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About Caroline Merithew

Caroline Waldron Merithew is an associate professor of history. She is currently on sabbatical as a research fellow at the Five College Women's Studies Research Center at Mount Holyoke College. She is a social historian with specialization in immigration, labor, and women's history. Before her appointment at the University of Dayton, Dr. Merithew was a visiting assistant professor at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.

Positions

2002 - Present Associate Professor, University of Dayton ‐ Department of History
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Curriculum Vitae

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Honors and Awards

  • Newberry Library, Short Term Fellowship, Summer 2007
  • The Anita S. Goodstein Junior Scholar Prize for the best article published in the field of American Women’s History, University of the South, 2006
  • Fund for Vocational Exploration Grant, UD, 2005-2006.
  • Faculty Seminar in the Catholic Intellectual Tradition Grant, UD, 2005.
  • Summer Research Grant for Pre-Tenure Women Faculty, Women’s Center, University of Dayton, 2004-2006.
  • National Endowment for the Humanities, Summer Stipend, 2003.
  • Albert J. Beveridge Grant, American Historical Association, 2003.
  • Research Council Seed Grant, University of Dayton, Summers 2003-2005.
  • Fund for Educational Development Grant, University of Dayton, Winter 2003.
  • Utica College Womyn’s Resource Center Recognition Award, Spring 2001.
  • Race, Ethnicity, and Migration Seminar Travel Grant, Immigration History Research Center, University of Minnesota, September 2000.
  • Feminist Scholarship Award, Women’s Studies Department, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 1999.
  • Excellent Teachers List, University of Illinois, ranked by students and compared to professors (rather than to graduate assistants), 1999.
  • George E. Pozzetta Dissertation Award, Immigration History Society, honorable mention, 1997.
  • Albert J. Beveridge Grant for research in the history of the western hemisphere, American Historical Association, 1997.
  • Alice E. Smith Fellowship for women in history, Wisconsin State Historical Society, 1996.
  • King V. Hostick Fellowship, Illinois State Historical Society, 1996.
  • University of Illinois, Graduate College, On-campus Dissertation Research Grant, 1996.
  • American-Italian Historical Association Award, 1995.
  • Outstanding Staff Award for Teaching given by the University of Illinois Panhellenic Council, 1995.
  • Humanities Council Research Grant, University of Illinois, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, 1995.
  • Quadrangle Scholarship, University of Missouri, 1988.

Education

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2000 PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ‐ U.S. History with secondary fields in Comparative Working Class, Immigration, and African History
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1994 MA, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ‐ U.S. History
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1991 BA, University of Missouri-Columbia ‐ History
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Contact Information

Phone: 937-229-3047

Articles (4)

Audio documentary (1)

Book chapters (3)

Book review (2)