Pratt Institute

Education

ABD, American History (United States), History of Sexuality, 18th Cty Women’s Hx; Urban Hx-19th cty; Temple University
M.A., American History, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey-Camden
B.A., Historical Studies, Richard Stockton College of New Jersey
University of Pennsylvania

Biography

University Archivist; Head, Access Services and Operations
Columbia University, Rare Book & Manuscript Library
October 2006 – Present 
Fellow
Frye Leadership Institute
June 2007 – June 2007 
Director, University Archives & Columbiana Library
Columbia University, Office of the Secretary
December 2004 – September 2006
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Camden County College
September 1993 – December 2004 
Project Archivist, Princeton University Archives project
Princeton University
September 2002 – November 2004 
Archivist
Chemical Heritage Foundation
1997 – 2002 
Photographic Archives Assistant
University Musem of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Pennsylvania
October 1986 – 1989 

Publications
• The Passive/Active Divide: What the Village is Teaching Our Children About Gender
o The Siecus Report
o June 22, 2004
Authors: Susan Hamson
With the publication of It Takes a Village and Other Lessons Children Teach Us in 1996, Hillary Clinton helped put the African proverb “It takes a village to raise a child” on the tip of every tongue in America. When looking at gender roles, the village as a whole is often responsible for explicitly and implicitly teaching young people about what it means to be a boy or a girl, a man or a woman….more

• The Veterans of Future Wars
o Cabinet Magazine
o June 2004
Authors: Susan Hamson
Veterans of Future Wars (VFW) was an organization formed as a prank by Princeton University students in 1936. The group was a satirical reaction to a bill granting the early payment of bonuses to World War I veterans as articulated in their manifesto:
• The Othmer Archives at the Chemical Heritage Foundation
o in Donald Frederick and Mildred Topp Othmer: A Commemorative of Their Lives and Legacies, eds. Arnold Thackray and Amy Beth Crow
Authors: Susan Hamson
A description of the scope of the Donald F. and Mildred Topp Archives.
• The Rebuttal from Uranus: Deconstructing John Gray's Gendered Paradise
o in Taking Sides: Controversial Issues in Human Sexuality, 8th eds. Robert T. Francoeur and William J. Taverner, Dushkin-McGraw Hill, New York, 1999.
Authors: Susan Hamson
A summary deconstruction of the popular self-help book Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus by John Gray, Ph.D.