Jasmine Alinder

Associate Professor

Office: Holton 343
Phone: (414) 229-3675
e-mail: jalinder@uwm.edu

Degree(s):

Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1999
M.A., University of New Mexico, 1994
B.A., Princeton University, 1991

Research Interests:

History of Photography
Race and Representation
Law and Photography
Socialism in Milwaukee
Civil Rights in Milwaukee

Teaching Areas:

Public History
Critical Race Studies
Visual Culture
History Methods

Courses Offered:

Hist 150: Multicultural America
Hist 192: First Year Seminar, "Photography and Imperialism"
Hist 293: Seminar on Historical Method, Theory and Approach
Hist 599: Special Topics, "Displaying Culture: The History and Politics of Museums"
Hist 600: Seminar in History, "Photographs as Historical Sources"
Hist 700: Introduction to Public History
Hist 900: Seminar in U.S. History, "Photographs as Historical Documents"
Liberal Studies 721: Special Topics in Liberal Studies, "Lens on the Local"

Other Activities:

Director, UWM Urban Studies Programs
Coordinator of the Public History program, UWM
Affiliated faculty, Cultures and Communities, UWM
Board Member of the Wisconsin Humanities Council

Recent Publications and Awards:

Moving Images: Photography and the Japanese American Incarceration. Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 2009.

Charles A. Ryskamp Research Fellowship, American Council of Learned Societies, 2009.