New Hire: Introducing Assistant Professor of History Marissa Jenrich

The History Department is pleased to welcome its newest faculty member, Dr. Marissa Jenrich, as Assistant Professor of History beginning Fall 2023. A proud product of the Cal State and UC systems, Dr. Jenrich received her BA (English) and MA (History) from Cal State Long Beach and her PhD (History) from UCLA where she wrote her dissertation on “White Women and Black Unfreedom in New York City, 1712-1894.” She is the co-author of “Co-opting Respectability: African American Women and Economic Redress in New York City, 1860-1910,” Journal of Urban History 43:2 (November 2015): 1-20. Dr. Jenrich has taught at UCLA, CSULB, and Scripps College, where she was Visiting Assistant Professor of History in 2022/3. At CSUN Dr. Jenrich will be teaching US History, the Civil War and Reconstruction, Slavery, Women’s History, and the History of Incarceration.