 61892
Ph.D., Washington University, History, 2000 M.A., Washington University, History, 1994 M.A., St. Louis University, American Studies, 1992 B.A., English and Comparative Studies in Religion, 1990
2002-2006 Assistant Professor, Science and Technology Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Director, Public Service Internship Program 2001-2002 Adjunct Lecturer, American History, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 2000-2001 Visiting Assistant Professor, History Department, Purdue University 1999-2000 Visiting Scholar, Women’s Studies Program, Purdue University 1999 Instructor, History Department, Purdue University 1998 Instructor, English Department, Purdue University 1997 Instructor, University College, Washington University 1992-1994 Instructor, African and Afro-American Studies, Washington University PublicationsMonographUnder Wraps: Menstrual Hygiene and Technologies of Passing. Lexington, A Division of Rowman and Littlefield. (under contract) Articles and Book Chapters“Is it a ‘New Freedom’?: African American Women and Menstrual Hygiene Technologies in Twentieth Century America” in Rayvon Fouché, ed. Race and the Machine: African Americans and Technological Landscapes. West Lafayette, IN: Purdue University Press. (under contract) “Masking Menstruation: Lillian Gilbreth and Menstrual Hygiene” in Andrew Shail, ed. Menstruation: A Cultural History. London: Palgrave, 2005. “The Moveable Homefront: Julia Dent Grant and the Maintenance of a General’s Family,” Gateway 25.4 (Spring 2005): 22-33. “Reproduction, Regulation, and Body Politics,” Journal of Women’s History 15 (Summer 2003, no. 2): 197-207. “Mary Easton Sibley.” In In Her Place: A Guide to Women’s History in St. Louis, Katharine Corbett, ed. (St. Louis: Missouri Historical Society Press, 1999): 40-42. “Julia Dent Grant.” In Dictionary of Missouri Biography, Ken Winn, ed. (Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1999): 344-345. “A Structure of History: The National Park Service Restoration of Ulysses S. Grant’s White Haven.” Gateway Heritage, Magazine of the Missouri Historical Society (Fall 1997): 14-25. “Julia Dent Grant,” Site Bulletin, Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site, 1997. “Hardscrabble: The House the Grant Built,” Site Bulletin, Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site, 1996. “A Self-Guided Walking Tour,” Site Bulletin, Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site, 1995. Grant’s Forum, Contributing Editor and Writer, Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site, 1995-1996. “Imperialism on Display: The Philippine Exhibition at the 1904 World’s Fair.” Gateway Heritage, Magazine of the Missouri Historical Society (Spring 1993): 18-31. (Listed at Smithsonian Institution Libraries, Revisiting World’s Fairs and International Expositions: A Selected Bibliography, 1992 – 1999.) “The Sewing Machine,” The Museum Gazette, Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, (November 1992). “Storer College,” Site Bulletin, Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, 1989. Works in ProgressFeminist Technology? Case Studies in Designing Technologies for Women’s Bodies, edited volume with Linda L. Layne, Sharra Vostral and Kate Boyer (under review). “Hidden Assurances: Tampons, Design, and a Fickle Feminist Technology” in Feminist Technology? Case Studies in Designing Technologies for Women’s Bodies, edited volume with Linda L. Layne, Sharra Vostral and Kate Boyer (under review). Invited Lectures2006 “Menstrual Hygiene, Mothers, and Daughters” Language, Literature and Communication Department colloquium “TechMom: Gender in Design” at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute “How NOT to Communicate with Your Daughter: Conversations Around Menstruation,” Sigma Delta Tau Sorority, Union College 2005 “A Cure for Cramps: Women, Labor and Menstrual Hygiene during WWII,” Womyn’s Center, Beloit College 2004 “Get Back to Work! Menstrual Hygiene and Women’s Labor during WWII,” Science, Technology and Society, and Studies in Women and Gender, University of Virginia. 1999 “‘Confidence Means Kotex’: Learning to be a Woman through Menstrual Hygiene Advertisements,” Purdue University, Women’s History Month. “Desexing Menstruation: Dr. Mary Putnam Jacobi and Menstrual Health,” Purdue University Sociology Colloquium. Conference Papers Presented2005 “Menstrual Troubles: Menstrual Hygiene, Labor and Unruly Bodies during WWII,” Women and Society Conference, Marist College, Poughkeepsie, NY “Technology and Passing: Menstrual Hygiene and Identity,” Society for the Social Studies of Science Annual Conference, Pasadena, CA “Troublesome Bleeding Bodies: Menstrual Hygiene and Women’s Labor during WWII,” American Studies Association Annual Conference, Washington D.C. “Lillian Gilbreth and Johnson & Johnson: Engineering the Perfect Sanitary Napkin,” American Historical Association Annual Conference, Seattle, WA. 2004 “Masking Menstruation: Lillian Gilbreth and Menstrual Hygiene,” Northeast Regional Medical Anthropology Conference, Montreal, Canada 2003 “Masking Menstruation: Lillian Gilbreth and Menstrual Hygiene,” SHOT, Atlanta, GA, November. “From Girl to Young Woman: Media, Material Culture, and Menstruation in Post-War United States,” American Association for the History of Medicine, Boston MA. 2002 “From Girl to Young Woman: Media, Material Culture, and Menstruation in Post-War United States,” Society for the Social Studies of Science Conference, Milwaukee, WI. “From Girl to Young Woman: Media, Material Culture, and Menstruation in Post-War United States,” Designing Modern Childhoods: Landscapes, Buildings and Material Culture, Berkeley, CA. 2000 “Reducing Menstruation to a Sneeze: Dr. Clelia Mosher and ‘Functional’ Periodicity,” American Historical Association Annual Conference, Chicago, IL, January. 1998 “Desexualizing Menstruation: Sex Education and the Marketing of Menstrual Hygiene Products,” American Historical Association Annual Conference, Seattle, WA. 1997 “The Moveable Homefront: Julia Dent Grant and the Maintenance of a General’s Family,” 39th Missouri Conference on History, St. Louis, MO. “The Moveable Homefront: Julia Dent Grant and the Maintenance of a General’s Family,” Forrest C. Pogue Public History Institute, “Americans Remember Civil War,” Murray State University. 1996 “‘Dainty is as Dainty Does’: Menstrual Hygiene Promotions in the 1950s,” Mid American American Studies Conference, St. Louis, MO. 1995 “‘As Becometh Woman’: The Moral Protest of Menstrual Hygiene Products, 1935-1980,” National Conference of the Popular Culture Association and American Culture Association, Philadelphia, PA. 1994 “Mary Sibley and Lindenwood College: Women, Education and Slavery in the Middle Ground of Missouri, 1832-1853,” 36th Missouri Conference on History, St. Louis, MO. Directory: docs docs -> Application for acem docs -> Observational Assessment of Teaching Practices Teaching Assessment Initiative Proposal Submitted to The Teachers for a New Era project docs -> Traditional British values docs -> From Warfighters to Crimefighters: The Origins of Domestic Police Militarization docs -> Borzoi Club of America Register of Merit Program I. What is a Register Of Merit docs -> Protecting the rights of the child in the context of migration docs -> United Nations E/C. 12/Esp/5 docs -> 9th May 1950 the schuman declaration docs -> Getting To Outcomes® in Services for Homeless Veterans 10 Steps for Achieving Accountability Download 15.64 Kb. Share with your friends:
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