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Roberta Wollons

Department:
History
Title:
Professor U of M
Location:
McCormack Hall Floor 4
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Biography

Before coming to UMass Boston, Professor Wollons taught at Doshisha University (Kyoto), Indian University Northwest, University of Maryland, Case Western Reserve University, and Tohoku University (Sendai). She has held fellowships at the Charles Warren Center (Harvard University) and the National University of Singapore.

Professor Wollons' CV

Area of Expertise

American Progressive Era history, women’s history, and the history of education.

Degrees

PhD (History) University of Chicago

MA (History) University of Chicago

BA (History and Political Science) University of California, Berkeley
Diplome, Alliance Française (Paris)

Professional Publications & Contributions
  • Cultural Hybrids: Women of the ABCFM in Japan, Ottoman Turkey, and Southern India, 1868-1915 (in progress).
  • "Traveling for God and Adventure: Women Missionaries in the Late 19th Century," Southeast Asian Journal of Social Sciences 31.3 (Fall 2003): 55-71.
  • Editor, Kindergartens and Cultures: The Global Diffusion of an Idea (Yale University Press, 2000).
  • "American Missionary Transformations from Conversion to Education: The Case of Japan, 1888-1927," in Casting Faiths: Technology and the Creation of Religion, in East and Southeast Asia, ed. Thomas Dubois (Palgrave, 2009).
  • Editor, Children at Risk: History, Concepts and Public Policy (SUNY Press, 1993).