Melinda A. Plastas

Senior Lecturer in Gender and Sexuality Studies

Associations

Gender and Sexuality Studies

Pettengill Hall, Room 213

American Studies

Pettengill Hall, Room 213

About

Melinda Plastas is visiting associate professor of Gender and Sexuality Studies. Her research interests include race and social movements; gender and militarization; and gender and tobacco capitalism. Her book A Band of Noble Women: Race Politics and the Women’s Peace Movement (2011) was published by Syracuse University Press.

Expertise

20th century U.S. social movements, African American history, American studies, black feminism, critical race theory, cultural studies, gender studies, health justice, history of commodities, peace studies, Social Movements, tobacco in history and culture, women and gender studies

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