Peggy Pascoe

Office: 355 McKenzie
Phone: (541) 346-3406
Email:ppascoe@darkwing.uoregon.edu

Biographical Information

Associate Professor and Beekman Chair of Northwest and Pacific History, specializing in history of gender, race, and the U.S. West
B.A. 1977 at Montana State University
M.A. 1980 at Sarah Lawrence College
Ph.D. 1986 at Stanford University
With the U of O since 1996

Major Publications

"Democracy, Citizenship, and Race: The U.S. West in the 20th Century," in Sitkoff, ed., Perspectives on Modern America: Making Sense of the Twentieth Century (2001)
"Sex, Gender, and Same-Sex Marriage," in Center for Advanced Feminist Studies, ed., Is Academic Feminism Dead? Theory in Practice (2000)
"Race, Gender, and the Privileges of Property: On the Significance of Miscegenation Law in the U.S. West," in Matsumoto and Allmendinger, eds., Over the Edge: Remapping the American West," (1999)
"Miscegenation Law, Court Cases, and Ideologies of 'Race' in Twentieth-Century America," Journal of American History (1996)
"Race, Gender, and Intercultural Relations: The Case of Interracial Marriage," Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies (1991)
Relations of Rescue: The Search for Female Moral Authority in the American West, 1874-1939 (Oxford University Press, 1990)

Professional Activities and Awards

National Council, American Studies Association (1998-2001)
Co-President, Coordinating Council for Women in History (1997-2000)
ABC-CLIO America: History and Life Award (1997)
National Endowment for the Humanities Grant (1996)
University Distinguished Teaching Award (University of Utah, 1995)
Jensen/Miller Article Prize (1991)

Current Projects

What Comes Naturally: A History of Miscegenation Law in the United States
Co-editor, with Earl Lewis, George Lipsitz, George Sanchez, and Dana Takagi, of the American Crossroads series, published at the University of California Press

Recent Teaching

Historical Methods and Writings
Readings on Race, Gender, and Sexuality
U.S. West in the Twentieth Century