Kathleen W. Jones, Associate Professor (Ph.D., Rutgers, 1988)

Areas of Specialization: U.S. women’s history, history of medicine, history of childhood

Current Research: Youth suicide, youth culture, and the history of psychiatry in the early twentieth century

Recent Publications:
•"The Thirty-Third Victim: Representations of Seung Hui cho in the Aftermath of the
Virginia Tech Massacre'" Journal of the History of Childhood and Youth 2 (Winter 2009): 64-82.

•"When a Young Woman Dies: Gender, Youth, and Suicide in the Jazz Age," in Death
and Dying: Inter-Disciplinary Perspectives.  Asa Kasher, ed. (London: Rodopi Press, 2007): 135-152.

•   "Mother's Day," in Encyclopedia of American Holidays and National Days. vol. 1.  Len
Travers, ed. (Westport, Conn.:  Greenwood Press, 2006), 208-228.

• "A Sound Mind for the Child's Body: The Mental Health of American Children and Youth." In Children and Youth in Sickness and Health; A Historical Handbook and Guide. Janet Golden, Richard Meckel, and Heather Prescott, eds. (Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 2004), 43-66.

• Taming the Troublesome Child: American Families, Child Guidance, and the Limits of Psychiatric Authority. (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1999; paperback
edition, 2002).