Shelly Cline
- Lecturer
Contact Info
Lawrence
1445 Jayhawk Blvd.
Lawrence, KS 66045
Biography —
Fields of Study Modern European History, Women and Gender History, and British History
Dissertation “Women at Work: The SS Aufseherinnen and the Gendered Perpetration of the Holocaust”
Languages German
Current Position Historian and Director of Education, Midwest Center for Holocaust Education, Overland Park, KS
Education —
Honors
Specialization
Courses Developed
University of Kansas
WGSS 396 Gendering the Holocaust
HWC 300 Antisemitism and the West: More Than Auschwitz
Kansas City Art Institute
HIST 3500 Gender and the Holocaust
SOC 3702 Gender Literacy
HIST 3550 Women and War
Courses Taught
University of Kansas
JWSH341/HIST 341 Hitler and Nazi Germany
WGSS 396 Gendering the Holocaust
HWC 205 Western Civilization II
HWC 300 Antisemitism and the West: More Than Auschwitz
EURS 302- European Culture and Society 1945 - Present (study abroad)
HWC 204 Western Civilization I
Kansas City Art Institute
WESTH 1001 Western Thought I
WESTH 1002 Western Thought II
HIST 3500 Gender and the Holocaust
SOC 3702 Gender Literacy
HIST 3500 Women and War
University of Missouri - Kansas City
ANCH 214 Nazi Occupied Europe
Research —
Dissertation Research- 2009-2010
Nuengamme Archive, Hamburg, Germany
Bergen-Belsen Archive, Lohheide, Germany
Ravensbrück Archive, Fürstenberg, Germany
Auschwitz Archive, Oswiecim, Poland
Teaching —
Lecturer
Teaching interests:
- Lecturer
Awards & Honors —
Recipient, Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award, Office of Graduate Studies, KU, 2011
Nominee, Graduate School GTA teaching award, KU, 2009
Recipient, Exemplary Teaching Award, Office of Graduate Studies, KU, 2008
Recipient, Dean’s Graduate Instructorship Humanities and Western Civilization, KU, 2008
Recipient, Award for Excellence in the Teaching of Writing in Western Civilization, KU, 2008
Nominee, Graduate School GTA teaching award, KU, 2007
Recipient, Graduate Direct Exchange with Universität Hamburg, 2009-2010
Alternate Candidate, German-American Fulbright Grant, 2009-2010
Recipient, Rebecca Robinson Memorial Travel Grant, KU, 2009
Societies
Service —
DEPARTMENTAL
President, Graduate Organization of Humanities and Western Civilization, KU, 2011-2012
Member, Humanities and Western Civilization Program Committee, 2005-2008, KU, 2010-2012
Member, Western Civilization Large Lecture Working Group, KU, 2011-2012
Member, Humanities and Western Civilization Graduate Teaching and Instructional Resources Committee, KU 2011-2012
Member, Humanities and Western Civilization Graduate Teaching Executive Committee, KU, 2011-2012
President, History Graduate Student Organization, KU, 2008-2009
Chair, Steering Committee Second KU-MU Graduate History Conference, KU, 2008-2009
Member, Modern Europe Standing Field Committee History Department, KU, 2008-2009
Member, Special Needs and Staff Benefits History Department, KU, 2007-2008
Member, Graduate Board History Department, KU, 2006-2007
Member, Humanities and Western Civilization Jack and Shirley Howard Professor Search Committee, KU, 2005-2006
Member, Humanities and Western Civilization Curriculum and Advising Committee, KU, 2005-2006
UNIVERSITY-WIDE
Representative, Humanities and Western Civilization Representative to the Committee on Graduate Studies, KU 2008- 2009
Member, College Academic Council, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, KU, 2008-2009
Member, Dean’s Student Advisory Council for the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, KU, 2007-2009
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Member, Steering Committee, Holocaust EDU Conference, Holocaust Academic Roundtable, Midwest Center for Holocaust Education, Overland Park, KS, 2011, 2014
Member, Women in Academia, Department of History, KU, 2008-2009
Member,Holocaust Academic Roundtable, Midwest Center for Holocaust Education, Overland Park, KS, 2005-present
PRESENTATIONS
CONFERENCES
Seminar Presentation “Auschwitz: Sold Out Today,” German Studies Association Conference, Virtual, 2021
Seminar Presentation “Holocaust Tourism in Ravensbrück,” German Studies Association Conference, Portland, OR, 2019
Paper Presentation “Women in the Holocaust,” Through Many Eyes: Conference on the Holocaust, Casper College, Casper, WY, 2018
Paper Presentation “Traitor Sisters: The Prosecution of Women Who Perpetrate Violence,” The Berkshire Conference on the History of Women, Genders, and Sexualities, Hofstra University, 2017
Paper Presentation “Women at Work,” Powell-Heller Conference for Holocaust Education, Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, WA, 2016
Paper Presentation “Gendered Justice: The SS Aufseherinnen and the Belsen Trial,” Encountering Perpetrators, University of Winchester, UK, 2015
Presentation “Developing Partnerships with Universities,” Association of Holocaust Organizations, Las Vegas, NV, 2015
Paper Presentation “Working Girl: Sex Discrimination in Auschwitz,” Thinking Gender, University of California Los Angeles, 2012
Presentation “The Holocaust Resources: Gendering the Holocaust,” Holocaust EDU, Midwest Center for Holocaust Education, Overland Park, KS, 2011
PUBLIC AND GUEST LECTURES
Guest Lecture “The Path and Process of Genocide,” KU Beijing Foreign Studies University English Institute, University of Kansas, July 2017
Presentation “Bergen-Belsen: Then and Now,” Take Five: Memory, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, April 2017
Presentation “The Holocaust Overview,” Federal Bureau of Investigation, Kansas City, MO, May 2016
Public Lecture “November 9th in German History: History and Memorialization,” Kristallnacht Memorial Service, Overland Park, KS, November 2016
Presentation “Women at Work: Understanding Perpetration,” Delta Kappa Gamma International Society of Women Educators, Scandia, KS, April 2015
Presentation “’Working Girl:’ SS Aufseherinnen and Postwar Representations,” PEO, Overland Park, KS, March 2015
Guest Lecture “Genocide and the Second World War” and “The Holocaust: Path and Process,” The History of Genocide, University of Saint Mary, Leavenworth, KS, 2013
Presentation “Representations of Gender in the Holocaust” Holocaust Academic Roundtable Seminar Series, Midwest Center for Holocaust Education, Overland Park, KS, 2012
Presentation “A League of their Own: Women in Ravensbrück” Isak Federman Holocaust Teaching Cadre, Midwest Center for Holocaust Education, Overland Park, KS, 2011
Presentation “Ordinary Women” Isak Federman Holocaust Teaching Cadre, Midwest Center for Holocaust Education, Overland Park, KS, 2009
Dean’s Graduate Instructorship Lecture “Ordinary Women, Ordinary Evil,” Humanities and Western Civilization, University of Kansas, 2008
GRADUATE INSTRUCTOR TRAINING
“From Shelley to Klein: Tips and Tricks of HWC 205”- Humanities and Western Civilization Weekly GTA Training, KU, 2012
“Teaching Your Own Class”- Humanities and Western Civilization GTA Fall Orientation, KU, 2010
“Strategies for Success: Leading Discussions”- Humanities and Western Civilization New GTA Training, KU, 2009,2008, 2007
“Getting a Good Start”- University of Kansas New GTA Orientation, 2007
Memberships —
Member, Phi Beta Delta (Alpha Pi Chapter) Honor Society for International Scholars, 2007
Member, Phi Alpha Theta (Alpha-Omicron Chapter) International History Honor Society, 2003