CURRICULUM VITAE
Meghan K. Winchell, Assistant Professor of History
Nebraska Wesleyan University 402-465-2437 (office)
5000 Saint Paul 402-465-2179 (FAX)
Lincoln, NE 68504 mwinchel@nebrwesleyan.edu
Employment
Assistant Professor of History, Nebraska Wesleyan University, 2004-Present
Lecturer, Department of History, University of Arizona, 2003-2004
Education
Ph.D. August, 2003 University of Arizona History
M.A. May, 1998 University of Arizona History
B.A. May, 1994 State University of New York at Geneseo History
Publications
Good Food, Good Fun, and Good Girls: USO Hostesses During World War Two. Chapel
Hill: University of North Carolina Press, forthcoming, Fall 2008.
Review of Wartime Shipyard: A Study in Social Disunity, by Katherine Archibald. Labor
History 48 (2007).
Resch, John P., ed. Americans at War: Society, Culture, and the Homefront. Macmillan
Reference USA, 2004. “U.S.O.”
“`To Make the Boys Feel at Home:’ USO Senior Hostesses and Gendered Citizenship.”
Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies 25, No. 1 (2004): 190-211.
Awards, Grants and Fellowships
Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers, 2006/2007.
Nomination for “`To Make the Boys Feel at Home:’ USO Senior Hostesses and
Gendered Citizenship,” Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies as one of The Best
American History Essays, 2006, Organization of American Historians
Social and Behavioral Sciences Research Institute Graduate Research Grant, University
of Arizona, 2002
Ramenofsky Graduate Fellowship in Southwest History, University of Arizona, 2001
Graduate Student Final Project Fund, University of Arizona Graduate College, 2001
Southwest Oral History Association Mini-Grant, 2000
Presentations, Interviews and Conferences
“Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X: Prophetic Voices in African American
History,” Westminster Presbyterian Church, Lincoln, NE, November 18, 2007
Presenter, “National History Day in the Classroom: Conflict and Compromise in
History,” Nebraska State Council for the Social Studies, Doane College, Crete,
Nebraska, November 3, 2007.
Moderator, “New Approaches to Teaching African American History,” July 2006
Organization of American Historians Regional Meeting.
Interview, NPR regarding the State History Day Contest, May 2006.
“The Loveliest Girls in the Nation: USO Hostesses and the American Home Front,”
Women’s Supper, First-Plymouth Congregational Church, Lincoln, NE,
February 19, 2006.
Interview, Lancaster County Democrats on the television program, “The Watchful
Citizen” regarding Hurricane Katrina, Lincoln, NE, January 22, 2006.
“Race, Poverty and Katrina: Roots of the Poor in the South,” Martin Luther King, Jr.
Week, University of Nebraska- Lincoln, January 18, 2006.
“Poverty, Race, and Hurricane Katrina: A Historical Perspective,” Health and Human
Services System of the State of Nebraska, November 1, 2005.
“History Day in the Classroom,” State Council for the Social Studies History Day
Workshop, North Star High School, Lincoln, NE, October 22, 2005.Interview, KFOR regarding race, poverty, and Hurricane Katrina, September 29, 2005.
“Katrina: Understanding the Hurricane and its Effects,” Panelist and Organizer, NWU,
September 29, 2005.
Interview, Nebraska Public Radio regarding NWU’s Hurricane Katrina Panel, September
28, 2005.
Interview, Nebraska National Public Radio regarding the history of Social Security,
February, 2005.
“The Loveliest Girls in the Nation: USO Junior Hostesses and the American Homefront,
1941-1946,” Annual Meeting of the Pacific Coast Branch of the American
Historical Association, 2002.
“Look Guys, A Girl! USO Junior Hostesses and Sexual Service to the State,” 2002
Berkshire Conference on the History of Women.
“To Make the Boys Feel at Home: The Gendered Labor of USO Senior Hostesses, 1941-
1946,” Annual Meeting of the Pacific Coast Branch of the American Historical
Association, 2001.
Selected Professional Activities
State Coordinator, National History Day: Nebraska, 2005-Present
Advisor, NWU History Club, 2006-Present
Selection Committee, 2004 Seller’s Award, Nebraska State Historical Society
Committee Service, Nebraska Wesleyan University
Provost Search Committee, 2007-2008
Steering Committee and Task Force Chair, Self Study for Continued Accreditation
Higher Learning Commission, 2007-Present
Fulbright Review Committee, 2007-2008
Faculty Secretary and Archivist, 2006-Present
Religion and Philosophy Department Search Committee, 2005-2006
Curriculum Committee, 2005-2006
Professional Affiliations
Phi Alpha Theta, National History Honor Society