Ph.D. (Expected May 2007) American Studies and Ethnicity, University of Southern California.
Dissertation: Remembering L.A.: Race, Memory, and Historic Preservation in Los Angeles, 1895-2005. Committee: George J. S�nchez (chair), Marita Sturken, Leland Saito, and Philip J. Ethington.
B.A. 1995. American Studies, University of Southern California, Summa Cum Laude.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE:
Post-1865 U.S. History, Race and Ethnicity, Urban History, Architectural History, Memory/Preservation, Archival and Oral History Methodologies
PUBLICATIONS:
Hillary Jenks, �The Politics of Preservation: Power, Memory, and Identity in an Historic Ethnic Neighborhood,� Historic Preservation Practice: Reevaluating Cultural Landscapes, ed. Richard Longstreth, (Shelburne, Vt.: New England Press, forthcoming).
Hillary Jenks, �American Quarterly Hosts Conference on �Los Angeles and the Future of Urban Cultures,�� el bolet�n 3:1 (spring 2004): 3.
Hillary Jenks, �Books in Review: Viet Nguyen�s Race and Resistance: Literature and Politics in Asian America,� el bolet�n 2:1 (spring 2003): 10.
Hillary Jenks, �September 11: One Year Later � Mary Dudziak Reflects on the �Transformative� Nature of 9/11/01,� el bolet�n 1:1 (fall 2002): 6.
Hillary Jenks, �Don�t Spend Your Money Where You Can�t Work: Race, Space, and the Politics of Consumption in 1930s Black Los Angeles,� Center for American Studies and Ethnicity Working Paper Series 1 (spring 2003).
PRESENTATIONS:
�The Culture Strategy: Selling Memory and Identity in an Historic Ethnic Neighborhood,� Paper Presented, Social Science History Association Conference, Chicago, November 2004.
�The Politics of Preservation: Power, Memory, and Identity in Little Tokyo�s Cultural Landscape,� Paper Presented, Fourth National Forum on Historic Preservation Practice, Baltimore, March 2004.
�The Politics of Preservation: Power, Memory, and Identity in an Historic Ethnic Neighborhood,� Paper Presented, American Historical Association Pacific Coast Branch Conference, Honolulu, August 2003.
�Don�t Spend Your Money Where You Can�t Work: Race, Space, and the Politics of Consumption in 1930s Black Los Angeles,� Paper Presented, USC Graduate Student Conference, Los Angeles, September 2002.
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:
Research
Dissertation: Investigating the intersection between racial, spatial, and temporal formations via historic preservation in twentieth-century Los Angeles through archival research, interviews, and textual and spatial analysis. Includes research on Charles Fletcher Lummis and his Landmarks Club, memorials in Little Tokyo, downtown gentrification, and the development of the historically black neighborhood of West Adams.
Research Assistant
Reviewed the 1798 tax assessment for various Maryland counties, entered information into SPSS software program, and ran basic statistical operations. Professor Carole Shammas, University of Southern California, 2002.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
Teaching Assistant
Gender and Sexuality in American History: History Department lower division course that critically examined the nineteenth- and twentieth-century women�s movements, the development of scientific and psychological discourses on homosexuality, and changing constructions of masculinity. University of Southern California, Spring 2003.
Teaching Assistant
America, the Frontier, and the New West: American Studies and Ethnicity major introductory course that analyzed core themes in American history and culture such as community, individualism, democratic thinking, and race through films, fiction, historical texts, and student interview projects. University of Southern California, Fall 2002.
FELLOWSHIPS/AWARDS:
Rockefeller-Social Science History Association Travel Grant, 2004
Irvine Summer Dissertation Workshop, University of Southern California, 2004
First Year Graduate Fellowship, John R. and Dora Haynes Foundation, University of Southern
California, 2001-2002
Trustee Scholarship, University of Southern California, 1992-1995
ACADEMIC SERVICE:
Managing Editor, American Quarterly, University of Southern California, May 2003 � Present
Proof manuscripts, collect contracts and images on deadline, plan quarterly meetings of the Managing Board, update web site, attend Advisory Board meeting at annual American Studies Association conference, and supervise editorial assistants in logging and tracking 200+ manuscripts annually; coordinated November 2003 two-day special issue conference on �Los Angeles and the Future of Urban Cultures� at the Huntington Library.
Historian, PASEO (Program in American Studies and Ethnicity Graduate Student Organization), University of Southern California, January 2005 � Present
Coordinator, Preserving the Ethnic Landscapes of America, March 2003
Academic symposium sponsored by the Little Tokyo Service Center Community Development Corporation with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts, the California Office of Historic Preservation, and the American Architectural Foundation.
Organizer, Academic Tourists in the Fragmented Metropolis: Race, Space, Gender, and Place in Los Angeles, University of Southern California graduate student conference, September 2002
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:
American Studies Association
Social Science History Association
American Historical Association Society of Architectural Historians
Organization of American Historians Vernacular Architecture Forum
Huntington L.A. History Workshop
Autry Western History Workshop
Phi Beta Kappa
Phi Kappa Phi
RELATED SKILLS:
Reading literacy in Spanish, limited knowledge of French
Graduate Certificate in Historic Preservation, University of Southern California, May 2004
