Education

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

Publications

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

• 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

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

Service

Member, Advisory Board to the Indiana Women’s History Association.