Faculty Profile for Dr. Sara Tabak Damiano
Dr. Sara Tabak Damiano
Associate Professor — History
TMH 223
phone: (512) 245-5750
Selected Scholarly/Creative Work
- Damiano, S. T. (2024, October). “Gender History and the Archival Turn” (Review for Forum on Trevor Burnard, Writing Early America: From Empire to Revolution). Journal of the Early Republic.
- Damiano, S. T. (2024). Gender and Family. In T. Burnard, E. Hart, & M. Houllemare (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of the Seven Years War (pp. 653–670). Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press.
- Damiano, S. T. (n.d.). Women in Colonial Economies. In Beyond Borders: Mapping Maine and the American Northeast Boundary, 1625-1893. Maine Historical Society.
- Damiano, S. T. (2022, July). Book Review of Kirsten Sword, Wives Not Slaves: Patriarchy and Modernity in the Age of Revolutions. William and Mary Quarterly.
- Damiano, S. T. (2021). Women and the Law. In T. Burnard (Ed.), Oxford Bibliographies in Atlantic History. Oxford University Press.
Selected Awards
- Award / Honor Nominee: History Department Nominee, Presidential Award for Excellence in Teaching, Associate/Full Level. February 1, 2024
- Award / Honor Recipient: Berkshire Conference of Women Historians Book Prize, Berkshire Conference of Women Historians. June 2023
- Award / Honor Nominee: History Department Nominee, Presidential Award for Excellence in Scholarly/Creative Activities, Lecturer/Assistant Professor Level. February 1, 2021
- Award / Honor Recipient: College of Liberal Arts Golden Apple for Teaching, Texas State University College of Liberal Arts. August 2020
- Award / Honor Nominee: College of Liberal Arts Nominee, Presidential Award for Excellence in Teaching, Texas State University. February 28, 2020
Selected Grants
- Damiano, Sara Tabak. Faculty Development Leave. (Submitted: October 2022, Funded: January 2024 - May 2024). Grant.
- Damiano, Sara Tabak. Policing Households: Law Enforcement in Colonial American Cities, Research Enhancement Program, Texas State University, $8000. (Submitted: October 13, 2020, Funded: January 1, 2021 - May 31, 2022). Grant.
- Damiano, Sara Tabak. History Department Research Fund, $1800. (Submitted: February 17, 2020, Funded: February 27, 2020 - August 31, 2020). Grant.
- Damiano, Sara Tabak. History Department Research Fund, $1230. (Submitted: February 17, 2019, Funded: March 8, 2019 - August 31, 2019). Grant.
- Damiano, Sara Tabak. To Her Credit: Gender, Law, and Economic Life in Eighteenth-Century American Cities, Research Enhancement Program, Texas State University, $8000. (Submitted: October 11, 2016, Funded: July 1, 2017 - August 31, 2017). Grant.
Selected Service Activities
Editorial Review Board Member
Journal of the Early Republic
July 2025-Present
Member
Member, American Historical Association Book Prize Committee for Littleton-Griswold Prize in American Law and Society
2024-Present
Reviewer / Referee
Law and History Review
November 2024-Present
Chair
History Department Graduate Studies Committee
August 2024-Present
Member
Graduate Council
August 2024-Present