Academics > Majors and Areas of Study > History > Faculty > Cynthia Kreisel, PhD

EDUCATION   Doctor of Philosophy     Master of Arts		Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey. Ph.D., May 2008. Modern European and Women’s and Gender History. Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Bonnie Smith.  Dissertation title: “Between War and Revolution: French Women and the Sexual Practices of Everyday Life, 1952-1967.” University of California, Riverside. M.A. European, Women’s and Comparative World History, awarded 6/2002.
Teaching Credential		San Francisco State University. January, 1997. California Clear Credential in Social Science, French Language.
Bachelor of Arts           Education Abroad		University of California, San Diego. 1993. Major in Sociology, Multiple Minors in History and French Studies. Université de Grenoble, Grenoble, France. 1990-1991. Institut des Études Politiques, UCSD.

EXPERIENCE
Assistant Professor   Adjunct Professor   Assistant Coordinator   Adjunct Professor   Research Assistant           Graduate Assistant     Tutor   Teaching Assistant		Thiel College, Greenville, PA. Modern Europe. 2008-present.   Rutgers, Newark, NJ. 2003-2008.   Society for French Historical Studies Conference, Rutgers. April, 2008.   The College of New Jersey, Ewing, NJ. Fall 2007. European Social History.   History Department, Rutgers University, New Jersey. For Dr. Bonnie Smith, 2002 to present; Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc., Rutgers University, 2003-2004. University of California Berkeley. UC Berkeley Labor Center.  Summer, 2001. The Language Institute, Rutgers University, New Jersey. French Language Assistant, 2003-2005   Rutgers University, New Jersey.  English Writing Program, 2002; Rutgers Athletic Program, French language. 2005-2006.   University of California, Riverside. Religious Studies Department. Science and Religion, Spring, 2002; Modern Christianities and World Cultures, Winter, 2002.
Teaching Assistant		University of California, Riverside.  Women’s Studies Department. Gender and Sexuality, Fall, 2001.  (Evaluations available on request.)
Tenured Teacher		Mission San Jose High School, Fremont, CA. World History, US History, Government, Economics. 1997-2000. (Evaluations available on request.)
Teacher		Novato High School, Novato Unified School District, Novato, CA. French Language, Levels I-IV.  Spring, 1997. (Evaluation available upon request.)

PUBLICATIONS

“Happy Motherhood and Lesbian Spaces: Women’s Initiative and the Sexual Mores of Postwar Europe.” Women in Postwar Europe. Forthcoming.

“Unruly, Adulterous, and Diseased: The Biblical Echoes of Head-shaving in

Second-World-War France.”

Minerva Journal of Women and War 1, no. 2 (Fall 2007), 22-46.

“Marguerite Duras,” “Olympe de Gouges,” “Edith Cresson,” “Marguerite

Boucicaut,” “Sigrid Undset,” and “Kpojito Hwanjile.”

Oxford Encyclopedia of Women in World History, 2008.

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

American Historical Association. Member 2005-present.

Society for French Historical Studies. Member 2006-present.

Schwab Learning Foundation:  1995-present.