Sharon Salinger

Sharon Salinger, History – (Professor of History, Ph.D. 1980 University of California, Los Angeles)
Office: HMNSS Bldg. 3405
Phone: (909) 787-3683 x1-1564
E-mail: sharon.salinger@ucr.edu

Sharon V. Salinger specializes in early American history. As a native Californian, she was surprised to discover that the United States had a history that predated World War II. She started her undergraduate education in music and ended it a mere six years later in history. She earned her B.A. from UCLA in 1969, M.A. in 1970, and advanced to candidacy in 1972. Then she rested. When she regained consciousness, she was living in Greensboro, North Carolina, was the mother of Aaron Salinger, and had become a clay court specialist with a formidable serve and forehand. In 1978, she moved to Philadelphia, a fellow at the Center of Early American History and Culture. There, she completed her dissertation on indentured labor in colonial Pennsylvania, taught part-time at the University of Pennsylvania, received a post doctoral fellowship from the Hagley Museum and Library, and learned to play indoor tennis. She joined the history department at UCR in 1980.