dr. erin n. bush

historian of u.s. crime & punishment. digital research methods.

Reflections on Law & Rights for Women

Joan Hoff, Law, Gender, and Injustice: A Legal History of U.S. Women, (1991) Hoff offers a comprehensive history of women in the United States and their struggle for the full rights and protection under the law. She traces this history by using the theme that women are second-class citizens under the law. She argues that […]

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Grounding the Readings in Theory

To begin my readings on gender, society, and law in America, we’re going to use the first week to ground the rest of the list using works of feminist theory. Patricia Hill Collins, Black Feminist Thought: Knowledge, Consciousness, and the Politics of Empowerment (2nd ed), Through her specific focus on Black feminist thought, Collins actually […]

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An Exploration of Gender, Society, and Law in America

This fall, I’ll be working with Dr. Sharon Leon to finish my minor field on gender, law, and society in America. In the spirit of open scholarly communication, I thought it prudent to share my initial thoughts on this minor field, what I will be reading, and what I hope to accomplish. I will be […]

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Minor Field Readings: Digital History

This is my reading list for my minor in digital history, which included a separate course on Digital Pedagogy and Advanced Programming for Historians. I’ve included some of the readings from the Digital Pedagogy class here. The full list is available at our Zotero Group. Our advanced programming course was primarily a praxis; there were no […]

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Putting Theory in Action in the Classroom

  Women on Trial: Exploring the History of American Women Through Criminal Trials [cp_dropcaps]F[/cp_dropcaps]or my final project for Dr. Kelly’s Teaching History in the Digital Age course, I created a 200-300 level course women’s history in America, which incorporates three major theoretical contributions from the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning: “Uncoverage” and using consistency and patterns in […]

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Beyond a Reasonable Doubt

I gave a presentation at the inaugural Women’s History in the Digital World conference  at Bryn Mawr a couple of weeks ago. In the spirit of openness, they posted it to their online repository. It’s available here.

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