Kristen A. Petersen, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of History * Women's Studies Co-Coordinator
Pine Manor College
400 Heath Street
Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts 02467
Office: Haldan Hall 108
617-731-7681 ** petersek@pmc.edu
| Course Offerings -- Fall 2006 | Expected Course Offerings -- Spring 2007 |
| HI 111 U.S. History Colonial Era to 1865 | HI 112 U.S. History 1865 to the Present |
| HI 209 Immigrant Experience | HI 118 History of Race & Ethnicity in the Americas (New) |
| IDS 390 City of Boston | HI 215 Recent US History |
Areas of Interest, Specialization and Teaching
| History of Immigration to the U.S. | American Urban and Social History
HI 215 Recent U.S. History: Social Movements of the Postwar U.S. |
| Ethnicity and Race in the Americas
HI 118 History of Race and Ethnicity in the Americas (new) |
History of American Religions |
| Women's History | History of Boston and Boston Politics IDS 390 City of Boston (new) |
Publications
2005 “As Tough As It Gets: Women and the Boston City Council, 1920-2004,” with Carol Hardy-Fanta, Center for the Study of Women in Politics and Public Policy, UMASS Boston.
2005 “Neighborhoods--Ethnic and Racial,” in Encyclopedia of the History of New England, Burt Feintuch and David H. Watters, eds. (Yale University Press).
2003 “Weathering the Storm: History Museums in the Post 9/11 Commonwealth,” with Sandra Krein, History News 58:2 (Spring 2003). pp. 12-13.
2003 “Immigrants Convert in Boston, 1890-1940,” Boston’s Histories: Essays in Honor of Thomas H. O’Connor, James O’Toole and David Quigley, eds. (University of Massachusetts Press). pp. 143-167.
2003 “No More the Faith of Our Fathers: Immigrant Converts and Boston’s Churches,
1890-1940,” in Conrad Wright and Reed Ueda, eds., Faces of Community: Immigrant
Massachusetts, 1840-2000 (Northeastern University Press for The Massachusetts Historical
Society). pp. 147-188.
2001 Dreams of Freedom (Lawrenceburg, IN: The Creative Company). .
1988 Waltham Rediscovered; An Ethnic History of Waltham, Massachusetts,
(Portsmouth, NH: Peter E. Randall, Publisher, 1st printing 1988, 2nd printing 1989, 3rd printing
2000).
Education and Fellowships
2004-2005 Research Fellow, Center for Women in Politics and Public Policy, UMASS-Boston
2001-2002 Post-doctoral Fellow, Concilience Seminar, Brandeis University
May 2001 Brown University, Dept. of American Civilization, Ph.D.
Dissertation: “‘Trophies of Grace:’ Religious Conversion and Americanization in Boston’s Immigrant Communities, 1890-1940.” under the direction of Howard Chudacoff, History Dept.
May 1992 Brown University, Dept. of American Civilization, M. A.
Dec. 1990 University of Massachusetts at Boston, History Dept., M. A.
Thesis: “John F. Kennedy and Civil Rights: The Pre-Presidential Years.”
May 1985 Brandeis University, American Studies Dept., B. A.
Thesis: “The Legacy of the Salem Witchcraft Trials.”