Leisa Meyer

Leisa Meyer joined the Feminist Studies editorial collective in Spring 2004. An Associate Professor of History and American Studies and Director of the Women’s Studies Program at the College of William & Mary, her research and teaching interests include gender and sexuality studies, US women’s history, American popular culture and cultural history. She is the author of Creating G.I. Jane: Sexuality and Power in the Women's Army Corps During World War II (1996) and is currently working on Talking Sex: A History of Sexuality in American Since World War II (forthcoming, 2005). She is also an associate editor for the Encyclopedia of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender History and Culture (2003).