Leisa Meyer
Professor of American Studies, History, and Gender, Sexuality and Women Studies
Office:
College Apartments 203
Email:
[[ldmeye]]
Regional Areas of Research:
United States
Thematic Areas of Research:
Cultural/Intellectual, Popular Culture and Media, Women, Gender, and Sexuality
Background
Leisa Meyer works in U.S. and U.S. American women's history, gender history/studies, twentieth-century cultural history, the history of sexualities, and LGBTQ+ history/studies. She received her Ph.D. in U.S. American History from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1993. She is the author of Creating G.I. Jane: Sexuality and Power in the Women's Army Corps during World War II (1996) and co-editor of Twenty Years Later: The Legacies of Matthew Shepard. She was an associate editor for the Encyclopedia of American Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender History & Culture (Scribner's, 2003) and served for twelve years on the editorial collective for the journal Feminist Studies. Her current work focuses on the public facing digital humanties project she created, the W&M LGBTQ+ Research Project.
Research Interests
History of Sexuality/Sexuality Studies, Gender/gender studies, U.S. Women's History, and American Popular Culture.
