Background
Scott, Joan Wallach was born on December 18, 1941 in Brooklyn. Daughter of Samuel and Lottie (Tanenbaum)Wallach.
Scott, Joan Wallach was born on December 18, 1941 in Brooklyn. Daughter of Samuel and Lottie (Tanenbaum)Wallach.
Bachelor, Brandeis University, 1962. Master of Arts, University of Wisconsin, 1964, Doctor of Philosophy, 1969.
Assistant professor of history University of Illinois, Chicago, 1970-1972. Assistant professor Northwestern University, 1972-1974. Associate professor of University North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1974-1977, professor, 1977-1980.
Nancy Duke Lewis professor, professor of history Brown University, Providence, 1980-1985.
Director Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women, 1981-1985;now professor School Social Science, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey. Director Summer Seminar for College Teachers, National Endowment for Humanities, 1977, director Seminar for College Teachers, 1980-1981.
Member Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, 1978-1979. Social Science Research Council research training fellow, 1966-1968, National Endowment for Humanities fellow,1975-1976.
American Council Learned Societies grantee, 1978.
Member American History Association (chairman commission on women historians 1978-1980, Joan Kelly prize 1989), Berkshire Conference Women Historians, Society French History Studies.
Married Donald M. Scott, January 30, 1965. Children: Anthony Oliver, Elizabeth Rose.