Navigating a Politicized Landscape: The Daughters of Charity, Design, and Development in Santa Barbara, California, 1918-1925
Conference on the History of Women Religious, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN
As part of an interdisciplinary panel sponsored by the Vincentian Studies Institute, Gunnell explored the Daughters’ use of architecture as a means to reinforce their place as Santa Barbara’s premiere social service agency in the 1920s.
Gender and Philanthropy: Blending Women’s Professional and Voluntary Efforts through the Daughters of Charity Foundation, 1984-2000.
Western Association of Women Historians, Costa Mesa, CA
As part of a panel on “Professionalizing Womanhood,” Gunnell explores the expansion of women’s opportunties as professional fundraisers in the 1980s.
Nourishment for the Soul: Sister Alice Marie Quinn and St. Vincent Meals on Wheels
The Ebell Institute Annual Women's History in LA Symposium, Los Angeles, CA
Catholic sisters, like Sister Alice Marie Quinn, are often overlooked as changemakers in Los Angeles. Gunnell shares the story of St. Vincent Meals on Wheel’s and highlights Quinn’s 40-year fight against food insecurity in Los Angeles.
More than Monographs: Opportunities and Adventures in Scholarly Publishing
Humanities Forum, Claremont Graduate University, February 22, 2024
Rosanne Welch and Kristine Gunnell discuss the wide range of scholarly publishing opportunities available to graduate students and early career scholars. Includes an in-depth discussion of Gunnell’s Voices of American Women’s History. (25:45)