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By Vivian Deno, April 22, 2018 3:19 pm

This coming fall I will teach HST 353 American In/Justice: The Prison as a Social History of the US. American In/Justice grows out of my larger manuscript project on the Indiana Girls School, 1900-1930. The course examines the carceral history of the US with a focus on the period from Reconstruction to the present. One important element of the class will be using Indiana as a case study and site. We will make use of the state’s abundant records as well as some of the many reality tv shows focusing on hoosier inmates as source materials.

In the late 19th and early 20th centuries Indiana was a pioneer in prison ‘reform’ efforts led initially by Quaker women, including Rhodda Coffin. By the early 20th century, religious reform was increasingly supplanted by those trained in medicine and social science. In 1907 the state became the first to forcibly sterilize male inmates as punishment and security against future crimes. The state’s history of eugenics will be an important context for the class.

The class will also make use of the nation’s fascination with and production of prison popular culture products such as musical cultures, poetry, etc.

Update May 4, 2018: I have started a blog for the course American In/Justice. It is in its infancy and won’t really be up and running until the fall. Suggestions for links, materials, events, etc. will be greatly appreciated.

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By Vivian Deno, January 6, 2016 11:17 am

Spring 2016 classes:

• GHS 207 Global Women T/TH 1-2:15
• HST 205 Mad Women 9:35-10:50
• HST 302 Junior Year Project T/TH 2:35-3:50

Office hours:

T/TH 11-12, Thursdays, 4-5, and by appointment.

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By Vivian Deno, August 26, 2015 12:21 pm

Welcome back from summer!

I am teaching the following:

HST 401 Radical Histories: Ferguson T 3:50-6:30

• This senior seminar will be collaboratively offered with Dr Terri Jett’s PO 490 Radical Politics: Ferguson.
• Keep an eye out for our student poster show on 11/17 in the Schrott Center. More details to come.

HST 212-Ti 235 American Visions T/TH 11-12:15

TI-234 Reel America T/TH 2:25-3:40

Office Hours

9-10:30 T/TH and by appointment.

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By Vivian Deno, September 4, 2014 8:47 am

Hey there!

Welcome back from what a was wonderfully mild summer. This Fall my schedule is as follows:

Teaching

HST 212/ TI 234 American Visions, T/TH 11-12:15

HST 301 Theory & Methods T/TH 1-2:15

HST 305 American In/Justice Tuesdays 3:50-6:30

Office Hours: T/TH 9:30-10:30, Thursdays 2:30-3:30 and by appointment.

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By Vivian Deno, August 21, 2013 10:30 pm

Fall semester begins next week, and I am changing my website into a blog. [Bad things happened to my iweb created website.]

This Fall my teaching schedule is as follows:

HST 212/ TI 235 American Visions T/TH 9:35-10:50 JH 303

HST 337 The Formation of Modern American T/TH 11-12:15 JH303

HST 301 Theory & Methods T/TH 1-2:15 JH 236

Office hours are T/TH 2:30-4 and by appointment. As usual I am on campus M-Th.