Department of History
Dr. Lisa Levenstein
Contact Information
Email: levenstein@uncg.edu
Office: 2145 MHRA
Office Phone: 336-256-0472
Education
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin - Madison, 2002
M.A., University of Wisconsin - Madison, 1997
A.B., Brown University, 1994
Teaching Experience
Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 2002-
Research Interests
- U.S. women’s history
- African American history
- Urban history
- Welfare and Poverty
- Women’s health
- U.S. History Post-World War II
Courses Taught
- HIS 212: U.S. History since 1865
- HIS 328: Women in American History to 1865
- HIS 329: Women in American History Since 1865
- HIS 342: U.S. Women and their Bodies
- HIS 511A: Seminar in Historical Research and Writing - "Women's Activism in the United States Since 1945"
- HIS 530: History of Sexuality: Selected Topics
- HIS 702: Colloquium in American History Since 1865
- HIS 703: Seminar in American History
- HIS 709: Seminar in American History since 1865 - “U.S. History From the 'Bottom Up'”
Recent Publications
- A Movement Without Marches: African American Women and the Politics of Poverty in Postwar Philadelphia (UNC Press, 2009)
- “Hard Choices at 1801 Vine: Poor Women’s Legal Actions Against Men in Post-World War II Philadelphia,” Feminist Studies 28:3 (Spring 2003): 141-163.
- “From Innocent Children to Unwanted Migrants and Unwed Moms: Two Chapters in the Public Discourse on Welfare in the United States, 1960-1961,” Journal of Women’s History 11 (Winter 2000): 10-33. Received Mary Washburn Willett Award.
Selected Awards and Honors
- 2007-2008: American Association for University Women Postdoctoral Fellowship
- 2002-2003: Postdoctoral Fellowship, Center for African American Urban Studies and the Economy, Carnegie Mellon University
- 2002 -2003: Postdoctoral Fellowship, Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada (declined)
- 2001: Feminist Studies Award for “Hard Choices at 1801 Vine: Poor Women’s Legal Actions Against Men in Post-World War II Philadelphia.”
- 1997-2001: Jacob Javits Fellowship, United States Department of Education