James McQuaid

James McQuaid

Labor@Wayne Staff

james.mcquaid@wayne.edu

James McQuaid

Office Location

 3082 FAB

Biography

Research interest(s)/area of expertise

  • Modern North American History
  • Queer (LGBTQIA+) History
  • Labor History, History of the American Labor Movement, History of the UAW

Research
The Queer History of the United Auto Workers, 1935-2000

Education

  • M.A., History, Wayne State University, 2018
  • B.A., English Language and Literature, Grand Valley State University, 2012


Awards and grants

  • 2021 – Present: Thomas C. Rumble University Graduate Fellowship, Department of History, Wayne State University.
  • 2021: Kruman-Lion Endowed History Graduate Student Award, Department of History, Wayne State University.
  • 2021: Dr. Louis Jones HGSA Award, Department of History, Wayne State University. Received jointly with Rachel Manela.
  • 2020: Joe L. Norris Endowed Award, “The First Ladies of Labor: How Women Challenged Restrictive Gender Conventions and Established Lesbian Identities on the UAW Shop Floor during World War II,” Department of History, Wayne State University.
  • 2020: Joseph Gelinas Drouillard & Elizabeth Lesperance Annual History Award, Department of History, Wayne State University.
  • 2019: Charles F. Otis and Dr. Jeffrey L. Reider Scholarship in the History of Gender and Sexuality, Department of History, Wayne State University.
  • 2018 – 2021: Graduate Teaching Assistantship, Department of History, Wayne State University.

Selected publications

  • Perry, Tam, James McQuaid, Claudia Sanford, and Dennis Archambault. “Detroit’s Work to Address the Pandemic for Older Adults: A City of Challenge, History and Resilience.” In Global Reflections on COVID-19 and Urban Inequalities, edited by Brian Doucet. Bristol, UK: Policy Press, 2021
  • McQuaid, James. “The Kapanowski Challenge: How Rank and File UAW Members Rallied Around Gay Activists to Fight Runaway Shops in 1972 Detroit.” The Metropole (blog). Urban History Association, January 15, 2020
  • The Kapanowski Challenge: The Intersection Of Sexuality, Labor Activism, And Deindustrialization On The Shop Floor

Courses taught by James McQuaid
Winter Term 2024 (future)

  • GSW2600 - History of Women, Gender and Sexuality in the Modern World
  • GSW5400 - Topics in Gender and Women's Studies
  • HIS2605 - History of Women, Gender and Sexuality in the Modern World
  • HIS5205 - Queer American History

Fall Term 2023 (current)

  • GSW2600 - History of Women, Gender and Sexuality in the Modern World
  • HIS1050 - History of the Headlines: United States Since World War II
  • HIS2605 - History of Women, Gender and Sexuality in the Modern World

Winter Term 2023

  • ECO5490 - American Labor History
  • HIS5290 - American Labor History
  • HIS7290 - Readings in American Labor History

Fall Term 2022

  • GSW3000 - Themes in Gender and Sexuality
  • HIS1050 - History of the Headlines: United States Since World War II
  • HIS3995 - Special Topics in History
  • HIS6000 - Studies in Comparative History

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