Hilary L. Coulson
Lecturer and Researcher
Department of History and The Richards Civil War Era Center
The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
Ph.D. Candidate (ABD) Department of History,
University of California, San Diego
HSS: 9500 Gilman Drive; La Jolla, CA 92093-0104
[email protected]
Education:
-University of California. San Diego
Ph.D. In Progress, United States History (Expected: June 2016)
Dissertation: The Wasp Nest: Virginia’s First Penitentiary and the Confinement of Women in
Richmond, 1796-1877
Advisors: Rebecca Jo Plant, Mark Hanna, Rachel Klein, Stephen Cox, Mark Hendrickson
Concentrations: 19th Century, Gender, and Penology
-University of California, San Diego
Candidate of Philosophy (CPHIL) June 2014
-University of California, San Diego
M.A., June 2014. United States History Advisor: Rebecca Jo Plant
-University of San Diego
B.A., May 2010. Major: Interdisciplinary Humanities. Concentration: History. Advisor: Molly
McClain
Professional Experience:
-Pennsylvania State University, Lecturer, History Department, 2014-Present.
-Pennsylvania State University, Researcher, The Richards Civil War Era Center, 2015-Present
-Pennsylvania State University, Adjunct Professor, Continuing Education, 2014-Present.
-University of California, San Diego, Teaching Assistant, Revelle College, 2012-2014
-University of California, San Diego, Teaching Assistant, Department of History, 2011-2012
Manuscripts Under Review and Work in Progress:
American Journal of 19th Century History:
“Will she hang?: Women sentenced to death in Virginia and Pennsylvania, 1800-1900”
(Available upon request)
“Confined Motherhood: Child-rearing and labor in the Richmond Penitentiary, 1850-1877”
(Proposal for an Edited Volume Chapter)
“Classing Up the Penitentiary: The Evolution of Prison Administration and Convict
Grouping, 1800-1900”
(Draft Available Upon Request)
“Tehachapi in Ruins: Calibrating Interests of California Women in Penal Reform, 1923-1941”
(Draft Available Upon Request)
Fellowships and Awards:
2015: Library Resident Research Fellow
American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia
2015: American Historical Association, Pacific Coast Branch
Presidents’ Graduate Student Travel Award
2015: Dean’s Graduate Travel Award
University of California, San Diego
2015: Department of History, Travel Award
University of California, San Diego
2014: Dean’s Graduate Travel Award
University of California, San Diego
2012: Department of History Travel Award
University of California, San Diego
Papers and Presentations:
2016: American Historical Association: Annual Conference, Atlanta
“The Virginia Penitentiary: New Discoveries in 19th Century Penology”
2015: American Historical Association: Pacific Coast Branch
“Classing Up the Penitentiary: The Evolution of Prison Administration and Convict
Grouping, 1800-1900”
2015: American Philosophical Society: Philadelphia
Presentation on the William Parker Foulkes Papers
2015: Western Association of Women Historians: Annual Conference, Sacramento
“Hangins’ Too Good For the Woman: The Nineteenth Century Murderess in Print”
2013: University of California, San Diego, Pedagogical Seminar
“Ellen Browning Scripps: Legacy and Philanthropy in San Diego, California 1897-1932”
2012: University of California, San Diego Graduate Student Conference
“Making Useful Citizens: Clubwomen of San Diego and Imperial Valley, 1925-1930”
Research Experience:
2015-Present: Researcher for the Richard’s Civil War Era Center
Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
Supervisor, William Blair
2015: Research Assistant to Frances Clarke and Rebecca Plant
National Archives and Research Administration, Washington DC
2012-2013: Research Assistant
University of California, San Diego for Professor Rebecca Plant
2010-2011: Research Assistant
University of San Diego for Dr. Molly McClain
Newspaper microfilm on San Diego Women’s Clubs 1890-1930
2008-2011: Research Assistant
University of San Diego for Dr. Victoria de la Torre
American Women in History Course research
Teaching:
-Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Lecturer, History Department, 2014-Present. I
teach HIST020, American Civilization to 1877, the first half of a lower division lecture survey on early
American history, HIST021, American Civilization from 1877, the second half of a lower division lecture
survey of American history, HIST012, History of Pennsylvania, a lower division survey on Pennsylvania
History, HIST144, The World at War: 1939-1945, a lower division survey of World War II,
KINES447W, Representing Sport in Popular Film, an upper division writing course with an emphasis on
film and American studies in the 20th century.
-University of California, San Diego, Teaching Assistant, Revelle College, 2012-2014. I taught
intensive writing courses in the Humanities with an emphasis on History and Literature. Courses taught
were: HUM1, Foundations of Western Civilization, a lower division writing seminar, HUM2, Rome,
Christianity, and the Middle Ages, a lower division writing seminar, HUM3, Renaissance, Reformation,
and Early Modern Europe, a lower division writing seminar. In addition to teaching these courses I
attended pedagogy seminars for HUM200 in 2012 and 2013.
-University of California, San Diego, Teaching Assistant, Department of History 2011-2012. I
taught HIUS 144, American Jewish History (upper division lecture), HIUS156, American
Women, American Womanhood, Colonial Times to 1870 (upper division lecture), HIUS157,
American Women, American Womanhood, 1870 to the Present (upper division lecture), and
HIUS141/ECON159, American Economic History (upper division lecture).
Archival Experience and Skills:
2014: Demonstrated Proficiency in Spanish document translation
2011-2015: Online teaching and work with grading platforms (TED, ANGEL, Blackboard)
2010-2015: Experience with microform, microfilm, manuscript transcription, data collection,
digital database creation, photographs, and excel sheets for materials collected from:
American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, PA, Library Company of Philadelphia,
Philadelphia, PA, Eastern State Penitentiary Archive, Philadelphia, PA, University of Michigan
Special Collections Library, Ann Arbor, MI, National Archives and Record Administration,
Washington, DC, Army Heritage and Education Center Archive, Carlisle, PA, Library of Virginia
Archives, Richmond, VA, Pennsylvania State Archives, Harrisburg, PA, Pennsylvania State
University Special Collections, State College, PA, Pennsylvania State University News and
Microforms Library, State College, PA, The Newberry Library, Chicago, IL, The New York State
Archives, Albany, NY, The California State Archives, Sacramento, CA, The Pioneer Museum,
Imperial Valley, CA, The Women’s History Museum, San Diego, CA, The San Diego History
Center, San Diego, CA
References:
Professor Rebecca Jo Plant, University of California, San Diego: [email protected]
Professor Mark Hanna, University of California, San Diego: [email protected]
Professor Stephen Cox, University of California, San Diego: [email protected]
Professor Rachel Klein, University of California, San Diego: [email protected]