Erica Hayden

Erica Hayden is Professor and Chair of Social and Behavioral Sciences at Trevecca Nazarene University, specializing in 19th-century U.S. social history. Her research examines women criminals, reform movements, and marginalized groups, documented in the monograph Troublesome Women: Gender, Crime, and Punishment in Antebellum Pennsylvania.

Research examines:

• Female criminality in historical context
• Prison reform movements
• Intersections of gender, class and legal systems
• Community responses to crime

Teaching covers U.S. history, historical analysis methods, and social history. Regularly publishes book reviews and presents at historical conferences.