Shirley Yee Faculty Page

Associate Professor, Department of Women Studies
Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of History
Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of American Ethnic Studies

Background

Professor Yee has been a member of the Women Studies faculty since 1988. She served as Chair of the department from 1995-2001.

Ph.D., History, Ohio State University, 1987
M.A., History, Ohio State University, 1983
B.A. University of Scranton, 1981

Research Interests

U.S. Women's History, African-American History (to 1877), Race, Gender, and Class in U.S. history (colonial to present), 19th-early 20th C. U.S. social history.

Honors and Awards

Royalty Research Grant, UW, 2000-2001
Senior Society of Scholars Program, Center for Humanities, UW, 2000-01
Humanities Alumni Award of Distinction, Ohio State University, June 2000

Selected Publications

"Dependency and Opportunity: Socioeconomic relations between Chinese and non-Chinese in New York City, 1870-1943," Journal of Urban History 33(January 2007): 254-76.
Black Women Abolitionists: A Study in Activism, 1828-60 (The University of Tennessee Press, 1992). This book was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in History.
"The 'women' in Women's Studies," published in differences: a journal of feminist cultural studies (Fall 1997) (actually appeared in the Fall 1998).
"Finding a Place: Mary Ann Shadd Cary and the Dilemmas of Black Migration to Canada, 1850-70." Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies, (Dec. 1997).
"Gender Ideology and Black Women as Community-Builders in Ontario, 1850-70," Canadian Historical Review, LXXV (1994)

Courses

Senior Thesis Seminars
History of Feminism (WOMEN 501)
SocialHistory of American Women (WOMEN 383)
The History of Racial Formation in the U.S., 1820-1990 (300-level), (Winter 2003)
Issues and Readings in U.S. Women's History, 1945-present (WOMEN 483), (Spring 2003)

Shirley Yee
Associate Professor, Department of Women Studies Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of History Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of American Ethnic Studies
About Women Studies News and Events People Research and Publications Courses Graduate Program Undergraduate Program Alumni Support Women Studies Email: sjyee@u.washington.edu	Background Professor Yee has been a member of the Women Studies faculty since 1988. She served as Chair of the department from 1995-2001. Ph.D., History, Ohio State University, 1987 M.A., History, Ohio State University, 1983 B.A. University of Scranton, 1981 Research Interests U.S. Women's History, African-American History (to 1877), Race, Gender, and Class in U.S. history (colonial to present), 19th-early 20th C. U.S. social history. Honors and Awards Royalty Research Grant, UW, 2000-2001 Senior Society of Scholars Program, Center for Humanities, UW, 2000-01 Humanities Alumni Award of Distinction, Ohio State University, June 2000 Selected Publications "Dependency and Opportunity: Socioeconomic relations between Chinese and non-Chinese in New York City, 1870-1943," Journal of Urban History 33(January 2007): 254-76. Black Women Abolitionists: A Study in Activism, 1828-60 (The University of Tennessee Press, 1992). This book was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in History. "The 'women' in Women's Studies," published in differences: a journal of feminist cultural studies (Fall 1997) (actually appeared in the Fall 1998). "Finding a Place: Mary Ann Shadd Cary and the Dilemmas of Black Migration to Canada, 1850-70." Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies, (Dec. 1997). "Gender Ideology and Black Women as Community-Builders in Ontario, 1850-70," Canadian Historical Review, LXXV (1994)	Courses Senior Thesis Seminars History of Feminism (WOMEN 501) SocialHistory of American Women (WOMEN 383) The History of Racial Formation in the U.S., 1820-1990 (300-level), (Winter 2003) Issues and Readings in U.S. Women's History, 1945-present (WOMEN 483), (Spring 2003)
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