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Graduate Student Bios and Research
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Ansley, Laura
Graduate Student
email: lmansley@email.wm.edu
Current Research: Sexual health and education for children at the turn of the twentieth century
Graduate Student
email: lmansley@email.wm.edu
Current Research: Sexual health and education for children at the turn of the twentieth century
Bailey, Hannah
Graduate Student
Email: hebailey@email.wm.edu
Current Research: Female memory of the American Revolution
Graduate Student
Email: hebailey@email.wm.edu
Current Research: Female memory of the American Revolution
Beatty, Joshua F.
ABD History
Email: [[e|jfbeat]]
Current Research: A cultural history of the Stamp Act crisis
ABD History
Email: [[e|jfbeat]]
Current Research: A cultural history of the Stamp Act crisis
Brennan Arehart, Kelly
ABD History
email: kmbren@email.wm.edu
Fields of Interest: American Business and Economic History, History of Technology, History of Medicine
ABD History
email: kmbren@email.wm.edu
Fields of Interest: American Business and Economic History, History of Technology, History of Medicine
Brown, David
ABD History
Email: [[e|dabro3]]
Current Research: The rise and fall of the plantation system in the New World, the interaction of native and colonial cultures in the seventeenth century, and African-American tenant farmers in nineteenth century Virginia
ABD History
Email: [[e|dabro3]]
Current Research: The rise and fall of the plantation system in the New World, the interaction of native and colonial cultures in the seventeenth century, and African-American tenant farmers in nineteenth century Virginia
Coleman, Lauri Bauer
ABD History
Email: lbcoleman@moravian.edu
Current Research: How New Englanders in the Revolutionary era made sense of the natural world, particularly threatening occurrences such as earthquakes, comets, and extreme weather events.
ABD History
Email: lbcoleman@moravian.edu
Current Research: How New Englanders in the Revolutionary era made sense of the natural world, particularly threatening occurrences such as earthquakes, comets, and extreme weather events.
Cook, Elizabeth
ABD History
Email: [[e|ecook]]
Current Research: Early Modern America, Material Culture, Built Environment, Historical Archaeology
ABD History
Email: [[e|ecook]]
Current Research: Early Modern America, Material Culture, Built Environment, Historical Archaeology
Finley, Alexandra
Graduate Student
email: axfinl@email.wm.edu
Current Research: Interracial relationships and families in the antebellum era
Graduate Student
email: axfinl@email.wm.edu
Current Research: Interracial relationships and families in the antebellum era
Fiorini, John
ABD History
Email: [[e|jcfior]]
Current Research: How representations of the Leopold-Loeb case have combined to affect popular perceptions
ABD History
Email: [[e|jcfior]]
Current Research: How representations of the Leopold-Loeb case have combined to affect popular perceptions
Gross, Alexandra
Graduate Student
Email: amgross@email.wm.edu
Current Research: Political history of the early Republic
Graduate Student
Email: amgross@email.wm.edu
Current Research: Political history of the early Republic
Hillman, Nancy Alenda (Moll)
ABD History
Email: [[e|namoll]]
Current Research: The interactions of black and white evangelicals in biracial churches, as well as the establishment of autonomous African American churches before, during, and after the Civil War
ABD History
Email: [[e|namoll]]
Current Research: The interactions of black and white evangelicals in biracial churches, as well as the establishment of autonomous African American churches before, during, and after the Civil War
Hines, Karen
ABD History
Email: [[e|klhine]]
Current Research: The changing role of Indian women in the colonial fur trade
ABD History
Email: [[e|klhine]]
Current Research: The changing role of Indian women in the colonial fur trade
Jones, Peter
Graduate Student
Email: [[e|pcjones]]
Current Research: The integration of schools in Roanoke, Virginia.
Graduate Student
Email: [[e|pcjones]]
Current Research: The integration of schools in Roanoke, Virginia.
Jones, Christopher
ABD History
Email: ccjones@email.wm.edu
Current research: The growth and development of Methodism in the United States, Canada, and the Caribbean from 1760-1815
ABD History
Email: ccjones@email.wm.edu
Current research: The growth and development of Methodism in the United States, Canada, and the Caribbean from 1760-1815
Kane, Maria A.
ABD History
Email: [[e|makane]]
Current Research: The growth of contemporary evangelicalism in the United States
ABD History
Email: [[e|makane]]
Current Research: The growth of contemporary evangelicalism in the United States
Keiter, Lindsay
ABD History
Email: [[e|lmkeit]]
Current Research: Marriage as a social and financial institution in the North and the South between 1750 and the Civil War.
ABD History
Email: [[e|lmkeit]]
Current Research: Marriage as a social and financial institution in the North and the South between 1750 and the Civil War.
Kuckuck, Jeffrey
M.A./Ph.D Candidate
Email: [[e|jwkuck]]
Current Research: New England political ideology and political culture in the wake of the Glorious Revolution.
M.A./Ph.D Candidate
Email: [[e|jwkuck]]
Current Research: New England political ideology and political culture in the wake of the Glorious Revolution.
Legawiec, Stephen
M.A./Ph.D Candidate
Email: [[e|sjlega]]
Current Research: Effects of agricultural reform, developing infrastructure, and the Civil War on mastery and slave life in Fluvanna County, Virginia.
M.A./Ph.D Candidate
Email: [[e|sjlega]]
Current Research: Effects of agricultural reform, developing infrastructure, and the Civil War on mastery and slave life in Fluvanna County, Virginia.
Leszkowicz, Jade
Ph.D Candidate
Email: [[e|jmleszkowicz]]
Current Research: New York State Commission for Detecting and Defeating Conspiracies during the American Revolution.
Ph.D Candidate
Email: [[e|jmleszkowicz]]
Current Research: New York State Commission for Detecting and Defeating Conspiracies during the American Revolution.
Madison, Katherine
MA Student
Email: ksmadison@email.wm.edu
Current Research: late eighteenth-century American newspapers and urban community
MA Student
Email: ksmadison@email.wm.edu
Current Research: late eighteenth-century American newspapers and urban community
McClure, John
Ph. D. Candidate
Email: [[e|jmmcclure]]
Current Research: Reconstruction, the New South era, and Virginia.
Ph. D. Candidate
Email: [[e|jmmcclure]]
Current Research: Reconstruction, the New South era, and Virginia.
McLennan, Sarah
ABD History
Email: [[e|semcle]]
Current Research: The development of heritage tourism in the mid-twentieth century United States, and its role in defining ideas of national identity and citizenship.
ABD History
Email: [[e|semcle]]
Current Research: The development of heritage tourism in the mid-twentieth century United States, and its role in defining ideas of national identity and citizenship.
Pariseau, Justin A.
ABD History
Email: [[e|japari]]
Current Research: The relationships between white and black residents in nineteenth-century maritime New England, and their participation in (or opposition to) the abolition of slavery.
ABD History
Email: [[e|japari]]
Current Research: The relationships between white and black residents in nineteenth-century maritime New England, and their participation in (or opposition to) the abolition of slavery.
Pompeian, Edward
Ph. D. Candidate
Email: [[e|eppomp]]
Current Research: The foundations of U.S.-Latin American relations in the decades before the promulgation of the Monroe Doctrine.
Ph. D. Candidate
Email: [[e|eppomp]]
Current Research: The foundations of U.S.-Latin American relations in the decades before the promulgation of the Monroe Doctrine.
Poznan, Kristina
ABD History
Email: [[e|kepoznan]]
Website: : http://kepoznan.blogs.wm.edu/
Current Research: Identity formation and ethnic politics among Austro-Hungarian immigrants in the United States
ABD History
Email: [[e|kepoznan]]
Website: : http://kepoznan.blogs.wm.edu/
Current Research: Identity formation and ethnic politics among Austro-Hungarian immigrants in the United States
Schmitt, Casey
Graduate Student
Email: csschmitt@email.wm.edu
Current Research: Contraband trade in the eighteenth-century Caribbean
Graduate Student
Email: csschmitt@email.wm.edu
Current Research: Contraband trade in the eighteenth-century Caribbean
Smith, Bill Leon
Graduate Student
Email: wlsmith@email.wm.edu
Current Research: Anglo-American sensibility and humanitarianism; the development of animal ethics; changing conceptions of cruelty and suffering.
Graduate Student
Email: wlsmith@email.wm.edu
Current Research: Anglo-American sensibility and humanitarianism; the development of animal ethics; changing conceptions of cruelty and suffering.
Sullivan, Bill
Ph. D. Candidate
Email: [[e|wasull]]
Current Research: The evolution of distinctly American identities in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.
Ph. D. Candidate
Email: [[e|wasull]]
Current Research: The evolution of distinctly American identities in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.
Thomas, Sarah
Graduate Student
Email: setho2@email.wm.edu
Current Research: Building and material culture of the early American backcountry.
Graduate Student
Email: setho2@email.wm.edu
Current Research: Building and material culture of the early American backcountry.
Thomas, Rachel
MA Student
Email: rchiscox@email.wm.edu
Current Research: The daily life of women in late nineteenth-century Maine and the editing of historical documents.
MA Student
Email: rchiscox@email.wm.edu
Current Research: The daily life of women in late nineteenth-century Maine and the editing of historical documents.
Tonat, Iat
MA Student
Email: ietonat@email.wm.edu
Current Research: Native American and legal history in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries
MA Student
Email: ietonat@email.wm.edu
Current Research: Native American and legal history in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries
Wallace, Chase
ABD History
Email: [[e|cawallace]]
Current Research: The rise and decline of the plantation in the Old Southwest
ABD History
Email: [[e|cawallace]]
Current Research: The rise and decline of the plantation in the Old Southwest
Walsh, CJ
M.A. Candidate
Email: [[e|cjwals]]
Current Research: The material displays and ritual use of home furnishings of three artisan families in Williamsburg between 1725 and 1763.
M.A. Candidate
Email: [[e|cjwals]]
Current Research: The material displays and ritual use of home furnishings of three artisan families in Williamsburg between 1725 and 1763.
Williams, Andrea
MA Student
Email: alwill@email.wm.edu
Current Research: Colonial administration during the American Revolution
MA Student
Email: alwill@email.wm.edu
Current Research: Colonial administration during the American Revolution
Zieger, Jason Peter
ABD History
Email: [[e|jpzieg]]
Current Research: The development of the American industry in purportedly "Indian" patent medicines during the first decades of the nineteenth century.
ABD History
Email: [[e|jpzieg]]
Current Research: The development of the American industry in purportedly "Indian" patent medicines during the first decades of the nineteenth century.