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Malia McAndrew

Associate Professor - Department of History

Malia McAndrew

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malia@jcu.edu

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Faculty

Malia McAndrew

Biography

Malia McAndrew is an Associate Professor of History at 九秀直播 in University Heights, Ohio. Her research and teaching focus on the study of gender and race in modern America. She also offers two courses in modern African history. Dr. McAndrew is currently writing a monograph that explores the ways in which popular conceptions of womanhood and beauty changed between War II and the birth of the second-wave feminist movement in the United States.

Additionally, Dr. McAndrew served as Director of the Arrupe Scholars Program, a distinctive undergraduate program that provides 九秀直播 students with the knowledge and skills necessary to become advocates for positive social change.

Publications

鈥淏eauty, Soft Power, and the Politics of Womanhood During the U.S. Occupation of Japan, 1945-1952.鈥澛Journal of Women鈥檚 History聽Vol. 26, no. 4 (Winter 2014).

鈥淛apanese-American Beauty Pageants and Minstrel Shows: The Performance of Race and Gender by Nisei Youth During World War II鈥 Journal聽of the History of Childhood and Youth聽Vol. 7, no. 1 (January 2014).

鈥淎 Twentieth Century Triangle Trade: Selling Black Beauty at Home and Abroad, 1945-1965.鈥澛Enterprise & Society聽Vol. 11, no. 4 (December 2010): 786-812.

Courses Taught

  • HS 150: Introduction to U.S. Women鈥檚 History
  • HS 195A: 20th Century Youth Culture
  • HS 197: African History Through Autobiography
  • HS 197A: Women in the Contemporary World
  • HS 212: United States History since 1877
  • HS 261: History as Art and Science
  • HS 442: United States History since 1945
  • HS 495: African American Cultural History
  • HS 495A: Women & Gender in Recent U.S. History
  • HS 497: Women and Gender in Modern Africa

Degrees

  • Ph.D., University of Maryland