Campus Directory
Nicole Rizzuto
| Title: | Adjunct Faculty |
| Email: | rizzuto@hitchedhike.com |
| Department: | History & Political Science |
Biography
Nicole Marie Rizzuto, Ph.D., completed her doctorate in history and culture at Drew University in Madison, New Jersey. Her dissertation focuses on the fictional trope of Dead Lesbian Syndrome and its impact on lesbian identities from the late 1890s to the end of World War II. Rizzuto’s research interests include anglophone lesbian subcultures, the history of censorship, the African diaspora, and modern feminist thought. She currently serves as the development manager of engagement and advancement at Point Foundation. Rizzuto has taught at Hudson County Community College, New Jersey City.
Education
Ph.D. in History and Culture
Drew University
B.A. in History
Saint Elizabeth University
Areas of Specialization
LGBTQ/queer history and literature, women and gender history, literary tropes and their impact on society, early 20th-century American history, and diaspora studies.
Courses Taught
- ENGL 232: Intro to Women’s Studies
- ENGL 240: Women and Literature
Presentations/Publications/Productions
Pulp and Circumstance: The Causes and Effects of Dead Lesbian Syndrome, 1895-1949
Dissertation. Drew University. ProQuest, May 2022.
“N’Nomination” in Women Who Changed the World: Their Lives, Challenges, and Accomplishments Through History. Encyclopedia Article. Candice Goucher (ed.). ABC-CLIO, 2022.
“World War Years Around the Globe: Comfort Women” in Daily Life of Women: An Encyclopedia from Ancient Times to the Present. Encyclopedia Article. Colleen Boyett, H. Michael Tarver, and Mildred Diane Gleason (ed.). Westport, Conn. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2020.
The Feminist Bookstore Movement: Lesbian Antiracism and Feminist Accountability by Kristen Hogan. Book Review. Gender Forum: An Internet Journal for Gender Studies, 2017.
“World War Years Around the Globe: Warriors” in Daily Life of Women: An Encyclopedia from Ancient Times to the Present. Encyclopedia Article. Colleen Boyett, H. Michael Tarver, and Mildred Diane Gleason (ed.). Westport, Conn. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2020.
Truth or Consequences: Postwar Series and Revisionist History. Presentation. Northeast Modern Language Association, 2021.
Keynote: A Curated Conversation with Megan Rossman. Moderator, Democratizing Knowledge: Dean Hopper, 2020.
Conference for Holocaust Education Centers. Center Representative, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, 2018.
Stop Killing Fictional Lesbians. Paper Presentation. Northeast Popular Cultural Association Conference
University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2017.
Drawing from the Well: How Mainstream Culture and the Lesbian Subculture Interpret the Well of Loneliness. Paper Presentation, Midwest Conference on British Studies, 2017.
Rape in War Through Social Constructionist Feminist Analysis of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Paper Presentation. History Graduate Student Association Conference, 2016.
Women’s Suffrage in New Jersey. Public Lecture. Morris Museum, 2016.
Closer Than They Appear: The Irish Question and the New Age. Paper Presentation. Revising the Rising Conference, 2015.