Nancy G. Rosoff
Curriculum Vitae

email:  nrosoff@camden.rutgers.edu
phone: 856-225-6486
fax:      856-225-6603

EDUCATION:

            A.B., History, Mount Holyoke College, 1978
            M.A., History, West Chester University, 1991
           
Ph.D., History, Temple University, 2004

            Management Development Program, Harvard Institutes for Higher Education, Summer 2005

PRINCIPAL RESEARCH INTERESTS:  History of Women; Women’s Athletic Activity; Sports and Popular Culture; History of Education; Gender and Popular Culture

PRINCIPAL TEACHING INTERESTS:  History of Women; Popular Culture; Social Studies Education; Constitutional Law; American Cultural History

CURRENT POSITIONS:

2007 -        Rutgers University -- Camden Campus
                   Director, Campus Office of Institutional Diversity and Equity               

Appointed by the Interim Provost, my responsibilities include developing strategies for recruiting and retaining a diverse faculty and campus leadership. In addition, I coordinate efforts to recognize and promote diversity and equity initiatives in all aspects of campus life and curricular efforts. I work with the Provost's Executive Council on Diversity and Equity on the Camden campus and serve as the campus representative in the university’s diversity and equity endeavors. These duties are in addition to those I have as Associate Dean for Administration and Academic Program Development of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences.

2004 -        Rutgers University – Camden Campus
                   Associate Dean for Administration and Academic Program Development
                   Faculty of Arts and Sciences

My responsibilities include direct oversight of three programs and their staff: the Teacher Preparation Program, the Office of Academic Advising, and the Office of Instructional Design and Technology; working with faculty members and programs on matters connected to academic affairs, including program and curricular development as well as academic integrity; developing and administering programs to inculcate and recognize excellence in teaching (for faculty campus wide) and research (by students); participating in development and cultivation projects for the Faculty of Arts and Sciences; serving as a liaison between Arts and Sciences and multiple campus offices and organizations; developing and implementing initiatives related to student recruitment; advising the Dean on administrative policies and procedures; and developing print publications and online communications for and about the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. I report directly to the Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and the Graduate School . In addition, I provide staff support to the Provost on issues related to instructional technology and other matters.

In the summer and fall of 2007 I was chair of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Recruitment and Retention, appointed by the Interim Provost. Beginning in spring 2008, I serve as the co-chair of the Implementation Task Force for Recruitment and Retention.

I am an Associate member of the Department of History and a member of the graduate faculty. Since 2001, I have taught six seminars in our Honors College (on multiple topics in American history) as well as the senior seminar in Women’s Studies and two International Studies courses (for both undergraduate and graduate students). I have also taught frequently in the Marshall-Brennan Program in our Law School , which prepares students to teach about constitutional law in city schools.

PREVIOUS POSITIONS:

1999-2004       Rutgers University – Camden Campus
                        Assistant Dean for Academic Program Development and Administration
                        Faculty of Arts and Sciences

My responsibilities included developing, implementing, and supporting academic programs, especially the development of a new, discipline-based Teacher Preparation Program as well as a Childhood Studies minor, freshman seminar program, and Criminal Justice MA program; improving communication within the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and publicizing Faculty of Arts and Sciences programs within and outside of the University; establishing professional development and outreach programs; working on development and cultivation projects; developing policies and procedures for multiple functions within the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, on such matters as academic integrity and the conducting of searches.

1997-1998             Temple University
                        Curriculum Development Assistant, History Department

 This position involved working with multiple faculty committees to revise and expand the departmental curriculum to organize courses in terms of skills developed as well as content; writing a guide to studying history for undergraduates; consolidating information about departmental policies and procedures into a handbook for graduate students; writing a departmental newsletter for national dissemination; featuring faculty and student accomplishments organizing a workshop with departmental faculty for secondary teachers; and assisting the chair with developing a process to regularize course scheduling.

1981-1999             Great Valley High School (Malvern, PA)
Social Studies Teacher

Courses taught included Advanced Placement (A.P.) United States History, A.P. American Government and Comparative Politics, A.P. European History, American Cultures, Government and Economics, Women’s Studies, Current Issues, and Law and Justice.  Served as field hockey and lacrosse coach at varsity, junior varsity, and ninth grade levels.  Advised multiple student organizations.

CURRENT RESEARCH:

I am working on a manuscript entitled “‘The Winning Girl’: Images of Athletic Women in American Popular Culture, 1880-1920.”  This study considers the role played by women's athletic activity in the transformation of gender roles.  Its chief goal is to determine the connections between the construction of gender and written descriptions and illustrations of athletic women.  Representations of athletic women both shaped and reflected beliefs about gender and sport.  By examining textual and visual portrayals of athletic women, this work establishes the links between such images and the ways in which appropriate behaviors for women were constructed.  My major sources include periodical literature, popular fiction, advertisements, and archival sources from women's colleges and other educational institutions. 

PUBLICATIONS:

“Babe Didrikson Zaharias,” in Encyclopedia of Women in World History, ed. Bonnie G. Smith (New York: Oxford University Press, 2007).

 “‘A glow of pleasurable excitement’:  Images of the New Athletic Woman in American Popular Culture, 1880-1920,” in Sport, Rhetoric, and Gender: Historical Perspectives and Media Representations, ed. Linda K. Fuller (New York:  Palgrave Press, 2006)

“Beth Daniel,” in The South Carolina Encyclopedia, ed. Walter Edgar (Columbia:  University of South Carolina Press, 2006).

“Instructions for Women Athletes in America, 1880-1920,” Women’s History Magazine (U.K.), 44 (June 2003).

“‘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 13 (Spring 1999:  37-42.

ACADEMIC CONFERENCE PAPERS:

“‘You are the finest, squarest girl I know’: Sport, Character, and Redemption in American Schoolgirl Novels,” accepted for the Women’s History Network Annual Conference, Glasgow, Scotland, September 2008.

“Collecting Marjorie Dean: An American Schoolgirl Series,” Women’s History Network Annual Conference, Winchester, England, September 2007.

“‘A golf course is no place for white shoes’:  Clothing for Athletic American Women, 1880-1920 accepted for Annual Meeting of the Popular Culture/American Culture Association, Boston, MA, April 2007.

“‘All I ask is a chance to play’:  Sports and Early Twentieth-Century American Schoolgirl Stories,” accepted for Annual Meeting of the American Historical Association, Atlanta, GA, January 2007.

“‘Thanks to her careful study of the game’:  Learning about Sport, Health, and Self in American Schoolgirl Fiction,” Annual Meeting of the History of Education Society (UK), London, England, November 2006.

“‘Forget Perspiration Annoyance’:  Advertising and Athletic American Women, 1890-1920,” Annual Meeting of the American Historical Association, Philadelphia, PA, January 2006.

“‘Find health-giving pleasure here!’:  Images of Athletic Women in Advertisements, 1890-1920,” Women’s History Network Annual Conference, Southampton, England, September 2005.

“‘Designed for All Athletic Purposes’:  Advertisements and the New Athletic Woman,” Annual Meeting of the Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association, San Diego, CA, March 2005.

“‘Corsets and high-heeled shoes are out of place in the Gymnasium’:  Appropriate Attire for Athletic American Women, 1880-1920,” 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,” Annual Meeting of the Popular Culture Association/ American Culture Association, San Antonio, TX, April 2004.

“‘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.

“Empathy and Controversy:  Assessment Strategies for Critical Thinking,” Annual Meeting of the National Council for the Social Studies, Phoenix, AZ, November 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,” Annual Meeting of the Popular Culture Association/ American Culture Association, Toronto, Canada, March 2002.

“‘Don’t wear a corset’:  Advice about Appropriate Attire for Athletic American Women, 1880-1920,” Women’s Studies Network (UK) Association Annual Conference, Cheltenham, England, 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,” Annual Meeting of the Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association, Philadelphia, PA, April 2001.

“Using Imagination and Controversy to Foster Critical Thinking Skills,” Annual Meeting of the National Council for the Social Studies, San Antonio, TX, November 2000.  Session chair and organizer.

“‘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,” Annual Meeting of the North East Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association, Springfield College, November 2000.

“‘The Winning Girl’:  Representations of Athletic Women in Popular Periodicals,” Conference on Sports and Society, Northern Michigan University, July 1999.

“The Topic that Dare Not Speak Its Name:  Inclusion of Gay and Lesbian Topics in Teaching the Social Sciences”, Annual Meeting of the 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.

INVITED LECTURES and PRESENTATIONS:

Dressed for Success: Athletic American Women 1880-1920,” Cappuccino Academy, Barnes & Noble, Marlton, NJ, March 2008.

“‘Especially Made for Ladies’:  Advertisements and Athletic American Women, 1890-1920,” Chester County Historical Society, West Chester, PA, March 2006.

“‘A Chiclet keeps the mind on the game’: Advertisements and Athletic American Women, 1890-1920,” Rutgers University-Camden (for Women’s History Month), March 2006.

“‘The Winning Girl’:  Scenes from Popular Culture,” Moorestown Rotary Club, Moorestown, NJ, 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.

“‘I’d love to play on her team’: Schoolgirls, Sports, and Fiction,” Associates Seminar Series, Center for Children and Childhood Studies, Rutgers University–Camden, October 2004.

“‘She is pretty—yes; But notice those dingy teeth’:  Female Athletes and Popular Culture,” Mount Holyoke College, March 2004.

“Images of Athletic Women in American Popular Culture, 1880-1920,” Mount Holyoke College, October 2003.

“‘Do Not Eat the Snow’: Instructions for Women Athletes in America, 1880-1920,” University of Delaware, History Workshop in Technology, Society, and Culture, September 2002.

“‘Dark blue is preferred’:  Advice about Appropriate Attire and Athletic Activity for American Women, 1880-1920,” Women’s Studies Colloquium, Rutgers-Camden, March 2000.

CONSULTING:

“The Sporting Woman:  The Female Athlete in American Culture,” exhibit at Mount Holyoke College Art Museum, South Hadley, MA, April-August 2004

Women’s Suffrage History Project, The Pankhurst Centre, Manchester, England, 2000-2002

HONORS, GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS, and AWARDS:

2004    Rutgers University Bridge Award (presented to a work team of staff that have demonstrated an exceptional spirit of service and collaboration while pursuing the broad goal of service to benefit the University community)

2002    Temple University Department of History, Kramer Award (for the outstanding graduate student in American History)

2000    Temple University Department of History, Barnes Award (for the outstanding dissertation student)

1994    Visiting Academic, Manchester College, Oxford University

1989    National Humanities Center, Summer Institute for High School Teachers

1987    National Endowment for the Humanities, Summer Seminar for Secondary School Teachers

1986    Commonwealth Partnership History Institute

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:

American Historical Association; Organization of American Historians; Popular Culture Association; National Academic Advising Association; Women’s History Network (UK)