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Melissa Barthelemy

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U.S. History


Graduate Student
B.A., UC Santa Cruz; J.D., Golden Gate University School of Law; M.A., SFSU

Office: HSSB 3227
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Advisor: Leila J. Rupp
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I am interested in the history of social justice movements, with a focus on struggles for women's equality and sexual freedom. My research has looked at the legal regulation of sexual "morality," dealing with topics such as prostitution and sodomy, and the fight to overturn such laws. My current project examines efforts by missionary women to end Chinese prostitution in San Francisco between the years of 1870 and 1920.

Teaching Fields

  • U.S. History: Colonial-Present
  • U.S. Constitutional and Legal History
  • Women, Gender and Sexualities in U.S. History
  • Race and Ethnicity in U.S. History
  • Women, Gender, and Sexualities in World History

Teaching Assistantships

  • Feminist Studies 150: Sex, Love and Romance
    Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, with Professor Leila Rupp
  • Feminist Studies 20: Women, Culture, and Society
    Fall 2010 with Professor Andrea Fontenot
  • History 17B: Contested Visions of American Liberty, 1840-1920
    Winter 2011 with Professor John Majewski, Winter 2012 with Professor Todd Wahlstrom
  • History 17A: The American People, 1492-Early 1800s
    Fall 2011 with Professor Elena Olivera

Publications

  • “Equal Justice For Some: The Distasteful Legacy of Bowers v. Hardwick,”
    Ex Post Facto: Journal of the History Students at San Francisco State University, Vol. 17, 2007.

Awards

  • Distinguished Graduate Teaching Award
    UCSB Feminist Studies Department 2011-2012
  • Outstanding TA Award Nominee
    UCSB Academic Senate 2011-2012
  • Graduate Honoree
    SFSU Department of History 2009

Scholarly Presentations

  • The Question of Rights, SFSU, National Conference September 17, 2009, San Francisco, CA
    “Equal Justice For Some: The Distasteful Legacy of Bowers v. Hardwick”
  • The Question of Rights, SFSU, National Conference September 16, 2010, San Francisco, CA
    "Abolishing Yellow Slavery: Women Reformers in their Quest to 'Redeem' San Francisco"
  • WAWH (Western Association of Women Historians) Conference, May 5, 2012, Berkeley, CA
    "Abolishing Yellow Slavery: Women Reformers in their Quest to 'Redeem' San Francisco"

Service to the University

  • Academic Senate Committee on International Education GSA Rep
    September 2012-Present
  • Chancellor's Advisory Committee on the Status of Women GSA Rep
    April 2012-Present
  • Ombuds Advisory Committee GSA Rep
    September 2012-Present
  • Lead TA Feminist Studies Department
    Fall 2011-Spring 2012
  • Ex Post Facto Co-Editor, Dept. of History, SFSU
    2008-2009