Alexis Broderick

Alexis Broderick is an Assistant Professor of History at the University of New Hampshire (UNH), specializing in African American and 19th-century U.S. history. Her research focuses on slavery, sexual violence, and incest during the Reconstruction era, as evidenced by her book project American Incest: Kinship, Sex, and Commerce in Slavery and Reconstruction (under contract with the University of Chicago Press). She teaches courses on African American history, Black and Indigenous New Hampshire, and the Civil War era.

Before joining UNH, Broderick was a Provost’s Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania, where she co-led the Penn & Slavery Project, developing an augmented reality app to explore the university’s historical ties to slavery. She also served as a Visiting Faculty Fellow at Harvard University’s Warren Center (2021–2022).

Broderick holds a Ph.D., M.A., and B.F.A. from the University of Pennsylvania, Washington University in St. Louis, respectively. Her work bridges academic scholarship and public history, emphasizing interdisciplinary approaches to understanding race, memory, and social justice.