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Nancy G. Rosoff email: nrosoff@camden.rutgers.edu EDUCATION:
A.B.,
History, CURRENT POSITIONS: 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 Chancellor 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 Chancellor. Beginning in spring 2008, I served as the co-chair of the Implementation Task Force for Recruitment and Retention. I currently am the chair of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Excellence in Undergraduate Education and co-chair of the Permanent Working Group on 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.
Appointed by the Interim Chancellor, 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 Chancellor'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.
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: “‘The Winning Girl’: Images of Athletic Women in American Popular Culture, 1880-1920” explores the role played by women's athletic activity in the transformation of gender roles to determine the connections between the construction of gender and written descriptions and illustrations of athletic women. This manuscript has been submitted to publishers for their consideration. My next project is a comparative analysis of the role of fiction written for teenage girls in the United States and England. This is a collaborative effort with a colleague at the University of Winchester (UK); we examine the way in which fiction serves as a means of informal education and the part it plays in the construction of gender ideology. ‘What I do care about is basketball’: Sport in Early Twentieth Century American Schoolgirl Fiction, Sport in History, accepted for publication.
“Beth Daniel,” in The
“Instructions for
Women Athletes in “‘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: “‘A’s for the Athletic Girl’: Types of Schoolgirls in British and American Juvenile Fiction,” accepted for the Annual Meeting of the American Historical Association, San Diego, CA, January 2010. “‘My first friend’: The significance of Hamilton College in the Marjorie Dean stories,” accepted for the Annual Meeting of the History of Education Society (UK), Sheffield, England, December 2009. “A Tale of Two Scholars: Transnational ideals of femininity within teenage fiction,” co-written with Stephanie M. Spencer, Women’s History Network Annual Conference, Oxford, England, September 2009. “‘You are the finest, squarest girl I know’: Sport, Character, and Redemption in American Schoolgirl Novels,” 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,
“‘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),
“‘Forget
Perspiration Annoyance’: Advertising and
Athletic American Women,
1890-1920,” Annual Meeting of the American
Historical Association, “‘Find
health-giving pleasure here!’: Images of
Athletic Women in Advertisements,
1890-1920,” Women’s
History Network Annual Conference, “‘Designed for All
Athletic Purposes’: Advertisements and the
New Athletic Woman,” Annual Meeting of the Popular
Culture Association/American Culture Association,
“‘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,
“‘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
“Empathy and
Controversy:
Assessment Strategies for Critical Thinking,” Annual
Meeting of the
National Council for the Social
Studies, “‘You are
learning, girls, how to handle and carry your
bodies’: Instructions for Women Athletes
in
“‘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 ( “‘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, “‘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,
“‘The Winning
Girl’:
Representations of Athletic Women in Popular Periodicals,”
Conference on
Sports and Society, Northern “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,
“Turning Standards
Into Lessons: Classroom Applications”,
“Teachers Confront
History Standards and Culture Wars: A
Symposium for Teachers of History,” SELECTED LECTURES and PRESENTATIONS: “‘A spread was a spread on any occasion’: teenage fiction and transnational ideologies of femininity,” co-authored with Stephanie M. Spencer, Faculty Research Symposium, University of Winchester (UK), November 2009. “‘A delightful obsession:’ Sport in Early Twentieth Century American Fiction for Teenage Girls,” Centre for the History of Women's Education, University of Winchester (U.K.), February 2009. “‘I’d Love to Play on Her Team’: The Female World of Sports and Sociability,” Research Seminar in Childhood Studies, Rutgers University-Camden, September 2008. “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,” “‘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,” “‘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,
“‘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,”
“Images of
Athletic Women in American Popular Culture,
1880-1920,” “‘Do Not Eat the
Snow’: Instructions for Women Athletes in “‘Dark blue is preferred’: Advice about Appropriate Attire and Athletic Activity for American Women, 1880-1920,” Women’s Studies Colloquium, Rutgers-Camden, March 2000. COURSES TAUGHT: Rutgers University, Camden British Popular Culture: Past and Present, honors seminar/history/media studies/international studies course, spring 2009 Research Colloquium: Sports and Leisure in American Popular Culture, graduate history course, Fall 2008 Heroes and Heartbreak: Sports in American Popular Culture, honors seminar,spring 2008 What Do Historians Do?, honors seminar, spring 2007 and spring 2010 History on Display, honors seminar/history/graduate liberal studies/international studies course, spring 2006 Friday Night Lights and a League of Their Own: Sports in American Popular Culture, honors seminar, spring 2005England Town and Country, graduate liberal studies/international studies course, spring 2003 From Martha Ballard to Martha Stewart: Domestic Advice and Experience in the United States, honors seminar, spring 2003 Ball Four, Title IX, and Holes-in-One: Sports and Society in Contemprary and Historical Perspective, honors seminar, spring 2002 Marshall-Brennan Seminar, Rutgers University School of Law-Camden, 2002-2007 CONSULTING: “The
Sporting Woman:
The Female Athlete in American Culture,” exhibit at 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, 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:
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