Elizabeth Matelski
Profile
Dr. Matelski is a New England transplant from the upper midwest. Her teaching interests include American pluralism, popular culture, and incorporating the digital humanities in the classroom. Most recently she created an interdisciplinary Public History concentration for Endicott`s history majors. She is currently writing a book chapter on the history of global beauty culture and conducting research for a new book on American youth, fitness, and the federal government.
Education
Loyola University Chicago
Doctor of Philosophy in American History
2011
Ripon College
Bachelor of Arts in History
2003
Research
Nineteenth- and twentieth-century American history with an emphasis in women, gender, and sexuality, public history, popular culture, race, class, and urban history.
Selected Publications
Matelski, E. (2017) Reducing Bodies: Mass Culture and the Female Figure in Postwar America. New York, NY: Routledge Press.
Courses
AMS 101: American Popular Culture
History 103: United States History I
History 104: United States History II
History 201: Contemporary Approaches to History
History 225: Salem Witch Trials
History 230: African American History
History 235: Public History
History 2XX: Intro to Digital History
History 317: Civil Rights Movements
History 330: History of Sexuality in the United States
History 340: Women in American History and Culture
Liberal Studies 201: The Changing American Family