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Lindemeyer, Kriste, Ph.D.

Kriste Lindemeyer, Ph.D. is Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences & the Graduate School, Rutgers-Camden, and a tenured position as Professor of History . Dr. Lindemeyer’s areas of expertise are childhood in the United States during the 20th Century and the U.S. Children’s Bureau. Her books include: The Greatest Generation Grows Up: Childhood in 1930s; A Right to Childhood: The U.S. Children’s Bureau and Child Welfare, 1912-1946; as co-author with Joseph M. Hawes: Historical Overview of Children and Childhood in the United States During the 20th Century; and as Editor. Ordinary Women, Extraordinary Lives: Women in American History.