Dr. Shelly Lemons
Associate Professor of History
Office: Carnegie Hall 213
Phone: (618) 537-6457
About Shelly
Dr. Shelly Lemons, Assistant Professor of History, joined the McKendree faculty in
2010. Dr. Lemons received her Bachelor of Arts degree in History from Missouri Southern
State University in Joplin, Missouri, and a Master of Arts in History from Missouri
State University, located in Springfield, Missouri. In 2004, she completed a doctoral
degree in history from Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, Oklahoma.
Dr. Lemons taught at community colleges in Utah and in Missouri for ten years before coming to McKendree University. She is actively engaged in teaching and scholarship, with a primary focus on women and gender issues. Her manuscript, Down on First Street: Prostitution in Tulsa, Oklahoma, is forthcoming. Other projects currently in progress include a study of courthouse weddings and attitudes about marriage as well as manuscript project on Oklahoma women, the Great Depression, and the Dust Bowl.
Dr. Lemons is also actively engaged in community and professional organizations. She serves on the Board of Directors of Women’s Voices Raised for Social Justice. She is also part of the executive council and a Vice President of the Southwestern Historical Association.
Education
Ph.D., History, Oklahoma State University (2004)
M.A., History, Missouri State University
B.A., History, Missouri Southern State University
Teaching and Research Interests
Gilded Age and Progressivism
Modern US History
US Women’s History
Gender and Sexuality
Courses Taught at McKendree
HIS 262 United States History Since 1865
HIS 276/376 Minorities in the American Experience
HIS 324 Emergence of Modern America: 1890-1945
HIS 271/371 United States Women’s History
