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Areas of Expertise

Professor Wollons' research specializations are in 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, Allaince 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).

Additional Information

Spring 2013 Office Hours: MT (2–4 p.m.) — Please see Maureen or Lauren for an appointment

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 in the current chair of the History Department.

Professor Wollons' CV