Professor of History
Ripon College
300 Seward Street
Ripon, WI 54971
(920) 748-8732

E-mail: McGowanB@ripon.edu

Education

• B.A. in history and philosophy, The Catholic University of America
• M.A. in American culture, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
• Ph.D. in American culture and history, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Awards and Honors

• Woodrow Wilson Fellow
• Severy Teaching Awards
• Wisconsin Council for Humanities Grants for Local Programs

Areas of Interest

• Twentieth-century American political and social history
• American women's history
• History and film

Recent Publications

• Article on "Beauty in American Culture" for "Facts on File," 2007
• Article on "New England Girlhood" for Encyclopedia of New England History, 2005
• Review of "Hope in a Jar: The Making of America's Beauty Culture" in "The Historian," fall 2000
• Entries on "The Feminine Mystique, Women in the Modern World,"
  "George Gilder and Sexual Suicide" in the "Handbook of American Women's History," Sage Publications, 2000
• Reviewed letters of Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton for "History Teacher"
• Reviewed biograpy of Lou Hoover for "Annals of Iowa History"
• Source for political stories in South Bend Tribune, Raleigh News-Observer, St. Paul Pioneer Press

Current Courses Taught

• HIST 101  Introduction to the Study of History
• HIST 242  The United States, 1877-1980
• HIST 370  Topics in American Social and Cultural History: Film
• HIST 371  American Lives: Biographical and Autobiographical Approaches
• WGS 200  Women in American History
• WGS 300  Advanced Topics: Gender and Film