Cathy Schultz, Ph.D.   Professor of History Chair of the History and Political Science Dept. University of St. Francis, Joliet, IL Office: S317 Tower Hall   Phone: 815 740-3595 Email: cschultz@stfrancis.edu

For information on Cathy Schultz's newspaper column and website, click on the History in the Movies logo below. To use History in the Movies columns in your newspapers or magazines, please email her.

Lecture Availability

Dr. Schultz is an engaging and experienced public speaker, and is available to lecture on topics of popular history. Subjects include "Learning History from Historical Films,"The Life and Loves of Jane Austen" and "American History for the Rest of Us: Mocking the Myths of both Left and Right." Email her for more information, or call her at 815 740-3595.

New York University
- Ph.D. in History, 1996
- M.A. in History,  1991

Franciscan University of Steubenville
- B.A. in Theology, 1983

Dr. Schultz has taught at the University of St. Francis since 1995. She currently holds the rank of Professor of History and Chair of the History and Political Science Department.

In February, 2004, her History in the Movies column began running in the Joliet Herald News. The column is now syndicated nationally, with a combined readership of well over a million readers. It has appeared in the Chicago Sun-Times, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, the Daily Southtown, and many other newspapers. Dr. Schultz has been interviewed in Entertainment Weekly, Parade magazine, France's  Epok magazine, and other national and international magazines.  

Dr. Schultz has won a Pew Fellowship, as well as a Dissertation Fellowship from the Philadelphia Center for Early American Studies.

In 2004, she received the Excellence in Teaching Award from the University of St. Francis.

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