Nancy O. Gallman

Nancy O. Gallman is an Assistant Professor in the Department of History at Lewis & Clark College's College of Arts & Sciences. Her research focuses on early North America, borderlands, and cross-cultural legal systems.

• PhD, MA in History (University of California, Davis)
• JD in Law (New York University School of Law)
• BA in History (Yale College)

Her legal history research examines the Florida borderlands during the 18th-19th centuries, analyzing how Indigenous, Spanish, African, and Anglo legal traditions created a shared cosmopolitan order. This work explores resistance to U.S. expansion through land disputes, slave ownership, and conflict resolution.

Recent publications include:

• Analysis of East Florida's political transformation (2015)
• Co-authored study on imperial margin justice systems (2018)

Her scholarship has earned prestigious recognition from:

• American Council of Learned Societies (2022)
• McNeil Center for Early American Studies (2017-2019 Barra Postdoctoral Fellowship)
• Multiple institutions including NEH and Ford Foundation

As Pre-Law Advisor at LC, she guides students toward legal education and careers. Office hours available by appointment in Miller Hall 407 (MSC:41).