Heather Stur

Heather Stur is assistant professor of U.S. history, specializing in the Cold War era and U.S. foreign relations. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin in 2008, and her manuscript, "Dragon Ladies, Gentle Warriors, and Girls Next Door: Gender and the Vietnam War," is under contract with Cambridge University Press. Dr. Stur is the author of several articles, including: "In Service and in Protest: Black Women and the Impact of the Vietnam War on American Society," in Soul Soldiers: African Americans and the Vietnam Era; "Perfume and Lipstick in the Boonies: Red Cross SRAO and the Vietnam War," in The Sixties: A Journal of History, Politics, and Culture; "Borderless Troubadour: Bob Dylan and the Music of the Cold War World," in Highway 61 Revisited: Bob Dylan from Minnesota to the World; "The Women's Army Corps Goes to Vietnam" forthcoming in A Cultural History of the Vietnam War; and "Finding Meaning in Manhood After the War: Gender and the Warrior Myth in Springsteen's Vietnam War Songs," forthcoming in Dancing in the Dark: Bruce Springsteen, Cultural Studies, and the Runaway American Dream. Dr. Stur's research interests include the Vietnam War, the cultural side of U.S. diplomacy, race and gender studies, oral history, and U.S. urban history. When she is not researching, writing, or teaching, she probably is running a marathon, taking pictures, or cheering for the Chicago White Sox.