lgdavis
Email
lgdavis@wpi.edu
Office
Salisbury Labs 035
Affiliated Department or Office
History
Humanities and Arts
Education
PhD The George Washington University 2018
MA Dartmouth College 2009
BA University of Vermont with Honors 2005

Dr. Lindsay Davis is a broadly trained interdisciplinary historian whose research interrogates the gendered, racial, and cultural foundations of the American prison state. Her current book project, "Lessons in Captivity: A Cultural History of Gender and Criminality During the Transitional Carceral Era, 1930-1973," examines the cultural coverage of women prisoners - in "real life" and in film - in an era preceding mass incarceration. In the classroom, Dr. Davis teaches a variety of courses on late 19th and 20th century American social, cultural, and legal history and seeks to incorporate a diverse set of sources and voices.