Alison Lefkovitz
Alison Lefkovitz
Associate Professor, Federated History
327 Cullimore Hall
Education
Ph.D.; University of Chicago; Us History; 2010
M.A.; University of Chicago; Us History; 2003
B.A.; Indiana University-Bloomington; History And English; 2002
M.A.; University of Chicago; Us History; 2003
B.A.; Indiana University-Bloomington; History And English; 2002
Awards & Honors
2021 NJIT Faculty Co-op Advisor of the Year, NJIT Career Development Services
2019 New Jersey Council for the Humanities Public Scholar, New Jersey Council for the Humanities Public Scholars Project
2019 Berkshire Conference of Women Historians Book Prize Finalist, Berkshire Conference of Women Historians
2018 NJIT Student Senate CSLA Faculty Award, NJIT Student Senate
2016 NJIT Excellence in Teaching Honors Courses Award, NJIT
2019 New Jersey Council for the Humanities Public Scholar, New Jersey Council for the Humanities Public Scholars Project
2019 Berkshire Conference of Women Historians Book Prize Finalist, Berkshire Conference of Women Historians
2018 NJIT Student Senate CSLA Faculty Award, NJIT Student Senate
2016 NJIT Excellence in Teaching Honors Courses Award, NJIT
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2023 Spring Courses
HIST 725 - INDEPENDENT STUDY
HIST 311 - HISTORY CO-OP II
HIST 726 - IND STUDY
HIST 310 - LTC CO-OP I
HIST 311 - LTC CO-OP II
HIST 362 - SEX, GENDER & LAW IN AMER HIST
HIST 401 - INDEPENDENT STUDY - HONORS
HIST 402 - INDEPENDENT STUDY - HONORS
HIST 701C - MASTER'S THESIS
HIST 727 - INDEPENDENT STUDY
HIST 310 - HISTORY CO-OP I
HIST 702 - MASTER'S ESSAY
HIST 401 - INDEPENDENT STUDY
HIST 402 - INDEPENDENT STUDY
HIST 701B - MASTER'S THESIS
HIST 311 - HISTORY CO-OP II
HIST 726 - IND STUDY
HIST 310 - LTC CO-OP I
HIST 311 - LTC CO-OP II
HIST 362 - SEX, GENDER & LAW IN AMER HIST
HIST 401 - INDEPENDENT STUDY - HONORS
HIST 402 - INDEPENDENT STUDY - HONORS
HIST 701C - MASTER'S THESIS
HIST 727 - INDEPENDENT STUDY
HIST 310 - HISTORY CO-OP I
HIST 702 - MASTER'S ESSAY
HIST 401 - INDEPENDENT STUDY
HIST 402 - INDEPENDENT STUDY
HIST 701B - MASTER'S THESIS
Past Courses
HIST 312: PROF DEVELOPMENT IN LAW
HIST 320: LAW AND EVIDENCE
HIST 362: SEX, GENDER & LAW IN AMER HIST
HIST 362: SEX, GENDER, AND THE LAW IN AMERICAN HISTORY
HIST 369: LAW AND SOCIETY IN HISTORY
HIST 628: GENDER SCI & TECH MOD WORLD
HSS 404: HIST SEM:
HSS 404: HIST SEM: CIVIL RIGHTS REV. & LAW
HSS 404: HIST SEM: LGBT HISTORY AND RIGHTS
HSS 404: HIST SEM: MURDER IN U. S. HISTORY
HSS 404: HUMANITIES SENIOR SEMINAR - HISTORY
HSS 404: MURDER IN U. S. HISTORY
HSS 404: MURDER IN U. S. HISTORY HONORS SECTION
HIST 320: LAW AND EVIDENCE
HIST 362: SEX, GENDER & LAW IN AMER HIST
HIST 362: SEX, GENDER, AND THE LAW IN AMERICAN HISTORY
HIST 369: LAW AND SOCIETY IN HISTORY
HIST 628: GENDER SCI & TECH MOD WORLD
HSS 404: HIST SEM:
HSS 404: HIST SEM: CIVIL RIGHTS REV. & LAW
HSS 404: HIST SEM: LGBT HISTORY AND RIGHTS
HSS 404: HIST SEM: MURDER IN U. S. HISTORY
HSS 404: HUMANITIES SENIOR SEMINAR - HISTORY
HSS 404: MURDER IN U. S. HISTORY
HSS 404: MURDER IN U. S. HISTORY HONORS SECTION
Academic Blog Posts
“The Population Politics of Dobbs”
The Docket: Law and History Review , June 2022
The Docket: Law and History Review , June 2022
Newspaper
“A Forgotten Past Repeats Itself as Newark’s Attempt to Create Economic Equity”
Newark Star-Ledger, July (3rd Quarter/Summer) 2021
“Contrary to Conservative Claims, the ERA Would Help Families—But It’s Not Enough”
Washington Post, November 2019
“Jordan Peterson and the Return of the Men’s Rights Movement”
Washington Post, July (3rd Quarter/Summer) 2018
Newark Star-Ledger, July (3rd Quarter/Summer) 2021
“Contrary to Conservative Claims, the ERA Would Help Families—But It’s Not Enough”
Washington Post, November 2019
“Jordan Peterson and the Return of the Men’s Rights Movement”
Washington Post, July (3rd Quarter/Summer) 2018
Book
Lefkovitz, Alison (2018). Strange Bedfellows: Marriage in the Age of Women's Liberation. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press
Other
The Annotated Patent History Digital Archive
September 2017
The History of Patents at NJIT
Consortium for Undergraduate Law & Justice Programs In the Classroom Blog, April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2017
'Sodomy Is Not Adultery:' The Clinton Sex Scandal as Queer History
Notches: (Re)Marks on the History of Sexuality website, April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2016
A Workshop for Law-School Bound Students
In the Classroom: A Blog about Undergraduate Teaching and Learning, September 2015
Family and Child Custody in Virginia
George Mason University, August 2014
September 2017
The History of Patents at NJIT
Consortium for Undergraduate Law & Justice Programs In the Classroom Blog, April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2017
'Sodomy Is Not Adultery:' The Clinton Sex Scandal as Queer History
Notches: (Re)Marks on the History of Sexuality website, April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2016
A Workshop for Law-School Bound Students
In the Classroom: A Blog about Undergraduate Teaching and Learning, September 2015
Family and Child Custody in Virginia
George Mason University, August 2014
Journal Article
Lefkovitz, Alison (2015). ‘The Peculiar Anomaly’: Same-Sex Infidelity in Postwar Divorce Courts . Law and History Review, 33(August 2015), 665-701.
Lefkovitz, Alison (2011). “Men in the House: Race, Welfare, and the Regulation of Men’s Sexuality in the United States, 1961-1972” . Journal of the History of Sexuality, 20(September 2011), 594-614.
Lefkovitz, Alison (2011). “Men in the House: Race, Welfare, and the Regulation of Men’s Sexuality in the United States, 1961-1972” . Journal of the History of Sexuality, 20(September 2011), 594-614.