Ann Marie Kordas (she/her)
Professor College of Arts & Sciences Humanities Providence
Biography and Expertise
Ann Kordas earned a J.D. from Boston University School of Law in 2001, where she was an editor of Boston University’s Law Review, and a Ph.D. in History from Temple University in 2002, where she received the Conwell Fellowship and the Kramer Award for Excellence in Graduate Studies.
She is a social and cultural historian who focuses on issues of gender and race. Her special research interests include the history of childhood and adolescence, the history of popular culture, food history, history of occult belief, Cold War history, and gender history. She teaches classes in history, American government and ethics at Johnson & Wales University and ILS classes on Disease and Culture and The Supernatural.
She has presented papers at meetings of the Northeast Popular Culture Association, the Mid-Atlantic Popular/American Culture Association, the New England American Studies Association and the Popular Culture Association.
She has published on the uses of female gymnasts in Cold War propaganda, gender and the family bomb shelter, Roman Catholicism in 1930s vampire films, and the zombie in American popular culture. Her book, “The Politics of Childhood in Cold War America,” was published in 2011. She is at work on a new book called, “Violent Flirtations and Wedding Cake Dreams: Female Adolescent Sexual and Romantic Culture in the United States, 1850–1960.”
Education
PhD
Temple University
JD
Boston University School of Law
BA
Rhode Island College
BA
Rhode Island College
Cold War Kids (Podcast)
My Nuclear Life
February 25, 2025
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/my-nuclear-life/id1545230902
Northeast Popular Culture Association
American Historical Association
Northeast Popular Culture Association
American Historical Association
American Historical Association
Northeast Popular and American Culture Association
Kordas, A.
World History. Volume I. Since 1500.
OpenStax
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Chapter 17 – The Ottomans, the Mamluks, and the Ming
OpenStax
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Chapter 10 – Life and Labor in the Industrial World
OPenStax
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Chapter 14 – Cold War Conflicts
OpenStax
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Chapter 2 – Exchange in East Asia and the Indian Ocean
OpenStax
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Chapter 9 – Expansion in the Industrial Age
OpenStax
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World History, Volume II. Since 1400.
OpenStax
Kordas, A.
Female Adolescent Sexuality in the United States, 1850-1965
Lexington Books
Kordas, A.
The Politics of Childhood in Cold War America
Routledge
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Chapter 1 – American Government and Civil Engagement
OpenStax
1st
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Chapter 2 – The Constitution and Its Origins
OpenStax
Barnes v. Felix (excessive use of force by police under the 4th Amendment)
Lecture
The Changing Constitution Series
Humanities Department, JWU
John Hazen White, Room 403
Providence
RI
Mahmoud v. Taylor (Opt-out from LGBTQ+ inclusive textbooks under the Free Exercise Clause)
Lecture
The Changing Constitution
Humanities Department, JWU
John Hazan White, Room 403
Providence
RI
“Who Can Sue for Censorship of Social Media? Murthy v. Missouri”
Lecture
The Changing Constitution
Humanities Department, JWU
Bowen Center Presentation Room
Providence
RI
United States
Child Death in 19th Century America
Panel Presentation
NEPCA 2022 Virtual Conference
Northeast Popular Culture Association