Adelaide H. Villmoare

Professor
Rockefeller Hall 205
845/437-5570
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B.A., Smith College; M.A., Ph.D., New York University

Adelaide H. Villmoare (pictured here with the department canine, Webster) joined the Vassar faculty in 1975.

Ms. Villmoare teaches courses in the American politics subfield including American politics and democracy, justice and lower courts, media and politics, feminism and women in legal process, and the politics of public and private. She has long been involved in the American Culture Program, where she has taught a variety of courses, including "The Culture of Killing."

Her current research examines 1)  the politics of rights and 2) issues of public and private in post-Katrina New Orleans.  Recent publications include "Law and Order in Katrina: Policing and the Politics of Public and Private in New Orleans," Studies in Law, Politics, and Society forthcoming 2007; with Peter G. Stillman,  "Social Justice After Katrina: The Need for a Revitalized Public Sphere,"  in Through the Eye of Katrina  ed. Kristin A. Bates and Richelle S. Swan (Carolina Academic Press, 2007).