| Title: | Lecturer |
|---|---|
| Department: | American Studies Program; Humanities and the Arts, College of |
| Office Location: | Clark Hall 412H |
| Telephone: | 415.272.1886 |
| Email: | sansbury@worldnet.att.net |
Gail Sansbury is an urban historian with special interests in women's history, labor history, and architectural history. After receiving her M.A. in American History from the University of Rhode Island, she produced a number of public history projects, including a film about a major reservoir project in the 1920s, an oral history project on clerical workers, and a series of radio programs on women in the arts.
Building on her interest in urban history and cultural landscapes, she returned to school in the 1990s and received her M.A. and Ph.D. in Urban Planning from UCLA. She taught at Cal Poly Pomona before moving to San Francisco with her family.
She has been an affiliated scholar at the Stanford Institute for Research on Women and Gender, taught planning history at UC Berkeley, and in addition to her work in the American Studies Program at SJSU, she is a senior lecturer in Critical Studies, California College of the Arts. Her research areas and publications include U.S. housing policy history, urban design and streetscapes, and urban work landscapes.
Gail Sansbury takes full responsibility for the information posted.
San José State University has not reviewed or approved the contents of this page. Any views and opinions expressed on this page are strictly those of Gail Sansbury.
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