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Acocal, Sandra
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- Latin American History
Sandra Acocal is a third-year PhD student with a degree in Social Anthropology from the Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla (Mexico), Master in History and Ethnohistory from the Escuela... -
Adams, Anh
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- Women's and Gender History, US
Ánh Adams (she/her) is a second-year PhD student with a major field in American History and a minor field in Women's and Gender History. She received a B.A. in History and Geography from Texas State... -
Anthony, Joshua
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- Latin American History, Global and Comparative
Josh Anthony is a doctoral candidate studying the Indigenous history of Mexico. His dissertation, "A Nahua Family History: Kinship and Colonialism in Amaquemecan Chalco, 1465-1630" uses... -
Baldeo, Kiran
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- Latin American History
Kiran Baldeo is a Ph.D. student studying the British Caribbean. Her current project explores the history of childhood and youth, as well as informal and formal systems of child care, in... -
Banerjee, Avigyan
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- Asian and Middle Eastern History, Women's and Gender History
Avigyan Banerjee is a second-year PhD student majoring in Asian and Middle Eastern History. His research interests broadly include social and cultural histories of modern South Asia, colonialism and... -
Bellamy, Andrew
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- Modern European History
Andrew Bellamy is a third-year PhD student trained in European and global history. He specializes in modern British and imperial history and the history of drugs. His dissertation tracks a diverse... -
Berryhill, Jeffery
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- American, African American History
Jeff Berryhill is a PhD Candidate in his seventh year in the program. Berryhill specializes in American history and African American history with broad interests in politics, social movements,... -
Bershady, Isaac
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- Modern European History, Global and Comparative
Isaac is a doctoral candidate specializing in modern European and global history. His dissertation investigates how East European-Chinese economic cooperation, trade, and migration shaped market... -
Bleecker, James
James Bleecker is a first year PhD student in Modern European History with a minor in Environmental History. He received his B.A in History from Skidmore College and an M.A in Museum Studies from... -
Boyd, A.J.
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- African American History
A.J. Boyd is a fourth-year doctoral student studying 20th-century African American history and is interested in the history of race, gender, and war. Her research focuses on Black female soldiers in the... -
Branum, Elissa
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- US History, Latinx History
Elissa Branum is a PhD candidate in 19th-20th c. US History at Rutgers University-New Brunswick. She has contributed to the National Council on Public History's History at Work and the Rutgers AAUP... -
Brossard, Doris
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- American, Women's and Gender History
Doris graduated with a B.A. in history and French literature from the University of Rennes (Rennes II, France) and a M.A. in history from the École Normale Supérieure de Lyon (France). She is... -
Bunker, Cameron
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- American History, STEH
Cameron Bunker is a Ph.D. candidate in U.S. history at Rutgers. His research examines politics, finance, race, and gender in the context of U.S. imperialism. His dissertation, "Insuring Empire: U.S... -
Bynes, Kiamsha
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- African American History, U.S/ American History
Kiamsha Bynes is a doctoral student focusing on 19th and 20th century African-American history and women's history. She received her B.A. in History from Bloomfield College. She is interested in the... -
Chernyavskaya, Yulia
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- Modern European History, Women's and Gender, Global and Comparative
I graduated from Saint-Petersburg State University in 2010 as a «Specialist» in history. In 2017 I received my MA at European University at Saint-Petersburg where I majored in memory studies. My... -
Christensen, McKenzi
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- Women's and Gender History, Modern European
McKenzi Christensen is a third-year PhD student studying Women's and Gender History. Her research interests include the history of childhood and youth, girlhood, youth activism, and women's... -
Coffman, Sarah
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- African American History
Sarah Coffman is a fourth-year history PhD student focusing on twentieth century African American and urban history. She received her BA in History and African American studies from Lake Forest... -
Cordero Cruz, Rosa Emilia
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- Latin America and the Caribbean, Women and Gender,African Diaspora, Race and Slavery
Rosa Cordero is a fourth-year history Ph.D. student studying Latin American and Caribbean and Women and Gender History. Her current project explores Black women, slavery, and emancipation in the... -
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Darmiento, Nathan
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- Latin American History, US
Nathan Darmiento is a second-year PhD student at Rutgers specializing in Latin American history with a minor in U.S. history. Prior to joining the History Department, Nathan worked for several years... -
De Moya-Guerra, Laura Carolina
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- Latin American History; Global and Comparative
Laura is a PhD candidate in History at Rutgers University, specializing in the migrations, diasporas, and mobilities of 20th-century Latin America and the Caribbean. Her dissertation, 'The Chinese... -
Dixon, Lindsey
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- African American, American History
Lindsey Dixon is a third-year PhD student studying African-American history. Prior to attending Rutgers, she earned her B.A. in Political Science from Howard University, where she was a Mellon Mays... -
Dunn, Ethan
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- STEH, US
Ethan Dunn is a doctoral student studying the history of technology and capitalism in the United States at the turn of the 20th century. His current project seeks to understand the combined... -
Faurt, Anais
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- Modern European, Women's and Gender History
Anaïs Faurt is a PhD candidate in modern European and women’s and gender history. Her research focuses on childhood, law, and citizenship in the twentieth century French world. She is currently... -
Federico, Joanna Paxton
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- Women's and Gender History, STEH
Joanna Paxton Federico is a PhD candidate specializing in the history of science and medicine. Her current research traces the emergence of violence as an object of public health science, practice,... -
Feldman, Hannah
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- American History and STEH
Hannah Feldman is a PhD student in American History and Science, Technology, Environment, and Health. She received a B.A. in history from Harvard University and an M. Phil. from Trinity College... -
Fields, Whitney
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- African American History, American
Whitney Fields is a Ph.D. Candidate in History at Rutgers University- New Brunswick specializing in African American History. Whitney’s dissertation is a history of the incarceration and labors of... -
Fowler, Gwendolyn
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- African American, Women's and Gender History
Gwendolyn Fowler is a doctoral student at Rutgers University. Her research focuses on the women of the Welfare Rights Movement. Specifically, she researches the welfare rights group the Westside... -
Gabel, Harold
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- Modern European History, Global and Comparative
Harold’s dissertation, tentatively titled “Poland’s Europe: A Social History of Poland and its ‘West,’ 1953–1983,” shows Poland as a microcosm of Europe’s 20th century. Examining state and social... -
Goffinet, Hugh
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- African American and African Diasporic History
Hugh Goffinet is a first-year PhD student in African American and African Diasporic History. He received his B.A. in History with a Minor in Africana Studies in 2024 from Howard University, where he... -
Gomez, Yazmin
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- American, Women's and Gender History
Yazmin Gomez is a doctoral student studying American and Women and Gender History. She received her B.A. in Psychology and History from Marquette University, where she was a Ronald E. McNair... -
Gonzalez Cortes, Javier
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- STEH, Latin American History
Javier is a Ph.D student interested in understanding the relationships between humans and nonhuman animals in Colombia and other parts of Latin America from a historical perspective. He is... -
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Hight, Alison
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- Modern European History, Britain, Global and Comparative
Alison Hight is a PhD candidate in History at Rutgers University trained in modern European and global & comparative history. She specializes in modern Britain (broadly defined), and is especially... -
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Jefferson, La'Nora
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- African American, American History
La’Nora Jefferson graduated from the University of Houston in 2016 with a BA in History. She is currently a 7th year doctoral student and National Academy of Education/Spencer Fellow whose major... -
Kahouaji, Nawel
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- Early Modern European History
Nawel Kahouaji is a third-year PhD student with interests in women and gender history and early modern British studies. She intends to focus her research on the seventeenth-century through the lens... -
Kaplan, Joseph
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- African American History
Joseph Kaplan is a doctoral candidate studying the intersection of 20th Century African American political radicalism and the growth of the postwar surveillance state. Tentatively titled, "'We at... -
Karacan, Işıl
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- Middle Eastern and Women's and Gender History
Işıl Karacan is a first year PhD student in Middle Eastern History and a minor field in Women’s and Gender History. She obtained her double major in LLB and Political Science. After practicing law,... -
Lenoe, Eleanor Eriko Tsuchiya
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- Asia/Middle East, Women's & Gender History, US
Eleanor Eriko Tsuchiya Lenoe is a third-year doctoral student with interests in transnational histories of Japan and the US, women and gender, and family history in post-WWII America. She intends to... -
Li, Rong (Aries)
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- American History, U.S.-East Asian relations, Modern East Asian History, Memory Studies
Aries Li is a PhD candidate in the History Department at Rutgers University. She is writing her dissertation “Shared Past, Discordant Memories,” which explores the profound ways that memories of... -
Manygoats, Raven
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- US, Native American History
Raven is a Ph.D. student specializing in United States History and Gender and Women's History. She received her B.A. in History from Otterbein University in 2019. Her research focuses on Native... -
March, Kyra
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- African American History
Kyra March (she/her) is a second year PhD student in African American History and Women’s and Gender History with a Public Humanities Certificate. She obtained her BA in African American Studies and... -
Marquez Soljancic, Hugo
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- Medieval, Women's and Gender History
Hugo earned his B.A. and M.A. at Wichita State University. His research focuses on the role of women in debates about God’s omnipotence and limits of nature during the long twelfth century. -
Marron, Ayelet J.
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- American, Gender and Women’s History
Ayelet Marron is a doctoral candidate specializing in the history of the US military empire. She researches the first large-scale occupation the US undertook in World War II – the occupation of... -
McNeil, Adam
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- African American, Early American History
Adam Xavier McNeil is a PhD Candidate in Early African American Women’s History at Rutgers University. McNeil will be in residence during the 2024-2025 academic year as a Dissertation Fellow at the... -
Mercandetti, Paul
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- Modern European History
Paul is pursuing a PhD in modern European History. He received a BA in history and Russian Studies from The College of New Jersey. His research focuses on the Soviet Union during the Second World... -
Miller, Ian
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- African American History
Ian Miller is a first year PhD student majoring in African-American history. He received a BA in History with a minor in Latin American and Caribbean Studies from New York University. Ian is... -
Mond, Ariel
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- Modern France, Empire
Ariel is an advanced PhD candidate specializing in modern French and global history. Her dissertation, entitled “Politics Imprisoned: Political Prisoners and the Making of Democracy, Decolonization,... -
Naeve, Catherine Harris
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- Early Modern History,British Isles, Global and Comparative
Catherine is currently a doctoral student whose research focuses on the British Isles in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth-century, with an emphasis on state formation, immigration,... -
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O’Connell, Colin
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- Modern European History, Women's and Gender History
Colin O’Connell is a PhD student studying Modern European History and Women’s and Gender History. Colin’s research examines the interplay between queer life and the Thatcher government in 1980s... -
Pacatte, Jerrad P.
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- African American History, Women’s and Gender History, Slavery and Emancipation in Early America and the Atlantic World
Jerrad P. Pacatte is a doctoral candidate and School of Arts and Sciences Excellence Fellow in the Department of History at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey-New Brunswick. Interested... -
Pan, Xiaoli
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- Medieval European History, STEH
Xiaoli Pan is interested in healthcare and “systems of wellness” in the Middle Ages. My broader interest includes medical humanities and different ethnomedical systems today as well as healthcare as... -
Paxton Fofang, Shirley
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- African American History
Shirley Paxton Fofang is a PhD student studying 19th century African American history. She graduated with a BA from Yale University in History and Ethnicity, Race, & Migration. Her research... -
Pearson, Bea
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- African American History
Bea Pearson is a second-year Ph.D. student of African American and Women and Gender histories. Bea’s research and writing surround disability, enslavement, agency, and Black women’s archival... -
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Puthethu, Cherene
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- Asian and Middle Eastern History, Women's and Gender History
Cherene is interested in the labor histories of migrants across the Indian Ocean, particularly South Asians under British colonialism working in the Arabian Gulf. -
Rorie, Lauren
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- African American History
Lauren T. Rorie's research interests explore Black women's intellectual history, Black women's expressive culture, and Black women's internationalism across the diaspora in the twentieth century. -
Siegel, Jesse
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- Modern European History, Global and Comparative
Jesse Siegel is a PhD Candidate in Modern European History, with a minor field in Global Comparative Studies. His dissertation, tentatively titled "Gambling Against the Dark: German-Czechoslovak... -
Sinclair, Katie
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- European History, STEH
Katherine is a doctoral candidate focusing on the French polar exploration, empire, and the history of science. Her dissertation, tentatively titled "Regimes of High Fantasy: Experiments in... -
Slavutskiy, Ilya
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- Modern European History, Asia and Middle East
Ilya Slavutskiy is a PhD student focusing on Ukraine in the post-Russian Empire revolutionary and civil war periods, with a particular emphasis on the role of the Ukrainian Party of... -
Smith, Sydney
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- African American History
Sydney Smith is a doctoral student in African American History and Women’s and Gender History. Her research interests include 20th century African American women’s history, civil rights and Black... -
Sprenger, Nicholas
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- Modern European History, Global and Comparative
Nick Sprenger is a seventh year PhD candidate who studies the history of imperial violence in the British Empire during the nineteenth century. His dissertation, tentatively titled "The Outrage of... -
Staton, Christine
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- Early Modern Europe; Global and Comparative History
Christine Staton is a first-year PhD student studying early modern European global and comparative history. Her research focuses on the cultural and intellectual history of pre-industrial Italy,... -
Stawasz, K
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- STEH; Women's and Gender History
K. Stawasz is a first-year PhD student whose interests lie at the intersection of STEH and Women's and Gender History. They have a BA in History of Science and Women, Gender, & Sexuality Studies... -
Stone, Adam J.
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- American History, Modern European
Adam J. Stone is a PhD candidate studying women’s transnational anti-nuclear and peace activism across the Cold War Eastern and Western blocs in the 1980s. His dissertation, “Women Citizen Activists... -
Taylor, Cydney
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- Diaspora History
Cydney R. Taylor is a second-year Ph.D. student of Atlantic Cultures & the African Diaspora and European History. Her research interests include the culinary evolution of African American and West... -
Valdes, Daniela
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- African American History
Daniela Valdes researches the history of gender diverse people of color in the twentieth century United States. Based on extensive research in the archives of criminalization of New York City and... -
Varon Carvajal, Lisette
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- Women’s and Gender History, STEH
Lisette Varón-Carvajal is a PhD Candidate in history at Rutgers, studying the history of popular medicine in Colombia during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Her dissertation project titled... -
Xuan, Yuntian (“Christopher”)
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- Women's and Gender History, Early Modern European History, AME
Yuntian Xuan is interested in the transnational lives of two generations of Chinese merchant seamen who worked for British shipping companies from the late 19th century to the mid-20th century. The... -
Yellin, Brenna
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- Modern European History, Women’s and Gender
Brenna is a PhD Candidate specializing in modern European history. Her dissertation focuses on ethnic Germans who were expelled from parts of Eastern Europe after WWII and their lives in the Soviet...
