Jacqueline Ellis

Jacqueline Ellis is a Professor in the Department of History, Philosophy & Religion at New Jersey City University (NJCU). She holds both a Ph.D. and B.A. in American Studies from the University of Hull, England. Her office is located in K 505 and she can be contacted via email at jellis@njcu.edu or phone at 201-200-3170.

Dr. Ellis's research employs interdisciplinary approaches to U.S. social and cultural history, examining how popular culture, material artifacts, and texts reveal historical constructions of gender, race, ethnicity, and class. She specializes in:

• Working-class women's history and cultural studies (photography, popular culture)
• The politics of memory through archives and public history
• Girlhood studies and queer theory frameworks

Her teaching encompasses U.S. history, women's economic/social history, and gender studies with specific focus on sexuality and queer studies.

Her publications demonstrate consistent focus on marginalized historical narratives, particularly analyzing labor history through gender lenses and exploring methodologies of public memory. Recent work emphasizes affective dimensions of historical trauma and pedagogical approaches to industrial disasters.