James McQuaid
Extension Program Coordinator II, Labor@Wayne
Secretary, Michigan Labor History Society
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James McQuaid
Research interest(s)/area of expertise
- Modern U.S. history
- Gender, sexuality and women's studies, queer history
- Labor and working-class history
Research
- This Union Cause: The Queer History of the United Auto Workers, 1935-2000
Education
- Ph.D., History, Wayne State University, 2023
- M.A., History, Wayne State University, 2018
- B.A., English Language and Literature, Grand Valley State University, 2012
Awards and grants
- 2021 – 2022: 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 2025 (future)
- ELR1110 - Work and Democracy: An Introduction
- HIS1110 - Work and Democracy: An Introduction
- PS1110 - Work and Democracy: An Introduction
Spring-Summer Term 2024
Winter Term 2024
Fall Term 2023
- 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