Writing
Below is a selection of my writing, as well as public talks and interviews I have given about my research and teaching.
Public Talks:
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"The Freak Show in American Life," recorded for Virtual Happy Hour with the Camron–Stanford House (2020)
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"Life, Death, and Locks of Hair," recorded for Virtual Happy Hour with the Camron–Stanford House (2020)
Articles & Blog Posts:
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Sharing a book I was excited to teach in the Fall 2021 semester for Edge Effects: "Faculty Favorites: Books for a Return to Campus" (2021)
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"When Americans thought hair was a window into the soul," The Conversation (2016)
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" 'Power is On the Side of the Beard': Masculinity and Facial Hair in Nineteenth-Century America," U.S. History Scene (2013)
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"Ordinary People in Extraordinary Times: Lessons from Social and Cultural History," The Source: A Quarterly Publication of the California History–Social Science Project (2013)
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"Millie-Christine McKoy and the American Freak Show: Race, Gender, and Freedom in the Postbellum Era, 1851–1912," Berkeley Undergraduate Journal (2010)
Book Reviews:
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Review of Undoing Slavery: Bodies, Race, and Rights in the Age of Abolition, by Kathleen M. Brown, Journal of the Civil War Era 14, no. 2 (June 2024).
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Review of Spirituals and the Birth of a Black Entertainment Industry by Sandra Jean Graham, Journal of Southern History 85, no. 1 (2019)
In the Media:
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Sharing my experience with moving my American Studies lecture class online with Digital Trends: "Coronavirus exposes digital disparities between students as learning goes online" (2020)
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"Sarah Gold McBride on Hair in 19th Century America": a discussion about my dissertation, history education, and digital research with Marc Madrigal of the This Is Berkeley podcast (2016)
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Reflecting on my work with the UC Berkeley History–Social Science Project: "#IAmCHSSP: Sarah Gold McBride" (2015)
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UC Berkeley News Center article about my dissertation research: "Whiskers and locks: Reading U.S. history through hair" (2015)
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Interview with WESA (NPR–Pittsburgh): " 'God Gives Nothing in Vain,' And Other Gems of Beard Advocacy" (2015)
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Interview with Broadly: "Bearded Men are Sexist, New Study Says" (2015)
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Interview with BBC Magazine: "#BBC Trending: Men explain their floral beards" (2014)