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Stephen Vider

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Assistant Professor, History

Stephen Vider is assistant professor of history and director of the Public History Initiative at Cornell University. His research examines the social practices and politics of everyday life in the 20th century United States, with a focus on intersections of gender, sexuality, race, and ethnicity. His new book, The Queerness of Home: Gender, Sexuality, and the Politics of Domesticity After World War II (University of Chicago Press, 2021), traces how American conceptions of the home have shaped LGBTQ relationships and politics from 1945 to the present. The book received honorable mention for the 2022 John Hope Franklin Prize from the American Studies Association for best book in American studies. 

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  • Faculty
  • Einaudi Faculty Associate
    • IIJ Faculty Steering Committee

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