Amy Achenbach

Advisor

Dr. Andrea Turpin

Education

B.A. in History and French, summa cum laude, University of Mount Union, 2017

Research Interests

My present research explores the culture and ideology of single-sex, women’s spaces through the lens of collegiate, Greek-letter sororities. Rooting my analysis in their Progressive Era founding, I question why these organizations not only survived but thrived into the long twentieth century. My work engages American women’s history, intellectual history, and cultural history broadly, as well as the history of feminism, higher education, childhood and youth, and identity as it relates to gender, religion, and race.

Exam Fields: U.S. History 1877-Present; History of American Women, Gender, & Sexuality; Global History of Childhood, Youth, & Education

Selected Activities

Awards/Fellowships/Grants

• Gunther Barth Fellowship, Bancroft Library, University of California - Berkeley, 2024
• William and Madeline Welder Smith Research Travel Award, Briscoe Center for American History, University of Texas - Austin, 2024
• Helm Fellowship, Lilly Library, Indiana University, 2024
• Bordin / Gillette Research Fellowship, Bentley Library, University of Michigan, 2023
• Guittard Fellowship, Baylor University, 2020-2021
• Graduate School Fellowship, Baylor University, 2020-2026

Follow Amy on

Twitter: @AmyAchenbach