Guide to the Kathleen B. Jones Papers
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Guide to the Kathleen B. Jones Papers
1977/2003
Special Collections & University Archives
Overview of the Collection
Collection Title: Kathleen B. Jones Papers
Dates: 1977-2003
Bulk Dates: 1980-1999
Identification: MS-0365
Creator:
Jones, Kathleen B., 1949-
Physical Description: 8.59 linear ft
Language of Materials:
English
Repository:
Special Collections & University Archives
5500 Campanile Dr. MC 8050
San Diego, CA, 92182-8050
URL: http://library.sdsu.edu/scua
Email: scref@rohan.sdsu.edu
Phone: 619-594-6791
Biographical Information:
Kathleen B. Jones was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1949. Dr. Jones received her BA in Political Science from Brooklyn College
(1970), and her Ph.D. in Political Science from the Graduate School of the City University of New York (1978) before moving
to California in 1980. Jones has been academically and politically active in the fields of women’s studies, politics and feminist
theory since 1975. She started teaching at San Diego State University (SDSU) in 1980 and became a professor of Women’s Studies
at SDSU in 1991. Jones was formerly the Associate Dean of the College of Arts and Letters (1995-1998) and Chair of the Department
of Women’s Studies (1993-1996). She was also a visiting Associate Professor of Women's Studies and Political Science, University
of California, Berkeley (UCB) in the Spring of 1990 and 1991. In the fall of 1997 Jones was awarded a STINT Fellowship (Swedish
Foundation for International Research and Higher Education,) as a Visiting Scholar at the University of Örebro, Sweden. She
was also awarded a STINT Grant for four-years of research and teaching collaboration with the University of Örebro from 1998
to 2002.
As an activist-scholar, Jones was a research consultant for the San Diego County Violence Against Women Project, 1995-1996
and was appointed to the City of San Diego Commission on the Status of Women as a representative on the San Diego Domestic
Violence Council from 1995-1998. She also co-chaired the San Diego Violence against Women Task Force, 1996-97. Jones scholarly
work includes extensive unpublished research on violent homicides in nineteenth century San Diego.
In 1998, as Director of University Resources for the City Heights Pilot (Director, University-Wide Programs City Heights Education
Pilot), Jones was involved in the public interview process for the annual production of the play
Around the World in a Single Day (AWISD). This was a community-based venture produced in collaboration with SDSU’s Chicana/Chicano Studies Department, San
Diego Repertory Theatre, and Hoover and Crawford High Schools. Along with a significant number of recorded community interviews,
the completed projects consist of two plays recorded onto video (VHS):
Around the World in a Single Day and
Priceless.
As a scholar and public speaker, Jones has traveled nationally and internationally lecturing on such topics as women and leadership;
gender and politics; women’s movement for social change; domestic violence; and related topics of contemporary political interest.
In June 1999, Jones journeyed to South Africa as leader of a delegation organized by People to People Ambassador Programs,
a U.S. based citizen-to-citizen exchange program. The delegation's purpose was to provide professionals with the opportunity
to explore women's rights and women's struggles in the new South Africa. This venture culminated in the video and lecture
"Women’s Rights, Women’s Struggles in the New South Africa," presented at William Paterson University, March, 2000.
Some of Jones’ published academic works include
Compassionate Authority: Democracy and the Representation of Women (Routledge, 1993),
The Political Interests of Gender (Sage, 1988), edited with Anna G. Jónasdóttir and
Women Transforming Politics (New York University Press, 1997) edited with Cathy Cohen and Joan Tronto. She also co-edits the
International Feminist Journal of Politics. Her most recent book is a memoir,
Living Between Danger and Love, (Rutgers University Press, 2000) Jones was also the Co-Editor of
International Feminist Journal of Politics.
Throughout her professional career, Jones has belonged to numerous professional organizations. These include the American
Association of University Women; the American Political Science Association; the International Political Science Association;
the International Studies Association; the International Women's Writing Guild; the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual Caucus, American
Political Science Association, Program Chair, 1997-1998; the National Women's Studies Association; and the Women's Caucus,
American Political Science Association.
Kathleen Jones is currently Professor Emerita of Women’s Studies at SDSU. Also as an ordained non-denominational minister,
Jones provides marriage ceremonies through a service called Uncommon Ceremonies.
Access Terms
This collection is indexed under the following controlled access subject terms.
Corporate Name:
San Diego State University -- Curricula
San Diego State University -- Faculty -- Biography -- Sources
Genre/Form of Material:
Personal Papers
Personal Name:
Jones, Kathleen B., 1949- -- Archives
Topical Term:
Feminism -- Sources
Feminists -- California -- San Diego -- Biography -- Sources
Women -- California -- San Diego -- History -- Sources
Administrative Information
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The copyright interests in some of these materials have been transferred to or belong to San Diego State University. The nature
of historical archival and manuscript collections means that copyright status may be difficult or even impossible to determine.
Copyright resides with the creators of materials contained in the collection or their heirs. Requests for permission to publish
must be submitted to the Head of Special Collections, San Diego State University, Library and Information Access. Permissions
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of the copyright holder(s), which must also be obtained in order to publish. Materials from our collections are made available
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but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials.
Conditions Governing Access:
This collection is open for research.
Preferred Citation:
Identification of item, folder title, box number, Kathleen B. Jones Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Library
and Information Access, San Diego State University.
Related Materials:
Bonnie Zimmerman Papers
Women's Studies Department Records
Arrangement of Materials:
I. Academic, 1977-2003
II. Professional, 1984-2000
1. Community Projects, 1997-1999
2. Homicide Research, 1980-1989
3. Conferences/Outreach, 1997-2000
Scope and Contents
The
Kathleen B. Jones Papers document Jones’ professional career as a Professor, Associate Dean at San Diego State University and as activist-scholar
within the greater community. This collection provides researchers with documentation of some of the activities and the contributions
Jones made to the area of feminist scholarship. The papers date from 1977 to 2003, with the bulk of the documents created
in the 1980s and 1990s. The collection consists of academic papers related to courses Jones instructed; materials from community-based
projects, including video records; and papers documenting Jones’ international work in South Africa and at the University
of Örebro, Sweden. The collection has been divided into two series,
Academic Papers and
Professional Papers. The Professional series contains three sub-series:
Community Projects,
Homicide Research, and
Conference/Outreach. The collection contains a number of video recordings, photographs, and posters.
The
Academic series dates from 1977-2003, with the bulk of records created between 1981 and 1995, and includes materials from courses instructed
by Jones. These materials include course syllabi, class notes and handouts, and course readers from classes at SDSU and University
California, Berkeley (UCB). The majority of the courses are Women’s Studies classes, from both SDSU and UCB. There are also
significant records of Political Science classes taught by Jones at SDSU. The series documents Jones’ involvement with the
STINT Fellowship (Swedish Foundation for International Research and Higher Education,) when she was a visiting scholar at
the University of Örebro, Sweden, from 1997-2000. The series also includes 72 video cassettes consisting of class lectures
(from visiting professors), and educational material. The series is filed alphabetically by department, numerically by course
number, and chronologically within each course.
The
Professional series dates from 1984-2000, and includes material documenting Jones’ professional involvement in the national and international
community. The series includes three sub-series:
Community Projects (1984-1998),
Homicide Research (1980-1989), and
Conference/Outreach (1997-2000). The
Community Projects files contain materials documenting Jones’ involvement with the Eleanor Roosevelt Centennial Celebration held at SDSU in
1984, interviews she conducted with the San Diego City Council in 1987, and notes from her
Around the World in a Single Day (AWISD) project, when Jones’ was Director of University Resources for the City Heights Pilot from 1997-1999. The
Homicide Research sub-series includes research Jones did into homicides in San Diego in the late 19th century. It includes newspaper accounts
of murders from the
San Diego Union, 1870-1900, and a number of data-information sheets pertaining to each of the published homicides. Jones compiled the files
in the 1980s. The
Conferences/Outreach subseries documents Jones’ involvement in a conference titled
Women Transforming the Public, held in Santa Barbara in 1999, and her involvement in South Africa in 1997-2000, including some material from the People
to People Ambassador program (a citizen-to-citizen exchange program), the news journal
Lola Press, the South African newspaper
The Star, and numerous brochures and pamphlets regarding the abuse and rape of South African women. The materials are not particularly
extensive, but do provide some insight into the plight of women in South Africa at the turn of the twenty-first century. Records
in this series are filed by subject.
Detailed List of Contents
Box 1, Folder 1
General Studies 250, San Diego State University
Fall 2000
Box 1, Folder 2
MALA 600 A, San Diego State University
Fall 1993
Box 1, Folder 3
MALA 600 A, San Diego State University
Fall 1994
Box 1, Folder 4
MALA 600 D - Film Course, San Diego State University
Fall 1987
Box 1, Folder 5
Political Science 102 (Section 6), San Diego State University
Fall 1981-1983
Box 1, Folder 6
Political Science 103, San Diego State University
Fall 1983
Box 1, Folder 7
Political Science 109, San Diego State University
Spring 1990
Box 1, Folder 8
Political Science 109, Articles and Handouts, San Diego State University
Spring 1990
Box 1, Folder 9
Political Science 302, San Diego State University
Fall 1993
Box 1, Folder 10
Political Science 302, San Diego State University
1982-1984
Box 1, Folder 11
Political Science 303, Socialist Political Thought, San Diego State University
Spring 1995
Box 1, Folder 12
Political Science 305, American Political Thought, San Diego State University
1982-1983
Box 1, Folder 13
Political Science 326, Political Communication, San Diego State University
Fall 1981
Box 1, Folder 14
Political Science 346, Law and Political Systems: Insanity, San Diego State University
1981-1983
Box 2, Folder 1
Political Science 497, San Diego State University
Spring 1982
Box 2, Folder 2
Political Science 605, Theory Seminar, San Diego State University
1981-1983
Box 2, Folder 3
Political Science 661, Political Development of Nations, San Diego State University
Spring 1981
Box 2, Folder 4
Women's Studies 40, Sex Power and Politics, University of California Berkeley
Spring 1991
Box 2, Folder 5
Women's Studies 201, Sexism and the Social Sciences, San Diego State University
1981-1987
Box 2, Folder 6
Women's Studies 205, Women-Western Civilization, San Diego State University
1991-1992
Box 2, Folder 7
Women's Studies, Grading, San Diego State University
1989-1990
Box 2, Folder 8
Women's Studies 375, Sex Power and United States Politics, San Diego State University
1983-1991
Box 2, Folder 9
Women's Studies, Test and Grades, San Diego State University
1991-1992
Box 2, Folder 10
Women's Studies 375, Sex Power and United States Politics, San Diego State University
Summer 1993
Box 2, Folder 11
Women's Studies 375, San Diego State University
Fall 1995
Box 2, Folder 12
Women's Studies 375, San Diego State University
Fall 1994
Box 2, Folder 13
Women's Studies 430, San Diego State University
Fall 1983
Box 2, Folder 14
Women's Studies 385, Women's Work, San Diego State University
Spring 2003
Box 2, Folder 15
Women's Studies 590, Feminist Thought, San Diego State University
Fall 1986
Box 2, Folder 16
Women's Studies 590, San Diego State University
Spring 1992
Box 2, Folder 17
Women's Studies 590, San Diego State University
Fall 2000
Box 2, Folder 18
Women's Studies 590, San Diego State University
Fall 2002
Box 2, Folder 19
Women's Studies 595, Ethical Issues in Feminism, San Diego State University
Fall 1984
Box 3, Folder 1
Women's Studies 696, Advanced Feminist Theory, San Diego State University
Spring 1993
Box 3, Folder 2
Women's Studies 696, Advanced Feminist Theory, San Diego State University
Spring 1994
Box 3, Folder 3
Women's Studies 102, University of California Berkeley
Spring 1990
Box 3, Folder 4
Women's Studies 104, Advanced Feminist Theory, University of California Berkeley
Spring 1990
Box 3, Folder 5
Women's Studies 104, Advanced Feminist Theory, University of California Berkeley
Spring 1992
Box 3, Folder 6
Women's Studies 104, Advanced Feminist Theory, University of California Berkeley
Spring 1992
Box 3, Folder 7
Political Science 115 A, Gender and Politics, University of California San Diego
Fall 1994
Box 3, Folder 8
Political Science 115 A, Gender and Politics, University of California San Diego
Fall 2000
Box 3, Folder 9
Political Science 116 A, Feminist Theory, University of California San Diego
Winter 1994
Box 3, Folder 10
Political Science 116 B, Feminist Theory, University of California San Diego
Spring 1994
Box 3, Folder 11
Political Science 217, Feminist Theory, University of California San Diego
Spring 1996
Box 3, Folder 12
Political Science 202 A, Comparative Political Systems, University of Louisiana
Summer 1977
Box 3, Folder 13
Political Science 346, Reader-Insanity and the Law, San Diego State University
1983
Box 3, Folder 14
Political Science 346, Reader-Insanity and the Law, San Diego State University
1983
Box 4, Folder 1
Curriculum Development, Reader - Part 1, San Diego State University
1988
Box 4, Folder 2
Curriculum Development, Reader - Part 1, San Diego State University
1988
Box 4, Folder 3
Curriculum Development, Reader - Part 1, San Diego State University
1988
Box 4, Folder 4
Curriculum Development, Reader - Part 2, San Diego State University
1988
Box 4, Folder 5
Curriculum Development, Reader - Part 2, San Diego State University
1988
Box 4, Folder 6
Women's Studies 603, Reader, San Diego State University
Spring 1997
Box 4, Folder 7
Women's Studies 530, Reader - Part 2, San Diego State University
1998
Box 5, Folder 1
Women's Studies 530, Reader - Part 2, San Diego State University
1998
Box 5, Folder 2
Women's Studies 590, Reader - Feminist Theory, San Diego State University
2000
Box 5, Folder 3
Women's Studies 496 W, Reader, San Diego State University
Spring 2002
Box 5, Folder 4
Political Science 109, Reader, University of California Berkeley
Spring 1990
Box 5, Folder 5
Women's Studies 40, Reader, University of California Berkeley
Spring 1991
Box 5, Folder 6
Women's Studies 104, Reader, University of California Berkeley
Spring 1991
Box 5, Folder 7
Women's Studies 104, Reader, University of California Berkeley
Spring 1992
Box 5, Folder 8
Political Science 115 A, Reader, University of California San Diego
Fall 2000
Box 6, Folder 2
STINT, Video Script
1997-2000
Box 12, Folder 1
3 Women's Studies Video Cassettes
Box 13, Folder 1
2 Women's Studies Video Cassettes
Box 15, Folder 1
22 Women's Studies Video Cassettes
Box 16, Folder 1
19 Women's Studies Video Cassettes
Community Projects
1984-1999
Box 6, Folder 3
Eleanor Roosevelt Centennial, Correspondence
1984
Box 6, Folder 4
Eleanor Roosevelt Centennial, Exhibit
1984
Box 6, Folder 5
Eleanor Roosevelt Centennial
1984
Box 6, Folder 6
San Diego City Council, Direct Questions
1987
Box 6, Folder 7
San Diego City Council, Written
1987
Box 6, Folder 8
San Diego City Council, Meeting Notes
1987
Box 6, Folder 9
"Around the World in a Single Day"
1998-1999
Box 6, Folder 10
"Around the World in a Single Day", Interview Packets
1998-1999
Box 6, Folder 11
"Around the World in a Single Day", Crawford - San Diego State University
1997-1998
Box 6, Folder 12
"Around the World in a Single Day", Crawford - San Diego State University
1997-1998
Box 17, Folder 1
20 Community Project Video Cassettes
Homicide Research
1980-1989
Box 7, Folder 6
Records of Government Office
1850-1900
Box 7, Folder 8
"Crime in San Diego"
1888
Box 7, Folder 9
"A Disorderly People"
1981
Box 7, Folder 11
Sheets / Correspondence
1981
Conferences and Outreach
1997-2000
Box 14, Folder 1
3 South Africa Video Cassettes
Box 16, Folder 1
3 South Africa Video Cassettes
