The @csuf American Studies department unexpectedly lost a colleague over the weekend. Jesse Battan was a brilliant scholar but also a devoted teacher & mentor to many. His contrarianness never failed to make me chuckle, be inperson or in a 2am email. I’ll miss a fellow night owl
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Jesse also made immeasurable contributions to the study of 19th cent sexuality. He never liked the public thinking that past Americans were some puritanical prudes. This is my favorite of his pieces; the first paragraph alone helps me teach students the importance of an opening