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Research Interests
History of the nineteenth- and early twentieth-century United States with particularly interest in the cultural politics of reform, the expansion of the state and forms of governance, and the development of American liberalism.
Education/Academic qualification
History, PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
… → 2004
History, MA, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
… → 1999
Women's Studies, BA, Oberlin College
… → 1996
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A History of Birth Registration in America
National Endowment for the Humanities
9/1/12 → 8/31/13
Project: Research project
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Birth Registration and the Administration of White Supremacy
Pearson, S. J., Jul 1 2022, In: Modern American History. 5, 2, p. 117-141 25 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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What's Time Got to Do With It?
Pearson, S. J., Sep 1 2022, In: The Journal of the History of Childhood and Youth. 15, 3, p. 434-439Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The Birth Certificate: An American History
Pearson, S. J., Nov 16 2021, The University of North Carolina Press. 392 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book
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“Facts Which Might Be Embarrassing”: Illegitimacy, Vital Registration, and State Knowledge
Pearson, S. J., Sep 2021, Intimate States: Gender, Sexuality, and Governance in Modern US History. Canaday, M., Cott, N. F. & Self, R. (eds.). University of Chicago PressResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Review of BUILDING A HUMANE EMPIRE by Janet M. Davis
Pearson, S. J., Apr 1 2017, In: Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era. 16, 2, p. 236-238Research output: Contribution to journal › Article