Ruth Nugent

Department Chair

Ruth Nugent

Department Chair

Associate Professor

Academic Appointment(s)

Pamplin College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences
Department of History, Anthropology and Philosophy

  • (706) 729-2204
  • AH E210

Education

  • Ph.D., History, GeneralDalhousie University, 2000

  • BA, History, GeneralFranklin College of Indiana, 1993

Awards & Honors

  • Caught in the Act of Promoting University Value "Inclusion"Office of Faculty Development and Teaching Excellence, 2017

  • "Caught in the Act of Great Teaching"2016

  • Nominated for Faculty Teaching AwardAugusta State University, 2011

  • Most Valuable ProfessorAugusta State University Ambassadors, 2010

  • Most Valuable ProfessorAugusta State University Ambassadors, 2008

Courses Taught Most Recent Academic Year

  • HIST 4160

    Piracy & Seafaring Age of Sail
  • HIST 3140

    History of Canada

Scholarship

Selected Recent Publications

  • "Will the Real Dr. Psycho Please Stand Up?" Finding the Origins of Wonder Woman's Golden Age Characters , 2018
    Journal Article, Academic Journal
  • The Not So Golden Age: Gender, Race, and Nostalgia in All-Star Squadron 1981-1987, 2017
    Book, Chapter in Scholarly Book-New
  • Women on the US Home Front in World War II . [Research and Content Consultant. In Press.], 2015
    Book, Non-Scholarly-New
  • "Steve Trevor, Equal? Wonder Woman in an Era of Second Wave Feminist Critique" in, 2013
    Book, Chapter in Scholarly Book-New
  • "The Amazon Mystique: Subverting Cold War Domesticity in Wonder Woman Comics" in Comic Books and the Cold War: Essays on Graphic Treatment of Communism, the Code, 2012
    Book, Chapter in Scholarly Book-New

Department Service

  • Various scholarly service to colleagues2008 - Present

    Role:Other
  • Misc. Department Committees, ad hoc groups, working groups2006 - Present

    Role:Committee Member
  • G2C HIST 21112018 - 2020

    Role:Committee Chair
  • Covid-related service2020 - 2020

    Role:Committee Member
  • Various Guest Lectures in Department2006 - 2018

    Role:Other

College Service

  • Classroom Refresh Working Group2020 - Present

    Role:Committee Chair
  • Pamplin College Dean's Faculty Council2020 - Present

    Role:Committee Member
  • Ad Hoc Group in support of ordering Gale databases2017 - 2018

    Role:Committee Member
  • Integrated Studies Advisory Board2017 - 2017

    Role:Committee Member
  • Triota2015 - 2017

    Role:Faculty Advisor

University Service

  • Pamplin Dean Search Committee2020 - 2021

    Role:Committee Member
  • Deputy Director of WGST2017 - 2021

    Role:Other
  • Jaguars for Justice2018 - 2018

    Role:Guest Speaker
  • Women's History Month Film Series2018 - 2018

    Role:Session Chair
  • Women's History Month Film Series2018 - 2018

    Role:Program Organizer

Professional Service

  • Reacting to the Past COnsortium2019 - Present

    Role:Reviewer
  • Flickforsk: International Girlhood Studies Network2009 - Present

    Role:Member
  • American Historical Association2005 - Present

    Role:Member
  • H-Minerva Participant2004 - Present

    Role:Member
  • Popular Culture Association2004 - Present

    Role:Member

Public Service

  • Circles Task Force for Unitarian Universalist Church of Augusta2020 - Present

    Role:Committee Member
  • UUCA2019 - Present

    Role:Guest Speaker
  • Unitarian-Universalist Association of Augusta2018 - Present

    Role:Other
  • Augusta Unitarian-Universalist Church2017 - Present

    Role:Committee Member
  • Augusta University Vaccine Clinic Volunteer (non-clinical)2021 - 2021

    Role:Other
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