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Nancy
G. Rosoff is Associate Dean
for Administration and Academic Program Development for the
Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Rutgers-Camden. Her major
research area is U.S. Women's History with a focus on popular
culture. Her research project, "The Winning Girl":
Images of Athletic Women in American Popular Culture, 1880-1920,
considers the role played by women's athletic activity in
the transformation of gender roles. She is also working on
an analysis of the relationship between Title IX and popular
culture.
Rosoff has published articles about recreation
and women’s
athletic activity in the Progressive Era. Her conference
presentations have focused on her research about historical
aspects of women’s athletic activity and on teaching
about controversial topics in the classroom. She taught high
school social studies for nearly twenty years in the Pennsylvania
public schools and worked with students in a variety of academic
and athletic activities outside the classroom. At Rutgers-Camden,
she encourages students to look at the influence of popular
culture and the construction of gender in historical and
contemporary athletic activity. In addition, she serves as
the teaching consultant for the Marshall-Brennan Fellows
Program in the Law School. Nancy Rosoff received awards from
the National Endowment for the Humanities and the National
Humanities Center as well as from Temple University for her
outstanding academic work.
“Beth
Daniel,” in The South Carolina Encyclopedia, ed.
Walter Edgar (University of South Carolina Press, forthcoming
2005).
“Instructions
for Women Athletes in America, 1880-1920,” Women’s
History Magazine (U.K.), 44 (June 2003).
“‘A
glow of pleasurable excitement’: Images of the New
Athletic Woman in American Popular Culture, 1880-1920,”
in Sexual Sports Rhetoric: Teaming up Gender with the Language
of Sport, ed. Linda K. Fuller (Haworth Press, 2003), under
consideration
“‘Every
muscle is absolutely free’: Advertising and Advice
about Clothing for Athletic American Women, 1880-1920,”
Journal of American Culture 25 (Spring 2002): 25-31.
"Recreation
and Social Chaperonage in the Progressive Era," OAH
Magazine of History, May 1999
“‘The Winning Girl’: Scenes
from Popular Culture,” presented to the Moorestown
Rotary Club, 31 March 2005.
“‘Designed for All Athletic Purposes’: Advertisements
and the New Athletic Woman,” Popular Culture Association/American Culture
Association, San Diego, CA, March 2005.
“‘Title
IX got me where I am today’: A
Little History, a Little Law, and a Whole Lot of Feminism,” NOW-NJ
Annual Conference, November 2004, Mount Laurel, NJ.
“Corsets
and high-heeled shoes are out of place in the Gymnasium”:
Appropriate Attire for Athletic American Women, 1880-1920 ,
'Making Cloth(es): Women, Dress and Textiles,' Scottish
Women’s
History Network Autumn Conference, October 2004, Glasgow.
“She
had not thought basketball would be like this”:
Lessons Learned from American Schoolgirl Stories in
the Early Twentieth Century , Women’s
History Network Annual Conference, Kingston upon Hull,
England, September 2004.
“By the way, do you play basketball?”:
Sports in Schoolgirls Stories in the Early Twentieth
Century,” Popular Culture Association/
American Culture Association, San Antonio, TX, April
2004.
“‘She is pretty—yes; But notice
those dingy teeth’: Female Athletes and Popular
Culture,” Invited Lecture, Mount Holyoke
College, March 2004.
“The
Sporting Woman: The Female Athlete in American Culture,” exhibit
at Mount Holyoke College Art Museum, South Hadley,
MA, April-August 2004, Curatorial Consultant.
“Images
of Athletic Women in American Popular Culture, 1880-1920,” Invited
Lecture, Mount Holyoke College, October 2003.
“‘The
true relation of the body and mind’: The Connection
between Women’s Education,
Health, and Athletic Activity in the United States, 1880-1920,” Women’s
History Network Annual Conference, Aberdeen, Scotland,
September 2003.
“‘Do Not Eat the Snow’:
Instructions for Women Athletes in America, 1880-1920,” Invited
Lecture, University of Delaware, History Workshop in
Technology, Society, and Culture, September 2002.
“‘You are learning, girls, how to
handle and carry your bodies’: Instructions for
Women Athletes in America, 1880-1920,” Women’s
History Network Annual Conference, London, England, September
2002.
“‘Every muscle is absolutely free’:
Advertising and Advice about Clothing for Athletic American
Women, 1880-1920,” Popular Culture Association/
American Culture Association, Toronto, Canada, March
2002.
“‘The benefits of splendid exercise’:
Discussions about Women’s Athletic Activity and
Health in the American Popular Press,” Seventh
Annual Temple University Graduate Student History Conference,
Philadelphia, PA, February 2002.
“‘Don’t
wear a corset’:
Advice about Appropriate Attire for Athletic American Women,
1880-1920,” Women’s
Studies Network (UK) Association 14th Annual Conference--Gender
and Culture: Leisure, Consumption and Women’s Everyday
Lives, Cheltenham & Gloucester College of Higher
Education, UK, July 2001.
“‘Exercise
is demanded by the body as well as the brain’:
The Connection between American
Women’s Athletic
Activity and Their Health, 1880-1920,” Popular
Culture Association/American Culture Association. Philadelphia,
PA, April 2001.
“‘Her
body is free from rigid restrictions, her movements
are easy and graceful’: Images
of the New Athletic Woman in American Popular Culture,
1880-1920,” North East
Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association,
Springfield College, November 2000.
“‘Cultivate and play all the games
you can’: Instructions for Female Athletes, 1880-1920,” Eugene
D. Levy Memorial Graduate Student Conference, Carnegie
Mellon University, April 2000.
“‘Dark blue is preferred’:
Advice about Appropriate Attire and Athletic Activity
for American Women, 1880-1920,” Fifth
Annual Temple University History Forum, Philadelphia,
PA, February 2000; also presented by invitation to the
Women’s Studies Colloquium, Rutgers-Camden, March
2000.
“‘The Winning Girl’:
Representations of Athletic Women in Popular Periodicals,” Conference
on Sports and Society, Northern Michigan University,
July 1999.
“‘Come and Be Athletic’:
Turn of the Century Images of Athletic Women in Popular
Periodicals” ,
Third Annual Temple University History Forum, Philadelphia,
PA, February 1998.
“The
Topic that Dare Not Speak Its Name: Inclusion of Gay
and Lesbian Topics in Teaching the Social Sciences” , Social Science History Association,
Washington, DC, October 1997.
“Turning
Standards Into Lessons: Classroom Applications” , Teachers Confront History
Standards and Culture Wars: A Symposium for Teachers
of History, Chester County Historical Society, West Chester,
PA, May 1996.
| Grants,
Fellowships, and Awards |
Temple
University Department of History, Kramer Award (for the
outstanding student in American History), April 2002
Temple
University Department of History, Barnes Award (for the
outstanding dissertation student), April 2000
Oxford
University, Visiting Academic, Manchester College, 1994
National
Humanities Center, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina,
Summer Institute: "Republics Ancient to Modern”,
Summer 1989
National
Endowment for the Humanities, Summer Seminar for Secondary
School Teachers, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee,
"Feminist Classics in American Culture," Summer
1987
Commonwealth
Partnership History Institute, Haverford College, Haverford,
Pennsylvania, "The New Social History," Summer
1986
| Courses
Taught at Rutgers University–Camden |
Friday
Night Lights and A League of Their Own: Sports in
American Popular Culture,
Honors College (Spring 2005)
Marshall-Brennan Seminar, Law School
(2002-2003, 2003-2004, 2004-2005)
England:
Town and Country, International Studies (Spring 2003)
From
Martha Ballard to Martha Stewart: Domestic Advice and Experience
in the United States, Honors College (Spring 2003)
Ball
Four, Title IX, and Holes in One: Sports and Society in
Contemporary and Historical Perspectives, Honors College
(Spring 2002)
Senior
Seminar, Women's Studies (Spring 2001)
For
more information, please visit Dr.
Rosoff's home page
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