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:
• "US History Online" (a digital history reader). 2 vols. Co-authors,
Mark V. Barrow, Jr., Marian Mollin, and Daniel B. Thorp (Houghton Mifflin, forthcoming
2006).
• "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).