Mallory Szymanski

Education

• PhD, history, University of Florida, 2017
• MA, women's studies, University of Florida, 2008
• BA, English and history, University of Florida, 2006

Specialties / Areas of Interest

• Gender History
• History of Medicine
• History of Sexuality
• Black History
• Cultural History
• Modern United States History

Biography

Dr. Szymanski is a cultural and gender historian of the 19th- and 20th- century United States. She is working on two projects: a history of the 1975 police killing of Denise Hawkins in Rochester, NY and a Black history of roller skating. Her previous work focused on neurasthenia and men's mental and sexual health in the Gilded Age.

Dr. Szymanski is co-editor at Clio and the Contemporary.

Courses Taught

• Modern US History
• History of Mental Health
• Sex, Power, and Politics
• Women's History
• The Civil War Era: 1830-1877
• U.S. History Through Film
• Popular Culture in US History
• African American History in the U.S. since 1863
• Historian's Craft
• Africa to 1800
• Writing History

Research, Publications, & Presentations

Research & Publications

• ‘For Men Only:’ Sexual Health Education, Neurasthenia and the Modern YMCA in the Gilded Age
• "Will Rituals of Spring Cleaning Survive the Coronavirus Pandemic?"
• "How to Prepare for a Job Interview at a SLAC"
• "Teaching Writing Efficiently: Strategies for the early-career historian"
• “From an R1 to a SLAC: Notes from the First Year on the Tenure Track"