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																	Nancy																Marie Robertson

Nancy Marie Robertson

Director of Graduate Studies, History Department
Associate Professor of History
Associate Professor of Philanthropic Studies
Adjunct Associate Professor of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Faculty Member, University Graduate School
Affiliate Faculty Member, Lilly Family School of Philanthropy
Project Director, Center for the Study of Religion and American Culture
Department: History, Africana Studies, Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Philanthropic Studies
(317) 274-8017
Cavanaugh Hall (CA) 503T

Bio

Biography

Associate Professor of History
Adjunct Associate Professor of Africana Studies
Adjunct Associate Professor of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Faculty Member, University Graduate School
Affiliate Faculty Member, Lilly Family School of Philanthropy
Project Director, Center for the Study of Religion and American Culture

Education

Education

  • PhD New York University 1997
  • M Phil New York University 1986
  • MA New York University 1984
  • BA Mount Holyoke College 1978

Research & Community

Research & Community

Nancy Marie Robertson

Collaborative research team documenting the history of the Phyllis Wheatley Young Women's Christian ...

Project

Publications

Publications

“Capitalism with a Female Face: Review Essay,” Journal of Women’s History, v. 32 (2020)

Christian Sisterhood, Race Relations, and the YWCA, 1906-46 (University of Illinois Press, 2007);

chapters in: Women and their Money, 1700-1950; Private Action and Public Good; and Men and Women Adrift: The YMCA and the YWCA in the City.

Entries in: Dictionary of American Biography, Notable American Women, Encyclopedia of New York City, Eleanor Roosevelt Encyclopedia, and Civil Rights in the United States.

Awards

Awards

  • Alvin S. Bynum Award for Excellence in Academic Mentoring (faculty), 2022
  • Women’s Leadership Award for Veteran Female IUPUI Faculty Member, 2012
  • Richard L. Wentworth Prize for Christian Sisterhood, Race Relations, and the YWCA, 2008;
  • Gateway Scholar, 2004-05;
  • IU President’s Arts & Humanities Initiative Grant, 2002-03;
  • Indiana University Fellow in Nonprofit Governance, 1989-1991, and numerous fellowships.

Academic Interests

Academic Interests

U.S. history; late nineteenth and twentieth centuries; American philanthropy; women; religion; U.S. race relations; women and banking; and history of citizenship.