Beth Bailey
- Foundation Distinguished Professor
Contact Info
Office Phone:
Wescoe Hall, room #3636
Biography —
Dr. Bailey joined the KU Department of History in 2015. She previously taught at Temple University, the University of New Mexico, and Barnard College, Columbia University, with visiting assistant professorships at KU and the University of Hawai’i and a Fulbright at the University of Indonesia.
Over the past decade and a half, her research has been primarily in the field of military, war, and society. Dr. Bailey has also written extensively on the history of gender and sexuality in the modern United States. She was elected to the Society of American Historians in 2017, and In was named an Andrew Carnegie Fellow in 2021.
Learn more about Beth Bailey on the Department of History website.
Education —
Ph.D., University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
M.A. in American History, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
B.A. in American Culture, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL