JESSAMYN NEUHAUS
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Watch as Jessamyn Neuhaus discusses how can you nerd out about teaching and learning to keep from burning out as an educator during the continued crises of our global pandemic era.
Profile
Jessamyn Neuhaus is a Professor of History and the Interim Director of the Center for Teaching Excellence at the State University of New York, Plattsburgh, United States of America. She studies, analyses and historicizes US popular culture. Her research focuses on the history of gender, especially prescriptive and normative discourse. She has authored two monographs in this field: Manly Meals and Mom’s Home Cooking: Cookbooks and Gender in Modern America and Housework and Housewives in Modern American Advertising: Married to the Mop. Jessamyn is also a scholar of teaching and learning, and has published in that area. Her book Geeky Pedagogy: A Guide for Intellectuals, Introverts, and Nerds Who Want to be Effective Teachers, published in 2019, encourages faculty to embrace their inner nerd, inviting readers to view themselves and their teaching work in light of contemporary discourse that celebrates increasingly diverse geek culture and explores stereotypes about super-smart introverts. Jessamyn has also published numerous book chapters and articles in anthologies and scholarly journals, including Advertising & Society Review, Journal of American History, The History Teacher, Journal of Popular Culture, Journal of Women’s History, Studies in Popular Culture, Teaching History, and Transformations: The Journal of Inclusive Scholarship and Pedagogy.
Watch as Jessamyn Neuhaus discusses how can you nerd out about teaching and learning to keep from burning out as an educator during the continued crises of our global pandemic era.
Profile
Jessamyn Neuhaus is a Professor of History and the Interim Director of the Center for Teaching Excellence at the State University of New York, Plattsburgh, United States of America. She studies, analyses and historicizes US popular culture. Her research focuses on the history of gender, especially prescriptive and normative discourse. She has authored two monographs in this field: Manly Meals and Mom’s Home Cooking: Cookbooks and Gender in Modern America and Housework and Housewives in Modern American Advertising: Married to the Mop. Jessamyn is also a scholar of teaching and learning, and has published in that area. Her book Geeky Pedagogy: A Guide for Intellectuals, Introverts, and Nerds Who Want to be Effective Teachers, published in 2019, encourages faculty to embrace their inner nerd, inviting readers to view themselves and their teaching work in light of contemporary discourse that celebrates increasingly diverse geek culture and explores stereotypes about super-smart introverts. Jessamyn has also published numerous book chapters and articles in anthologies and scholarly journals, including Advertising & Society Review, Journal of American History, The History Teacher, Journal of Popular Culture, Journal of Women’s History, Studies in Popular Culture, Teaching History, and Transformations: The Journal of Inclusive Scholarship and Pedagogy.