Gail Bederman is an American historian and Associate Professor in University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, since 1998. She holds Bachelor of Fine Arts, New York University, 1978. Master of Arts, Brown University, Rhode Island, 1984. Doctor of Philosophy, Brown University, Rhode Island, 1992. her main Research and Teaching Interests are : Gender, women's history, and the history of sexuality; gender studies; interdisciplinary studies of sexuality and morality