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BIO - Melinda Chateauvert, Ph.D.

African American Studies Department
2169 LeFrak Hall
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742
(301) 405-1164
Email: mchateau@aasp.umd.edu
Website: http://www.bsos.umd.edu/aasp/chateauvert

Assistant Professor
African American Studies Department
University of Maryland College Park, Maryland

University of Pennsylvania, Ph.D. in United States History

Publications (Selected)

New Social Movements and Sexuality: Papers from Sofia Conference on Socialism and Sexuality, editor, with Antonia Levy and Nolana Yip, Sofia: Queer Bulgaria Foundation and Washington, D.C.: Woodhull Freedom Foundation (forthcoming)
"R.E.A.L.: Real Education About Life Action Kit," on abstinence-only education in the public schools, with Joy Freeman, Washington, D.C.: Woodhull Freedom Foundation, January, 2004
"Putting Sex in African American Studies: New Questions for Research," Sexuality and African American Studies Conference, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa., 17 March 2004
Advocacy for Sexual Freedom: A Practical Guide, with Judy Guerin, Washington, D.C.: Woodhull Freedom Foundation, September 2003
"After Lawrence: Organizing Strategies for Sexual Freedom," Folsom Street Program Fair Book, San Francisco, Cal.: HBK Media, September, 2003, pp 13, 15-18
"Pro-Sex Activism," and "How to Be a Pro-Sex Activist," for Folsom Street Fair Program Book, San Francisco, Cal.: HBL Media, September 2002, pp 30, 32.
"A Sister in the Brotherhood: Rosina Corrothers Tucker of the International Ladies' Auxiliary," Sister Circle: Black Women and Work. New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press, 2002, edited by Sharon Harley and The Black Women and Work Collective "Using Historical and Sociological Evidence in Affirmative Action Litigation," in Combating Racial Discrimination: Affirmative Action as a Model for Europe? edited by Erna Appelt, Oxford, England: Berg Publishing, 2000
Marching Together: Women of the Brotherhood of the Sleeping Car Porters, Women's History Series and Labor and Laboring Classes series, University of Illinois Press, 1998

Grants, Awards, Fellowships (Selected)

Member, Black Women and Work, Ford Foundation Faculty Seminar, 1995 to 1998
International travel grant, BSOS Dean's Office, University of Maryland, January 1997
Smithsonian Institute, National Museum of American History, Pre-Doctoral Fellowship, 1989-1992
Pergamon-NWSA Graduate Scholarship in Women's Studies, Honorable Mention, 1990
Iowa Collegiate Associations Council Research, grant, study of campus sexual harassment, 1980-1981

Presentations (Selected)

"Respectability, Sexuality and Citizenship: Comparing the U.S. Civil Rights and Gay Rights Movements," New Social Movements and Sexuality Conference, Sofia, Bulgaria, October 8-9, 2004
"Putting Sex in African American Studies: New Questions for Research," Sexuality and African American Studies Conference, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa., 17 March 2004
"Sexualized Bodies, Bodies Reproductive," Panel Chair and Respondent, Normalizing the Body Conference, Center for Historical Studies, University of Maryland College Park, , May 9, 2003
"The Rod, The Riding Crop and the Wooden Spoon: The Emergence of Consent in Law Regulating Alternative Sexual Expression," Workshop Leader, various events, talks 2002-03
"When Your Eyes Say Yes, but the Law Says No: Consent and the Law," Workshop Facilitator, Leather Leadership Conference VI, Los Angeles, Cal., April, 2002
"Writing the Life of Rosina Corrothers Tucker and Working in the Collective," panel discussion for the Black Women and Work Collective, Berkshire Conference of Women Historians, University of Connecticut, Storrs, June 2002
"Women, Manhood, and Civil Rights Activism before Brown: The Ladies Auxiliary to the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters," paper presented for the Women in the Louisiana Civil Rights Movement, Xavier University, New Orleans, La., March 2002
"New Trends in the GLBTQ Activism: The Emergence of the SM/Leather/Fetish Community," Facilitator and Discussant, NGLTF's Creating Change Conference, Milwaukee, Wis., November, 2001
"Medical Care and Treatment Issues for Patients who Engage in Alternative Sexual Expression (Sadomasochism, Swinging, Fetishistic Paraphilias)," Discussant, Gay and Lesbian Medical Association Annual Convention, New Orleans, La., September 2001
"Alternative Sexual Expression and the Law: The United States View" Panelist for Sex and the Law in the Aftermath of Spanner, SM Pride, London, England, July 2001
"Women of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters," Historic Pullman Foundation Youth Scholarship Program, Pullman, Illinois, February 2000
"Rights Movements for Sexual Minorities: A Comparison of the Struggles of Gay and Lesbian, Sex Workers, and SM-Leather-Fetish Communities," paper presented at the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality Annual meeting, Orlando, Fla., October 2000
"Assimilation/Integration in the Leather Community: Is it good for Gay and Lesbian Leatherfolk?" Panelist, Leather Leadership Conference 2000, Washington, D.C. April 2000

Review Activities (Selected)

Referee, Journal of African American History and Life
Referee, Journal of Women's History
Referee, Journal of American History
Book Reviewer, Journal of Negro Education
Book Reviewer, Washington History: Magazine of The Historical Society of Washington, D.C.

Courses Taught (Selected)

AASD 411: Black Resistance Movements
AASD 441/441H: Science, Technology and the Black Community
AASP 499E: Special Topics in Public Policy: Civil Rights Law: Employment and Education
AASD 498C/AASD 314/AASD314H/HIST 419K: The Civil Rights Movement
AASD 498X: Gender, Race and Labor: Sex Work
AASD 313/WMST 314: Black Women in United States History Seminar
AASD 499E: Public Policy Seminar: Civil Rights Law and Policy: Education and Employment
AASD 398T: Gender, Sexuality and the Black Family, Colloquium
AASD 298M/AMST 298M Current Issues, the Media, and the Black Community, Colloquium
AASD 398W: Topics in Africa and the Diaspora: Race and Labor, Seminar
AASD 498H: Women and Work, team taught with Dr. Sharon Harley

Advising (Selected)

  • Dissertation Committee Member, Kelley A. Quinn, Candidate in American Studies, UMCP Spring 2002 to present

  • Dissertation Committee Member, Kimberly Brown, Comparative Literature, UMCP, completed Spring 1999
  • Undergraduate Studies Director, Afro-American Studies Program, UMCP, August 1995 to August 1997, and August 2000 to present
  • Admitted to the Graduate Faculty, Fall 1998
  • Senior Thesis Advisor, Fall 1992 to present, directing research and writing of between two to six seniors in African American Studies each semester
  • Honors Director, African American Studies Department, University of Maryland at College Park, August, 1994 to present

Service and Affiliations (Selected)

  • Co-Director and President of the Board, Woodhull Freedom Foundation and Woodhull Freedom Federation, Washington, D.C. 2003 to present
  • NAAP Legal Defense and Education Fund, Research Project on Racial Discrimination in Education in the State of George, June 2001 through May 2002
  • Leather Archives and Museum Board of Directors, Chicago Illinois, 1997 to present Board Member, Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality, 2000 to present
  • Center for the Study of Sexual Diversity/Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Historical Society of Northern California, 1999 to present
  • Among Friends, Inc., Washington, D.C., August 1999 to 2003
  • Board Member, District of Columbia Sexual Minority Activists, Washington, D.C., 1998 to 2000
  • American Historical Association, member, 1992 to present

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