Jennifer Cote, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of History
Contact
Phone: 860.231.5281
E-mail:
jennifercote@sjc.edu
Influenced by her childhood love of history and her undergraduate experience at a women’s college, Dr. Jennifer Cote developed an expertise in feminist history — one she enthusiastically shares with SJC students. “My dedication to women’s history and women’s studies developed when I attended a women’s college,” she said. “As my perspective broadened, I developed a framework of study which used gender as a primary lens in historical analysis. This deeply influenced my graduate work and the classes I now teach.”
As such, she focuses on actively engaging students in the historical material and leading discussion-centered classes. “I also use a lot of visual materials,’ she said. “This helps the students get the feel of a time and place, so that what they are learning about does not simply seem like the dead past — it’s more lively, more tangible, more accessible, more engaging.”
Comparing SJC to her own undergraduate experience, Dr. Cote said, “It is a place for young women to learn not just academics (which are very important!), but also about themselves. It’s where they develop new skills and new ways of looking at the world. That process of transformation, to me, is at the heart of the Saint Joseph College experience.”
Academic Degrees:
B.A., Mount Holyoke College, 2000
Ph.D., Boston College, 2007
Recent Publications and/or Presentations
“‘There Is No New Gospel of True Womanhood:’ Progressive Era Activism in the Boston League of Catholic Women” at the American Catholic Historical Association Annual Meeting, April, 2009.
“‘The Strength of Two Institutions:’ Science and Social Work in Progressive-Era Boston,” at the Western Association of Women’s Historians Annual Meeting, 2008.
“There is No New Gospel of True Womanhood: Progressive Era Activism in the Boston League of Catholic Women.” American Catholic Studies, 118, no. 2 (Summer 2007): 21-42.
