Kathryn A. Sloan
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Kathryn A. Sloan's research has focused on historical and social studies, with a particular emphasis on gender, honor, and societal structures in Mexico and the American South. Her work has explored themes such as seduction, elopement, and honor in 19th-century Mexico, as detailed in publications like "Runaway Daughters: Seduction, Elopement, and Honor in Nineteenth-Century Mexico" and "The Tyranny of Opinion: Honor in the Construction of the Mexican Public Sphere." She has also investigated women's roles in Latin America and the Caribbean and examined the transition of control over daily life from religious to civil spheres through the Penal Code of 1871.
Beyond her work on Mexico, Sloan has contributed to broader historical scholarship, including analyses of the American South in a global context and the archaeology of race and sexuality in colonial San Francisco. Her scholarship metrics include an h-index of 5, with 31 total publications and 115 citations. She is also a Co-Principal Investigator on an NSF ADVANCE grant totaling $1,000,000, focused on gender equity at the University of Arkansas through the Empowering Networked Groups for Arkansas Gender Equity (ENGAGE) initiative. Sloan leads a research group and has been recently active, with her most recent publication in 2026.
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- h-index: 5
- Publications: 31
- Citations: 115
Selected Publications
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Girlhood in Mexico (2026)
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Nora E. Jaffary. Abortion in Mexico: A History (2025)
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Jonathan M. Weber, Death is All around Us: Corpses, Chaos, and Public Health in Porfirian Mexico City. (2020)
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Death and the City (2015)
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The Tyranny of Opinion: Honor in the Construction of the Mexican Public Sphere (2011)
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The Penal Code of 1871: From Religious to Civil Control of Everyday Life (2011)
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The Archaeology of Ethnogenesis: Race and Sexuality in Colonial San Francisco (2009)
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Disobedient Daughters and the Liberal State: Generational Conflicts Over Marriage Choice in Working Class Families in Nineteenth-Century Oaxaca, Mexico (2007)
Federal Grants 1 $1,000,000 total
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