Paisley Harris
Associate Professor of History and Women's Studies

paisley.harris@uwc.edu
Phone: 920-929-1165
Department: History
Office: S-214

Degrees:
B.A. Macalester College

J.D. University of Washington

M.A. University of Minnesota

Ph.D. University of Minnesota • US History

Classes:
HIS 101 US History to the Civil War

HIS 102 US History Since the Civil War

HIS 198 Film as Social History

HIS 278 Minorities in US History

HIS 279 Women in US History

HIS 285 US History 1917-1945

HIS 286 US History 1945-present

Dr . Paisley Harris is Associate Professor of History and Women’s Studies at UW-Fond du Lac. She is also the Coordinator of the Engaging Students in the First Year (ESFY) program, a program to help students transition successfully to college, for the 13 University of Wisconsin Colleges campuses.

She holds a B.A from Macalester College, a J.D. from University of Washington and a M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota in History.

Dr. Harris joined the UW-Fond du Lac faculty in the fall of 2002. Her teaching and research interests include women's history, African American history, cultural and legal history.

She is currently working on research on the early twentieth century women's tent show blues and the performance of race in early twentieth century traveling shows.

She is also active in the Fond du Lac Community serving on HEDIT, the Higher Education Diversity Initiative Team which won the 2012 Spirit of Dr. Martin Luther King Award, and the Board of Directors of the Women's Fund of the Fond du Lac Area Foundation. She is also Board President of the Open Circle Unitarian Universalist Fellowship.