Alexandra Finley

Graduate Student

email: axfinl@email.wm.edu
Current Research: Interracial relationships and families in the antebellum era

Bio

Alexandra Finley graduated summa cum laude with research distinction in history from the Ohio State University in June 2010. Her undergraduate thesis, "Founding Chestnut Ridge: the Origins of Central West Virginia's Multiracial Community," won the department prize for best undergraduate research. Finley's research interests include the antebellum South, the intersection of race and gender, the social construction of race, and mixed race studies. Her master's thesis looks at the experiences of openly interracial couples in antebellum Virginia through the lives of Silas and Corinna Omohundro.