Natalia Mehlman Petrzela 80 5Th Avenue, 521— New York, NY 10011 Phone: 917-741-3209 — Fax: 212-229-5929 — E-Mail: [email protected]

Natalia Mehlman Petrzela 80 5Th Avenue, 521— New York, NY 10011 Phone: 917-741-3209 — Fax: 212-229-5929 — E-Mail: Mehlmann@Newschool.Edu

Natalia Mehlman Petrzela 80 5th Avenue, 521 New York, NY 10011 Phone: 917-741-3209 Fax: 212-229-5929 E-Mail: [email protected]

Education

Ph.D. Stanford University, History, 2009 M.A. Stanford University, History, 2004 Dissertation: “Origins of the Culture Wars: Sex, Language, School, and State in California, 1968-78” Committee: Estelle Freedman; Albert Camarillo; Joy Ann Williamson B.A. Columbia College, History, cum laude, 2000

Experience

• Assistant Professor of History, Eugene Lang College The New 2014-present School for Liberal Arts • Assistant Professor of Education Studies and History, Eugene Lang 2009-2014 College The New School for Liberal Arts • Co-chair, Education Studies, Eugene Lang College The New 2010-2013 School for Liberal Arts • Spanish teacher, P.S/I.S. 111, New York City Department of 2001-2002 Education

Publications

Books

• Classroom Wars: Language, Sex, and the Making of Modern Political Forthcoming, 2015 Culture, Oxford University Press Articles and Book Chapters • “Revisiting the Rightward Turn: Max Rafferty, Education, and May 2014 Modern American Politics,” The Sixties: A Journal of History, Politics, and Culture, Vol. 6, No.2. • With Sarah Manekin, “The Accountability Partnership: Writing and October 2013 Surviving in the Digital Age,” in Dougherty, Jack, and Nawrotzki, Kristin, eds., Writing History in the Digital Age, University of Michigan Digital Humanities Series • “Before the Federal Bilingual Education Act: Legislation and Lived November 2010 Experience,” Immigration and Education: A Special Issue of the Peabody Journal of Education, Vol.85, No.4., 406-424. • “’Sex Ed… and the Reds?’ Reconsidering the Anaheim Battle over May 2007 Sex Education, 1962-1969,” History of Education Quarterly, Vol. 47, No. 2, 203-232. Natalia Mehlman Petrzela Page 2

Under Review: • “Sex, Spirituality, and the Popularization of Yoga in Modern America,” in Moreton, Bethany; Frank, Gill; and White, Heather; eds., Devotions and Desires: Histories of Religion and Sexuality in the 20th-Century United States (anthology, in contract negotiation with University of Pennsylvania Press) In Progress: • “HealthClass2.0: Crossing Boundaries Through Campus-Based Civic Engagement,” (solicited by Anthropology Now) Book Reviews • Review of Robin Jensen, Dirty Words: The Rhetoric of Sex Education, May 2013 1870-1924, Journal of the History of Sexuality, Vol. 22, No. 2, 339- 342. Encyclopedia Entries • “Multiculturalism,” in Ness, Immanuel, ed., The Encyclopedia of Global 2013 Human Migration, Wiley-Blackwell, Vol. IV, 2237-2242. • “Sex Education,” in Hunt, Thomas Carper, James C., et al, The 2010 Encyclopedia of Educational Reform and Dissent, SAGE Publications, 821-25. Selected Blog Posts/Online Journalism • “Race, Wellness, and Why We Should Care About the Hilarity of October 1, 2014 Thug Kitchen,” Medium, (904 words) • “There’s Someone Missing From My Facebook Photos,” Slate, (1,100 July 16, 2014 words) • “Why this Lululemon Scandal is Different,” Huffington Post (1,059 November 20, 2013 words) • “Marianne Williamson for Congress: A New Age for American November 5, 2013 Politics?” Huffington Post/republished by L.A. Progressive (1,011 words) • “The Strange Gender Politics of Natural Living,” U.S. Intellectual May 14, 2013 History Blog (1,608 words) • “School Wellness Programs: The Latest Frontier in the Culture December 9, 2012 Wars?” I Love You But You’re Going to Hell (1,100 words) • “Educating the Whole Child,” Huffington Post (1,072 words) March 5, 2012 Natalia Mehlman Petrzela Page 3

Fellowships, Honors, and Grants

• Roy A. Hunt Foundation Grant for HealthClass2.0 ($5,000) 2014-15 • Frederick Lewis Allen Memorial Room Writer, New York Public 2014-15 Library May 2014 • Faculty Research Grant, The New School ($5,000) April 2014 • Keynote speaker, Columbia College Women’s Mentoring Lunch • Rockefeller Foundation/New School for Public Engagement 2013-15 Collaborative Innovation Grant for HealthClass2.0 ($20,000) • Invited speaker to University of Pennsylvania History Ph.D. November 2012 students on dissertation writing in the digital age • Eugene Lang College Civic Engagement and Social Justice Faculty 2011-2013 Mini-Grant for HealthClass2.0, 3-time grantee ($7500) • Invited speaker in Teaching American History lecture series at New June 2012 York University, “Max Rafferty and the Origins of American Conservatism.” • Invited Panelist, Spencer Foundation Dissertation Fellows October 2010 Conference • Dean’s Lecture, Eugene Lang College Orientation August 2010 • Commencement Graduate Student Speaker, Stanford University June 2009 Department of History • Mrs. Giles M. Whiting Foundation Dissertation Fellow 2008-2009 • Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study Summer Seminar Fellow, June 2008 “Sequels to the Sixties,” Cambridge, MA • Spencer Foundation Dissertation Fellow 2007-2008 • Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Dissertation Fellow (relinquished) 2007-2008 • Centennial Award for Excellence in Teaching, Stanford University 2004

Selected Scholarly Presentations

• “Yoga, Spirituality, and the Popularization of Self-Fulfillment,” and December 2014 “Classroom Wars: Book Talk,” University of Wisconsin-Madison • Comment, “Unsettling Pleasures and Pains: Conservatism, November 2014 Neoliberalism, and Intimate Labors,” American Studies Association, Los Angeles, CA Natalia Mehlman Petrzela Page 4

• “Sex, Spirituality, and the Popularization of Yoga in Modern July 2014 America,” Center for Religion Workshop, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ March 2014 • “Cultural Feminism, Family Values, and Natural Motherhood in the 1970s and 1980s U.S.,” American Society for Environmental History, San Francisco, CA • “One-Worldism, Bilingual Education, and Conservatism in Postwar April 2014 California,” Organization of American Historians, Atlanta, GA • “Historians Off the Page,” Roundtable participant, History of November 2013 Education Society, Nashville, TN • “Defining Family, Defining Nation: Gender and Patriotism in 1960s March 2013 California,” Activism and Scholarship: A Conference Honoring Amy Swerdlow and Gerda Lerner, Sarah Lawrence Women’s History Conference, Bronxville, NY • “Innovation Presentation: HealthClass2.0” AshokaU Exchange, San February 2013 Diego, CA • “In Defense of the Family: Parents, Teachers, Taxes, and Sex November 2012 Education,” Society for United States Intellectual History, New York, NY [cancelled due to Hurricane Sandy] • “Transformative Arts and Health Education: Promoting Health and October 2012 Wellness through University-Community Partnerships and Culturally Relevant Narrative,” Imagining America Conference, New York, NY • “Fear of a ‘One-World Child:’ Bilingualism and Conservatism in November 2011 Cold War California,” History of Education Society, Chicago, IL • “Public Education, Family Values, and the Roots of the Culture March 2011 Wars, 1968-1980,” Organization of American Historians, Houston, TX • “Constructing Family Values: Parents, Teachers, Taxes, and Sex November 2010 Education in Contemporary American” and Panelist, “How Historians Research, Write, and Publish: The Art of Crafting Dissertations and Books in Educational History,” History of Education Society, Boston, MA • “The Secret History of Bilingual Education,” History of Education October 2009 Society, Philadelphia, PA • “Seedbeds of the Culture Wars: Bilingual and Sexuality Education in April 2008 California, 1968-70,” University of Pennsylvania History of Education Conference in Honor of Michael Katz, Philadelphia, PA Natalia Mehlman Petrzela Page 5

• “Sex, Language, and ’68: School in the Changing Society of the March 2008 1970s,” Organization of American Historians, New York, NY • “Sex, Language, and the State: Bilingual and Sex Education in November 2007 California During the Long 1970s,” Social Sciences and History Association, Chicago, IL • “School and the Seventies: Toward a Historical Narrative,” History October 2006 of Education Society, Ottawa, Canada • “One District and Diversity: The San Francisco Unified School April 2006 District and Multiculturalism in the Post-Civil Rights Era,” American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA • “’They Were Doing the Mexican Hat Dance’: The Lau Era in the August 2006 San Francisco Unified School District,” Pacific Coast Branch- American Historical Association, Stanford, CA • “Living Multiculturalism: Latinos and Bilingual Education in Late October 2005 20th-century San Francisco,” History of Education Society, Baltimore, MD • “’Sex Ed… and the Reds?:’ Reconsidering the Anaheim Battle over October 2004 Sex Education, 1962-69,” History of Education Society, Kansas City, KS

Teaching

Eugene Lang College • Courses: History of American Education; Senior Research Seminar in 2010-present Education Studies; Cultural Conflict in American Education; Pursuits of Happiness: American Journeys; American Youth Cultures, Past and Present; Education at Work (field-based seminar); Introduction to Educational Theory; Body, Mind, and School: Wellness in American Education New School for Social Research • Course: “Historical Sources and Methods,” (graduate) Spring 2014 Stanford University • Course: Kids, Classrooms and Culture: Youth and Schooling in the Spring 2005 20th-Century United States (undergraduate) • Pedagogy Mentor for all Teaching Assistants and Graduate Student 2005-2006 Instructors, Department of History Natalia Mehlman Petrzela Page 6

Selected Public Engagement

• Panelist, “Fat Studies: Bodies, Culture, Health,” New School for June 2014 Public Engagement/Southern Food and Beverage Museum, New York, NY • Panelist, “The Practice of Leadership,” Yoga Journal Conference April 2014 • Co-founder with Ellen Gustafson, HealthClass2.0 2011- (www.healthclass.org) present • Panelist, “Voices for Education 2013,” with Wendy Kopp, Matthew April 2013 Bishop, et al., 92YTribeca, New York, NY • Discussant, Improbable Scholars public event with David Kirp and April 2013 Clara Hemphill, Center for New York City Affairs, New York, NY • Expert Historian, “Your Bleep’d Up Brain,” H2 Network Summer 2013 • Echoing Green Foundation Education “Brain Trust Advisor,” New December 2012 York, NY • Moderator, “Children and Food” panel, New School for Public October 2012 Engagement public programming, New York, NY • Panel Discussant with Alina Tugend of New York Times, “American March 2012 Cultures of Self-Betterment,” Soho Rep Theatre, New York, NY • Contributor, Slate, The Huffington Post, Medium, Notches Blog, I Love 2012-present You But You’re Going to Hell: An Outsider’s Guide to Conservatism in American Education, Society for U.S. Intellectual History Blog • Expert Panelist, gender history, for Love Lust popular culture series: January-March 2012 “Bad Girls,” “Lingerie,” and “Power Couples,” Sundance Channel, New York, NY • “My Brief Teaching Career,” Opinions and Editorials, New York June 24, 2002 Times,

Professional Service

• Editorial Advisory Board Member, Russo, Charles, ed., Encyclopedia 2014 of Education Law and Policy, SAGE Publications, 2014 • External Reviewer, History of Education Quarterly 2011-present • External Reviewer, History of Education Society 2010-present • Member: History of Education Society, American Historical Association, Organization of American Historians, Society for U.S. Intellectual History Natalia Mehlman Petrzela Page 7

University and Divisional Service

• Faculty Director, HealthClass2.0 (Lang) 2011-present • University Committee on Education and Learning 2013-present • University Committee on Social Innovation 2013-14 • Committee of Chairs and Directors (Lang) 2011-13 • HealthClass2.0 practicum (above teaching load) Spring 2012-present • Active affiliate, History Department 2009-2013 • Selection Committee, Committee on Historical Studies/New-York Spring 2013 Historical Society Post-Doctoral Fellowship (Lang/NSSR) • Featured Presenter at University-wide INTERACT 2013 workshop Spring 2013 (TNS) • Guest judge and lecturer, “Sex Ed COLLAB,” Profs. Norene Leddy Spring 2013 and Liz Slagus (Parsons) • Judge, New Challenge for Social Innovation (NSPE) 2012-14 • Guest Lecturer, “Learning Through Design,” Prof. Jilly Traganou Spring 2010, Fall 2012 (Parsons) • Guest Lecturer, “Youth Forum Theater,” Prof. Cecilia Rubino (Lang) Spring 2010, Spring 2012 • University Committee to Select Honorary Degrees (TNS) 2012-13 • University Working Group on Education and Learning (TNS) 2012-13 • Civic Engagement and Social Justice Committee (Lang) 2011-13 • Hiring Committee, Psychology (NSSR) Spring 2011 • Hiring Committee, Education Studies (Lang) Spring 2010 • Hiring Committee, Institute for Urban Education (Lang) Spring 2010 • Convener, Interdisciplinary Lecture Series in Education Studies 2009-present (TNS) • Panelist, “Progressive Education in the 21st Century;” “Alternative 2010 Careers in Education” (TNS)