Visiting Lecturer
North America
I am a social and cultural historian who specializes in the histories of childhood, popular culture, and the West in the 19th- and 20th-century United States. My research and publications center on cultural ideas and constructions of childhood in the mid-twentieth century. I am particularly interested in the ways that environment, entertainment, and cultural trends influence generational identity. I have taught courses in U.S. History and historical research methodology & writing for nearly two decades.
I am a total history nerd! So beyond academia -- I am a novelist, heritage tourist, and the president of the Western Association of Women Historians (www.wawh.org).
Education
PhD, University of California, Berkeley, 2018
MA, Sacramento State University, 2004
BA, Sacramento State University, 2002
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Most Recent Publication
"Niños por la causa: Child Activists and the United Farm Workers Movement, 1965–1975," Pacific Historical Review (2023) 92 (2): 227–259.
For a full list of publications, please see my personal website: https://jennifer-robin.com/
