Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Emily Skidmore’s research interests are U.S. women’s and gender history in the 19^th and 20^th centuries. She is currently working on her second book project, tentatively titled The Right to Latch: Breastfeeding Advocacy, Race, Class and American Parenthood, 1940-Present, which explores the rise of mainstream breastfeeding advocacy organizations in the 1950s and the ways in which they have influenced popular understandings of proper parenthood to this day. Dr. Skidmore’s research has been supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the National Humanities Center, and she has won research grants from Harvard and Cornell Universities. 

Dr. Skidmore teaches specialized courses on United States History, including upper-level and graduate courses on women, gender and sexuality.  

Prior to joining the faculty at Texas Tech, Dr. Skidmore earned a B.A. in History and Urban Studies from Macalester College in 2004, and a Ph.D. in History at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign in 2011.