Betsy Schlabach is an Associate Professor of History. She holds a Ph.D. in American Studies from Saint Louis University, an MA in American Studies from Lehigh University, and a BA in History and Theology from Valparaiso University. She is the author ofAlong the Streets of Bronzeville: Black Chicago’s Literary Landscapespublished by the University of Illinois Press in 2013 andDream Books and Gamblers: Black Women’s Work in Chicago’s Policy Gamepublished by the University of Illinois Press in November, 2022.Her work also appears in theJournal of African American History, Journal of African American StudiesandSouthern Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal of the South. She offers courses in 20th Century American History, African American History, and Urban History.
Education
Saint Louis University, PhD, American Studies, 2003-2008
Lehigh University, MA, American Studies, 2001-2003
Valparaiso University, BA, History and Theology, 1997-2001
