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Rebecca Edwards

Professor

Department of History
College of Liberal Arts

585-475-2406
Office Location

Rebecca Edwards

Professor

Department of History
College of Liberal Arts

Education

BA, College of the Holy Cross; Ph.D., University of Rochester

585-475-2406

Select Scholarship

Invited Paper
Edwards, R.A.R. and Amanda Keenan. "Oceans Unheard." Historic Nantucket. (2021). Print.
Full Length Book
Edwards, R.A.R. Deaf Players in Major League Baseball. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2020. Print.
Edwards, Rebecca. Words Made Flesh: Nineteenth-Century Deaf Education and the Growth of Deaf Culture. New York, NY: New York University Press, 2012. Print.
Journal Paper
Edwards, R.A.R., Michael Brown, and Tina Lent. "Remembering Kate Gleason: Introducing a Twentieth-Century Businesswoman to Twenty-First Century Students." The Seneca Falls Dialogues Journal 2. (2017): 0-0. Web.
Edwards, R.A.R. "A Tale of Two Umpires; Or, Restoring the Legacy of Dummy Hoy." A Tale of Two Umpires; Or, Restoring the Legacy of Dummy Hoy 23. 2 (2015): 1-32. Print.
Edwards, Rebecca. "No Dummies: Deafness, Baseball, and American Culture." Sign Language Studies 12. 2 (2012): 171-187. Print.
Published Review
Edwards, R.A.R. "Saying It Was So: Exploring the Black Sox Scandal." Rev. of The Black Prince of Baseball and The Betrayal, by Don Dewey, Nick Acocella, and Charles Fountain. Reviews in American History Mar. 2017: 117-119. Print.
Shows/Exhibits/Installations
Edwards, R.A.R. Language, Culture, Communities: 200 Years of Impact by the American School for the Deaf. 28 Apr. 2017. Connecticut Historical Society, Hartford. Exhibit.
Decker, Rebecca Edwards, Michael Brown, Juilee. When Rochester Was Royal: Professional Basketball in Rochester, 1945-1957. By Apr. 2016. Sunken Gallery in the Wallace Center, Rochester,NY. Exhibit.
Invited Keynote/Presentation
Edwards, R.A.R. "200 Years of Innovation: The Legacy of the American School for the Deaf." for Language, Culture, Communities: 200 Years of Impact by the American School for the Deaf. Connecticut Historical Society. Hartford, CT. 13 Jul. 2017. Guest Lecture.
Edwards, R.A.R. "No Dummy: The Brief Career of Dick Sipek." Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and American Culture. National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. Cooperstown, NY. 1 Jun. 2017. Conference Presentation.
Edwards, Rebecca. "Seeing the Signs: Doing Deaf History at Holy Cross and Beyond." Inauural lecture for the series "Opening Doors: 40 Years of Women at Holy Cross". College of the Holy Cross. Worcester, MA. 20 Sep. 2012. Address.

Currently Teaching

HIST-102
3 Credits
This introductory-level course will examine the social, cultural, political, technological and/or economic development of modern America as it is revealed through a particular historical topic or theme. The theme or topic of the course is chosen by the instructor, announced in the subtitle, and developed in the syllabus.
HIST-301
3 Credits
This course offers an analysis and interpretation of the main themes in the history of the United States over a broad period of time that extends to the modern era. We will look at how issues such as race, class, gender, and the environment have shaped American history, as well as debates over the multiple meanings of that history.