Dr. Rebecca Mancuso, Assistant Professor (PhD, McGill University, 2000).  My research focuses on Canadian immigration policy, mainly the impact of women civil servants on policy between 1900-1939. My work explores how elite women became active creators of immigration policy and working-class women and children increasingly the objects of it. The contributions to the historiography that I anticipate making are to shed more light on women's activities in the public realm as they fought for and won the franchise, and to reveal how women influenced Canada's social policy character in the twentieth century. I have also researched and written on the Danish immigration to North American and Canada's federal policy of multiculturalism. I believe I am entrusted with a mission to educate and should strive to create an environment that promotes intellectual curiosity, openness, and social consciousness. Having lived outside the U.S. for several years has profoundly shaped my outlook and thus my teaching, and I am driven to encourage the BGSU community to see the importance of learning about our northern neighbor, Canada. I regularly teach the Introduction to Canadian Studies course (CAST 201), History of Canada (HIST 414), and a senior capstone course (HIST 480), and am planning a course on immigration to North America.