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Sandra Dawson

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Modern Europe


Alumna
Ph.D., University of California at Santa Barbara, 2007

Sandra Dawson now teaches at Northern Illinois University: (more...)

Research and Teaching Interests

  • Leisure and popular culture in Modern Britain
  • Women's health and childbirth
  • Consumption studies
  • Women and War

Current Projects

  • Currently revising my dissertation, "Islands of Leisure: British Holiday Camps in War and Peace" for publication.

Selected Publications

Undergraduate and Graduate Courses

  • Religion and Health in International Perspective, Undergraduate Research Seminar
  • Modern European History, 1700-present, Undergraduate Research Seminar
  • The History of Women, Gender and Sexuality in Europe, 1914-present, upper division history
  • Nineteenth Century British History

Honors and Professional Activities

  • Secretary, Western Association of Women Historians, 2007-
  • Postgraduate Essay Prize, 2006, Twentieth Century British History for "Working Class Consumers and the Campaign for Holidays with Pay."
  • Regent’s Dissertation Writing Fellowship, Department of History, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2006-2007.
  • Donald Van Gelderen Memorial Fellowship, History Associates, University of California, Santa Barbara, May 2006.
  • Distinguished Service Award, Women’s Studies Department, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2005.
  • Pre-Dissertation Fellowship, Interdisciplinary Humanities Center, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2005.
  • Dick Cook Award for Outstanding Service, History Associates Annual Awards, Department of History, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2004
  • Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Pre-dissertation Fellowship, Council for European Studies, New York, March 2004.
  • Pre-dissertation Research Grant, Institute of European Studies, University of California, Berkeley, April 2003
  • Interdisciplinary Humanities Center Graduate Collaborative Project Award, University of California, Santa Barbara, March 2003.