Curriculum Vitae
Elizabeth Anne Hohl
lizhohl@hotmail.com
Education:
ABD. Doctoral Candidate, The Union Institute and University
History and Women Studies, 2000-the present
Preliminary Title for Dissertation:
"The New Negro Woman, 1880-1930"
Advisor: Susan Amussen, Ph.D.
Doctoral Committee: Hampton Carey, Ph.D., Janet Davis, M.A., Bernice Marie-Daly, Ph.D. and Susan Tomlinson, Ph.D.
Abstract: This dissertation revises the portrait of the "new woman" in the U.S., 1880-1930, by placing African American women at the center of inquiry and altering the parameters of the concept. Although at least three others followed, the first new woman ushered in a truly modern type. In the issues the New Negro Women raised and the institutions they cultivated, they prefigured 20th century trends; in particular, they focused on the necessity of mentoring, the importance of role models, past and present, as well as the inextricable linkage between the personal and the political. Their thoughts on the battle over the definition of womanhood provide not only important insights into contested terrain but also perspectives often overlooked in women's history. Methodology includes autobiographical studies, comparative rhetorical analysis and an exploration of community building in New York and Boston.
Doctoral Coursework - New York University, U.S. History, 24 credits, 1988-1990
M.A. - Sarah Lawrence College, Women's History, 1977; Thesis: "Elizabeth Oakes Smith: Temperate Feminist"
B.A. - Stonehill College, U.S. History, Magna Cum Laude, 1975; Frederick Jackson Turner Award, Benaglia Award
Honor Societies: Delta Epsilon Sigma, Phi Alpha Theta
Teaching Experience:
Lecturer, History and Women's Studies, Fairfield University, 1984-present
Adjunct Professor, History, University of Connecticut, Stamford Branch, Spring, 2004
Courses Taught:
Excellent Women, Deviant Woman: The Female Experience
Feminism in America
Honor's Course: Challenges to the Western Tradition
Inventing Themselves: African American Women's History
The Personal is Political: Women's Activism in the 60s
Women's Studies Seminar
U.S. History for Educators Women and Work
Awards:
Adjunct Teacher of the Year Award, Fairfield University, 2005
Martin Luther King, Jr. Vision Award, Fairfield University, 2001
Outstanding Humanities Scholar, Fairfield University, 2000
Excellence in Teaching, History Department Citation, Fairfield University, 1995
Public Lectures:
Samples from over forty lectures:
Progressives and Philanthropy, North Star Fund, New York City
Beyond Gender Stereotypes, Fairfield Historical Society, CT
The New Woman of the 1890s, Bruce Museum, Greenwich, CT
Biography in Women's History, Stonehill College, North Easton, MA
Feminism, American Association of University Women, Norwalk-Westport, CT
Women's History Curriculum, Stratford Teachers Seminar
Rosie the Riveter, Greenwich Woman's Club
Papers Delivered:
"A Story (to)...Fire the Race Pride of All Our Young: Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Life Writing and History" at 5th MESEA Conference, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain, May 2006.
"Rights to End Wrongs" at The Women and Human Rights Seminar, Sacramento, California, May 2003.
Publications:
Contributor, "Gender History and Feminist History" in Gender Studies: Pro and Con ed. Marianna Mouravieva. St. Petersburg: Herzen State Pedagogical University Press, 2000.
Contributor, "Susan B. Anthony: Rebel with a Cause," League of Women Voters Pamphlet, Connecticut 44th Biennial Convention, 1993.
Co-author, Reclaiming Women's Experience, Exhibit Pamphlet: "Women of Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow: Connecticut Women's Celebration, 350th Anniversary of the State of Connecticut, 1986".
Project Designer, Domestic Abuse Handbook, Greenwich YWCA and Junior League of Greenwich, CT, 1982.
Contributor, "Integrating Women's History into the High School Curriculum" American Historical Association, 1979.
Administrative Experience:
Coordinator of Special Events, Women's Studies Program, Fairfield University, 1996-9
Worked with co-coordinator to implement workshops, guest speakers, course offerings, annual awards ceremonies
Planned programs in conjunction with Women's Studies Coordinating Committee and other groups on campus
Monitored budget and supervised work-study students
Life, Work and Leisure Director, Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA), Greenwich, CT, 1979-1983
Assessed community needs
Co-directed Female Heads of Household Survey
Designed courses, descriptions and promotional materials
Scheduled eighty women's issues programs per quarter
Managed departmental budget and supervised Instructors
Oversaw Domestic Abuse Service
Selected to serve as delegate to National YWCA Triennial Convention, 1982
Executive Director, Woman's Place, Inc., Darien, CT, 1977-1979
Researched, developed and staffed information and referral system
Co-designed and promoted workshops and seminars
Organized conference: "Women and Health: Issues for the 80s"
Initiated and edited Fairfield County newsletter, Women's News
Service/Voluntary Activities:
AHA/OAH Joint Committee on Part-Time and Adjunct Employment, 2006-2010
College Assessment Steering Committee, Fairfield University, 2006-7
Women's Studies Coordinating Committee, Fairfield University, 1992-present
US Diversity Sub-Committee, Fairfield University, 1998-2000
Long Range Planning Diversity Sub-committee, Fairfield University, 1996-2000
Greenwich YWCA, Domestic Abuse Services Planning Committee, 2002-3
Greenwich United Way, Planning Council, 1984-7
Greenwich United Way, Committee on Domestic Abuse Services, 1984-7
Greenwich Catholic School, Board of Education, Executive Committee, 1989-95
Special Service Award, 1997
Sub-committee on Women's Celebration, State of Connecticut, 1985-6 | 
