Catherine Jacquet
Associate Professor
History and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Affiliate Professor, African and African American Studies
223B Himes Hall
225-578-4498
Courses Taught
US History Since 1865
History of Sexuality
US Women's History
Introduction to Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Black Feminist Theory and Activism
LGBTQ Activism and Social Movements
Graduate Seminar: Readings in Twentieth Century US History
Gender, Violence, and Resistance (interdisciplinary course examining sexual violence in the US)
Gender and Incarcertion
LGBTQ Activism and Social Movements
Current Research Interests
My research is rooted in my interests in social movement activism and how people make change. My first book, The Injustices of Rape (UNC Press, 2019), examined antirape activism in the US, 1950-1980.
I am currently researching and writing my second book project, Part of the Penalty: Sexual Violence in Men's Carceral Facilities during the Era of Mass Incarceration. The book examines a series of court cases brought by those who were sexually victimized while behand bars in men's jails and prisons in the US between the early 1970s and late 1990s.
Research from one of the book chapters has been submitted as an article to Modern American History and is under revise and resubmit. The article, titled "Constant and Pervasive Violence at the County Jail: Sexual Assault, Gross Negligence, and the Fight for Prisoners’ Rights," examines a series of class action and individual lawsuits brought by prisoners against jail and county authorities in Prince George's County, Maryland in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
Interested in Directing Theses On
US social movements and activism
Women’s history
Sexual and gender-based violence
LGBTQ history
Education
PhD, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2012
MA, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2004
BA, University of Connecticut, 2000
Book
The Injustices of Rape: How Activists Responded to Sexual Violence, 1950-1980 (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2019)
Notable Publications
“Fighting Back, Claiming Power: Feminist Rhetoric and Resistance to Rape in the 1970s,” Radical History Review 126 (October 2016).
“Queer History Goes Digital: Using Outhistory.org in the Classroom,” in Leila Rupp and Susan Freeman, eds. Understanding and Teaching U.S. Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender History (University of Wisconsin Press, 2014).
“The Giles-Johnson Case and the Changing Politics of Sexual Violence in the 1960s United States,” Journal of Women’s History 25, no. 3 (Fall 2013).
Public History Projects
Guest Curator, “Confronting Violence, Improving Women’s Lives.” Exhibition with the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD. Sept 2015-Aug 2016. Online exhibition Confronting Violence, Improving Women's Lives
Project assistant, Outhistory.org. Website redesign and content management. 2011-2012.