Judy Barrett Litoff

Department: History and Social Sciences

Title: Professor of History

Contact Information: jlitoff@bryant.edu

Education:

• Ph.D. in History, University of Maine, 1975
• M.A. in History, Emory University, 1968
• B.A. in History, magna cum laude, Emory University, 1967

Academic Interests: American women's history, U.S. women and World War II, American midwives, collaborative learning at a distance between the U.S. and the Newly Independent States.

Teaching:

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• American Women's History
• U.S. Women and World War II
• The U.S. and World Politics, 1890 to the Present
• Cultures and Economies in Transition
• Freshman Leadership Seminar
• Freshman Liberal Arts Seminar

Professional Activities:

• Project Director of U.S. Department of State Grant with Bryant College, Suffolk University, and European Humanities University, Minsk, Belarus, 1997-2000.
• Project Director, Higher Education Support Program, Open Society Institute, Summer School on Collaborative Learning at a Distance, Minsk, Belarus, Summer 1999.
• Chair, Goff Institute for Ingenuity and Enterprise Studies of the the Rhode Island Historical Society, 1999-present.
• Recipient of James Madison Prize, 1994, awarded by the Society for History in the Federal Government for article, "'To the Rescue of the Crops': The Women's Land Army during World War II," Prologue 25:346-361.
• Recipient of Bryant College Research and Publication Award, 1997; Bryant College Herstory Award, 1996; Bryant College Alumni Distinguished Faculty Member Award, 1989; and Bryant College Faculty Federation Distinguished Faculty Member Award, 1988.
• Invited lecturer at universities throughout the United States, Europe, and China.
• Author of 11 books and over 100 articles, book chapters, and reviews.

Books:

• Barrett Litoff, J., Cane,D., and Smith, D.C. Fighting Fascism in Europe: The World War II Letters of an American Veteran of the Spanish Civil War. New York: Fordham University Press, 2003.
• Barrett Litoff, J., and Smith, D.C. What Kind of World Do We Want?: American Women Planning for Peace. Wilmington: Scholarly Resources, 2000.
• Barrett Litoff, J. Dear Poppa: The World War II Berman Family Letters. St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society Press, 1997.
• Barrett Litoff, J., and Smith, D.C. American Women in a World at War: Contemporary Accounts from World War II. Wilmington: Scholarly Resources, 1997.
• Barrett Litoff, J., and Smith, D.C. We're In This War Too: World War II Letters from American Women in Uniform. New York: Oxford University Press, 1994.
• Barrett Litoff, J., and McDonnell, J., Editors. European Immigrant Women in the United States: A Biographical Dictionary. New York: Garland Publishing, 1994.
• Barrett Litoff, J., and Smith, D.C. Since You Went Away: World War II Letters From American Women on the Home Front. New York: Oxford University Press, 1991. Paperback edition, Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 1995.
• Barrett Litoff, J., and Smith, D.C., Editors. Dear Boys: World War II Letters From A Woman Back Home. Jackson, Mississippi: University Press of Mississippi, 1991.
• Barrett Litoff, J., Smith, D.C., Taylor, B., and Taylor, C. Miss You: The World War Two Letters Of Barbara Wooddall Taylor And Charles E. Taylor. Athens, Georgia: University of Georgia Press, 1990.
• Barrett Litoff, J. The American Midwife Debate: A Sourcebook on its Modern Origins. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1986.
• Barrett Litoff, J. American Midwives, 1860 to the Present. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1978. Paperback edition, 1985.

For more information, see Professor Litoff's web page.