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Jill Watts

Professor of History

Markstein 240

(760) 750-4114

jwatts@csusm.edu

Fields of Specialization

United States Social and Cultural History

African-American History

Selected Publications

Hattie McDaniel: Black Ambition, White Hollywood (Amistad Press an imprint of HarperCollins, 2005)

Mae West, An Icon in Black and White (Oxford University Press, 2001)

God, Harlem U.S.A:  The Father Divine Story (University of California Press, 1992)

Links

Digital History Showcase 2008 (coming soon)

History Master Degree Program

Civil War Documents

History 300B

Course Materials Fall 2007

 

 

 

 

Campus Photo

Craven Hall, California State University, San Marcos                                                      

          Professor Watts received a B.A. in History from Revelle College at the University of California, San Diego and a M.A. and Ph.D. in History from the University of California, Los Angeles.  She came to California State University, San Marcos after teaching at Weber State University, UCLA, and Santa Monica College.  She has also taught at Cornell University where she received a fellowship from the Society for the Humanities.  Her research interests include United States social and cultural history, African-American history, film history, and biography.  She has served as the Interim chair of the Department of History, co-chair of Women's Studies, the Program Director of Film Studies, and the Graduate Studies Coordinator for the History Department.

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