Jessica B. Davidson is Assistant Professor of History. She received her M.A. and Ph.D. from the Brandeis University.

     Dr. Davidson teaches courses in world and modern European history, and women's history, including a course on women and fascism. Her research focuses on women's participation in the Sección Femenina, the female branch of the Spanish fascist party, in the Franco Regime. Her dissertation is titled "Politics, Policy, and Propaganda of the Sección Femenina in Francoist Spain, 1934-1977."  She published an article on the role of women in the Spanish Civil War in an anthology of new research on the Spanish conflict (January 2005 Gale Group). Currently, Dr. Davidson is writing a chapter for a women and world history textbook on Pilar Primo de Rivera, head of the Seccion Femenina.

     Dr. Davidson is also co-coordinator of the Women's Studies Program.

     Dr. Davidson will be on a leave of absence in Spring 2009.

Jessica B. Davidson
(Full-time faculty)
History Department
Jackson Room 223
MSC 2001
office phone: +1 540 568 2697
e-mail: davidsjb@jmu.edu