Marcia Gallo

Assistant Professor

Department of History

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

4505 Maryland Parkway

Box 455020

Las Vegas, Nevada 89154-5020

Phone: (702) 895-1984 ~ Fax: (702) 895-1782

marcia.gallo@unlv.edu

Ph.D., History; October 2004 - City University of New York Graduate School and University Center.

U.S. History; specialization in Gender and Sexuality

Dissertation (approved with distinction, June 2004; directed by Martin Duberman): 

Different Daughters: The Daughters of Bilitis and the Roots of Lesbian and Women’s Liberation, 1955-1970

B.A., double major: English and History, cum laude; May 1995 - Holy Names University, Oakland, CA.

Concentrations in Contemporary Literature and Film; World History

Faculty Award: Best Paper, Modern History, 1995.

Teaching Experience

2008 – present: Assistant Professor, Department of History

Courses taught:

History of Sexuality in Multicultural America

US History, 1865 to the present

Historical Investigation

Oral History: Theory and Practice

Lehman College/City University of New York, Bronx, New York

Department of History

Fall 2005 through Spring 2008: Assistant Professor (Visiting)

Summer 2004 through Summer 2005: Adjunct Assistant Professor

American Culture: Values and Tradition

History of Sexuality and Sex Roles in the United States

Sexuality and Sex Roles in Transnational Perspective

History of New York City and State

Understanding History, Interpreting Human Experience [history of social movements]

Freshman Seminar: the Liberal Arts

Teaching Fields

Cultural History

History of Sexuality (U.S. and transnational)

         ~ Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender/Queer (LGBTQ) History

History of Social Movements

Urban History

Women’s History and Women’s Studies

Publications (2006-2009)

Different Daughters: A History of the Daughters of Bilitis and the Rise of the Lesbian Rights Movement. New York: Carroll & Graf, 2006 (hardcover); Seal Press, 2007 (second printing; paperback).

              ~ Winner, 2006 Lambda Literary Foundation Award

              ~ Finalist, 2006 Publishing Triangle Judy Grahn Award

              ~ Named one of the “100 Best Books of 2006,” San Francisco Chronicle

Essay: “Eight Kinds of Strength: A Tribute to Valerie Taylor, Lesbian Writer and Revolutionary.” New Politics Winter 2009: 136-139.

Article and lesson plan: “Different Daughters,” Magazine of History, Organization of American Historians, Bloomington, IN; Vol. 20, Number 2, 2006, 27-30.

Book review: Feminism, Sexuality, and Politics: Essays, Estelle B. Freedman (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2006) CLGH News, Winter 2007, Committee on Lesbian and Gay History, American Historical Association.

Dancing with Stella

Invited article submitted for inclusion in anthology, Queer Oral History  

Nan Alamilla Boyd and Horacio Roque Ramirez, editors;

Palgrave Press. Anticipated date of publication: December, 2009.

Queer Left Histories

Invited chapter submitted for inclusion in book, A New Queer Agenda.

Joseph DiFilippis, Lisa Duggan, Kenyon Farrow, Richard Kim, editors; 

New York University Press. Anticipated date of publication: January, 2010.

Your Name is Safe: Organizing a Feminist Lesbian Movement in the 1950s

Invited chapter under revision for inclusion in anthology, Breaking the Wave:

Women and Their Organizations, 1945 to 1985.

Jacqueline Castledine and Kathleen Laughlin, editors; Routledge Press.

Anticipated date of publication: December, 2009.

Hidden in Plain Sight: Catherine “Kitty” Genovese and the Construction of

the Ideal Victim

Invited article for inclusion in Journal of the History of Sexuality,

Matthew Koehler, editor. Anticipated date of publication: January, 2010.

Introduction and finding guide to The Ladder for “Women and Social Movements

in the United States, 1600-2000” http://womhist.alexanderstreet.com

Kathryn Kish Sklar and Thomas Benton, co-editors. Anticipated date of publication: September, 2010.

Manuscripts in development:

Power, Resistance, Science and Feminism: A Memoir of Naomi Weisstein.

A collaborative project with Weisstein, the pioneering female neuroscientist and women’s liberation activist, musician and comedian who has been disabled since 1980 by Myalgic Ensephalitis, otherwise known as “Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.”

Awards and Honors (2007-2008)

Semifinalist, 2008 Mellon Foundation Fellowship, Penn Humanities Forum

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA. June, 2008.

2007 Schlesinger Library Summer Seminar in Gender History

Full seminar participant, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA. June, 2007.

2007 “Passing the Torch” Award

Peer award given annually to promising scholar in LGBT studies by the Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies, CUNY Graduate Center, New York, NY. May, 2007.

Selected Presentations (2006-2009)

Service (2007-2009)

Community:

~ Volunteer evaluator, Project Citizen student civic education project; Las Vegas.

   May 13, 2009.

~ Guest presenter: “The History of Pride.” SPECTRUM Student Group, UNLV.

   April 28, 2009.

~ Panelist, training sessions-UNLV Office of Student Diversity Programs and Services:

           “Coming Out on Campus: Safe Zone Training,” April 23, 2009;

           “Students of Color Multicultural Leadership Training Institute,” October 10, 2008.

~ Guest presenter: “Hidden in Plain Sight: The True Story of Kitty Genovese,” Graduate

   Students for Historical Development, UNLV; October 9, 2008.

Professional:

~ Founding member, OutNevada.org: online site for Nevada LGBTQI history, with staff of

   Nevada State Museum; sources include UNLV Lied Library collections as well as

   others. April 2009 to present.

~ Reviewer/recommender, annual Joan Heller and Dr. L. Diane Bernard Fellowship

   Awards, Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies, City University of New York, 2004 –

   present.         

~ Organizing Committee, GLBT ALMS (Archives, Libraries, Manuscripts, Special

   Collections) Biannual Conference: March 2008, City University of New York, 2007-

   2008.

Related Experience:  Administration, Advocacy, Editing, and Fundraising

Development and Management Consultant, March–July 2008;

The Feminist Press at CUNY, New York, NY

Director of Donor Programs and Development, 1995–2004;

Funding Exchange Foundation, New York, NY

Director, First Amendment Education Project, 1991–1995; Field Director, 1981–1991;

ACLU of Northern California, San Francisco, CA.