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Carolyn Malone is an Associate Professor of History at the College of Sciences and Humanities , Ball State University , with expertise in Modern Britain , Modern Europe , and Modern European Women . She is currently working on her second book, The Art of Remembrance: Designers, the 'Public', and the Contest over Commemoration in Post-World War I Britain , building on her previous book Women's Bodies and Dangerous Trades in England, 1880-1914 (2003). Her research explores intersections of labor, gender, and cultural memory through historical case studies. Malone's publications in journals like the Journal of Women's History , Journal of British Studies , and Labour History Review focus on themes such as Gendered labor legislation Post-WWI social reconstruction Women workers' rights Cultural commemoration practices She has presented extensively at international conferences, including the Berkshire Conference on the History of Women . At Ball State, Malone contributes to academic governance as a member of the Core Curriculum Task Force , shaping interdisciplinary educational frameworks.

• Modern Britain
• Modern Europe
• Modern European Women
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Tim Wientzen is an Associate Professor and Chair of the English Department at Skidmore College. He holds a B.A. from Boston College and a Ph.D. from Duke University. His research focuses on twentieth-century literary modernism, particularly the intersections between science, politics, and literature in British and global contexts. Education: Ph.D. in English, Duke University (2012) B.A. in English and Latin American Studies, Boston College (2004) His research examines how modernist literature engages with scientific concepts of reflex behaviors and anticipates contemporary ecological and political challenges. Primary interests include the works of Aldous Huxley, Olaf Stapledon, Rebecca West, James Joyce, and Virginia Woolf, with special attention to dystopian fiction and the environmental humanities. Wientzen's publications consistently explore modernist responses to political modernity, bodily experience, and ecological crises. His 2021 book Automatic: Literary Modernism and the Politics of Reflex established a framework for understanding reflexivity in modernist literature, while recent articles examine scale theory in the Anthropocene and planetary perspectives in modernist thought. Awards and Honors: Jan Thaddeus Teaching Award, Harvard University (2015) Multiple Certificates of Teaching Excellence from Harvard University Graduate fellowships and travel grants from Duke University (2006-2012) Conference awards from Modernist Studies Association and SLSA As Department Chair (2022-2024), he oversees curriculum development and faculty initiatives. He has organized numerous academic conferences and seminars on modernist studies and serves on editorial boards for literary journals. His teaching encompasses courses on modern British fiction, science fiction, climate crisis narratives, and postmodernism.

• Literary Modernism
• Science and Politics of Literature
• Early Science Fiction
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Lisa Sigel serves as Department Chair and Professor in the Department of History at DePaul University's College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences. She holds a Ph.D. from Carnegie Mellon University and maintains office presence at SAC 422. Her teaching portfolio includes Historical Methods, Victorian History, the Great War, and Crime and Punishment courses. Her research specializes in the cultural history of sexuality with focus areas spanning British social history, pornography studies, and gender representation. Primary research domains include: Historical analysis of erotic material production and distribution Cultural regulation of obscenity in modern societies Gender performance in wartime contexts Evolution of sexual commerce and labor relations Vernacular expressions of sexuality in material culture Recent scholarly output demonstrates consistent focus on pornography historiography through methodological examinations and archival recovery projects. Her 2022-2025 publications analyze labor dynamics in sex industries, preservation challenges in erotic archives, and methodological approaches to adult material research.

• History of Sexuality
• British History
• Cultural History
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Susan Meyer is a Professor of English at Wellesley College, affiliated with both the Department of English & Creative Writing and Jewish Studies. Her academic work bridges Victorian literature and American modernist studies, with particular focus on intersections of race, gender, and colonialism in 19th-century British fiction and Willa Cather's work. Education: B.A. from Johns Hopkins University, M.A. from UCLA, M.A., M.Phil., and Ph.D. from Yale University Key Research Areas: Literature and history, public health metaphors in fiction, Jewish identity in modernist works, social resistance in Victorian novels In her scholarship, Meyer examines how Victorian authors like Brontë and Eliot used racial dynamics as metaphors for domestic gender relations. Recent projects analyze tuberculosis and sanitation discourses in Cather's writing. Her children's literature addresses WWII-era Jewish refugee experiences ( Black Radishes , Skating with the Statue of Liberty ) and civil rights struggles ( New Shoes ). These works have earned Sydney Taylor Honor Awards, Bank Street College Best Books, and Jane Addams Peace Association recognition. Teaching interests include 19th-century British literature, early 20th-century American literature, and creative writing pedagogy focused on children's historical fiction. She maintains active research profiles in feminist criticism and transatlantic literary studies.

• Victorian Literature
• American Literature
• Literature and History
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Lisa Rodensky serves as Dean of Faculty Affairs and Professor of English at Wellesley College, affiliated with the Department of English & Creative Writing and Calderwood Seminars in Public Writing. She holds a B.A. from Wellesley College, LL.D. from Harvard University, and Ph.D. from Boston University. Her research specializes in 19th- and 20th-century British literature, particularly Victorian novels and their intersection with legal studies. Current projects include editing The Oxford Handbook of the Victorian Novel and a legal history manuscript, while her published work examines criminal responsibility in Victorian fiction through interdisciplinary law-literature frameworks. Awarded the Guggenheim Fellowship for her scholarly work, she teaches courses spanning from introductory poetry interpretation to advanced seminars on Victorian/modern novels. She has developed specialized courses preparing students for thesis work and plans to create new offerings in literary editing. Active in academic societies, she serves as trustee of the Dickens Society and organized the 2009 Northeast Victorian Studies Association conference at Wellesley.

• Victorian Literature
• 19th-Century British Novel
• 20th-Century British Novel
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Augustine Meaher serves as Part Time Faculty in the Department of History, Anthropology, and Philosophy at the University of North Georgia and holds a professorship in National Security Studies at the USAF Air University. His academic credentials include: Bachelor of Arts in History from Georgetown University (1997) Master of Arts in History from Tulane University (2002) Doctor of Philosophy in History from the University of Melbourne (2008) Dr. Meaher's research centers on Modern Military History and British Imperial History, with specialized expertise in European History and Politics. His current scholarly focus examines U.S. military operations in Northern Ireland during World War II, analyzing transatlantic military cooperation and strategic decision-making in 20th-century conflicts.

• Modern Military History
• British Imperial History
• European History
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Amanda Dutton is a Lecturer in the Department of English at Kennesaw State University, where she teaches foundational writing courses and supports international students. She holds a Ph.D. in Comparative Studies from Florida Atlantic University, alongside graduate and undergraduate degrees in English and British Literature from the same institution. Her academic journey began with an Associate of Arts at Indian River Community College. Ph.D., Comparative Studies (2019), Florida Atlantic University MA, English (British Literature) (2012), Florida Atlantic University BA, English (Magna Cum Laude) (2010), Florida Atlantic University AA, General Studies (2007), Indian River State College CELTA Certificate (2021), Cambridge English Dutton's research spans mythology, pre-modern literature, and rhetorical analysis. Her doctoral dissertation explored Counter-Reformation art and literature, while her current projects include a transcription and analysis of a Pennsylvania Civil War-era journal and ongoing work on her dissertation-turned-book manuscript. Dutton's scholarly output includes a peer-reviewed journal article on the Counter-Reformation's response to modernity and contributions to pedagogical materials. Her work reflects interdisciplinary interests bridging historical periods and literary traditions.

• Mythology
• Pre-Modern Literature
• Children's Literature
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Ashley T. Shelden serves as Professor of English at Kennesaw State University, bringing expertise in contemporary British literature, queer theory, and psychoanalytic criticism to her teaching and research. Her academic foundation includes advanced degrees from Tufts University in English literature, establishing her trajectory in critical theory and literary analysis. Her educational background: Ph.D. in English, Tufts University M.A. in English, Tufts University B.A. in English, Ithaca College Shelden's research interrogates the intersections of queer identity, abjection, and narrative form across modernist and contemporary fiction. She critically examines how literature negotiates impossible unions, failed intimacies, and abject subjectivities, particularly through psychoanalytic and queer theoretical frameworks. Her work consistently challenges normative conceptions of love and desire while exploring temporal disruptions in narratives of intimacy. This scholarly trajectory demonstrates increasing focus on abjection theory since her Lambda Award-nominated monograph. Analysis of her publication history reveals evolving engagement with abjection as a central theoretical lens, moving from modernist studies (Barnes, Joyce) to contemporary cultural analysis (Kunzru, Waters). Her scholarship demonstrates methodological consistency in applying psychoanalytic concepts to queer cultural production while expanding into film studies and food culture criticism. Recent works increasingly center on failure as productive critical space rather than deficiency. Her scholarly recognition: Lambda Literary Award finalist for LGBTQ Studies (2018) for Unmaking Love: The Contemporary Novel and the Impossibility of Union Shelden maintains active research productivity with current projects including her upcoming book Queer Revolt examining abject genealogies. While specific grant details and advising activities aren't publicly documented, her sustained publication record across top-tier venues like differences and Columbia University Press indicates significant scholarly impact. Her work continues to shape conversations at the intersection of literary studies and queer theory.

• Queer Theory
• Psychoanalysis
• Contemporary Literature
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Micah Alpaugh is a Professor of History at the University of Central Missouri's College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences. His research focuses on social movements across the 18th-century Atlantic World, particularly examining the French Revolution, Atlantic Revolutions, and their transnational connections. Education: Ph.D. and M.A. from the University of California, Irvine; B.A. from Northern Arizona University Alpaugh's work traces the evolution of nonviolent protest strategies in revolutionary contexts. His publications include: Friends of Freedom (2022), analyzing revolutionary patterns across America, Britain, Ireland, France, and Haiti The French Revolution: A Document History (2021), a primary source collection Non-Violence and the French Revolution (2015), studying Parisian protest dynamics Awards: Pacific Coast Conference on British Studies Book Award (2022)

• French Revolution
• Atlantic World
• Early Modern Europe
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Aaron B. Kunin is Professor of English at Pomona College, where he has taught since 2005. His expertise centers on English Renaissance literature and contemporary poetics, with significant contributions to character theory and misanthropy studies. His educational background includes: Ph.D. in English, Duke University (2003) M.A. in English, Johns Hopkins University (1998) A.B. in English, Brown University (1995) Kunin's research explores the intersection of historical literary concepts and modern creative practice. His work investigates character as artifact, the psychology of misanthropy, and the representation of human faces in early modern texts. Key interests include Jonson's fear of the human face, Molière's "dormative principle," and the wish to be an object, reflecting his unique approach to Renaissance notions of identity and materiality. Poetics and Literary Theory Milton and 17th-Century Studies Character Theory Across Periods Misanthropy in Literary Tradition Objecthood and Material Culture His publications reveal a distinctive synthesis of scholarly criticism and poetic creation. Recent works demonstrate evolving engagement with Renaissance character concepts through contemporary poetic forms, while academic articles analyze facial composure in Behn's novels and Shakespearean preservation fantasies. This dual-practice approach bridges historical literary analysis with innovative poetic expression. No scientific awards were documented in the source materials. Information regarding graduate student advising and research grants was not specified in available records. His teaching portfolio includes courses on the British novel (Defoe to Austen), Milton and visual culture, pre-modern psychology, and Shakespearean comedies and histories.

• Poetics
• English Renaissance Literature
• Milton Studies
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Dirk Bonker is an Associate Professor in the Department of History at Duke University’s Trinity College of Arts and Sciences. A specialist in the intertwined histories of the United States and Germany, he investigates militarism, warfare, and empire across the long twentieth century while interrogating how best to globalize and internationalize modern U.S. and German histories. Education Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, 2002 Research Interests Bonker’s scholarship centers on military history, global and transnational history, cultural history, and the study of gender. He also engages comparative colonial studies, legal history, and the politics of governance in both Europe and North America. His work consistently probes how naval strategy, imperial ambitions, and state power intersected in Germany and the United States. Publications Overview Across two decades of research, Bonker has produced a major monograph— Militarism in a Global Age: Naval ambitions in Germany and the United States before World War I (Cornell, 2012)—together with numerous journal articles, book chapters, and reviews. His writings illuminate naval militarism, maritime law, imperial culture, and the transnational dynamics of power from the late nineteenth century through the mid-twentieth century. Scientific Awards No awards are listed in the provided material. Advising & Grants No specific grants or named advisees are mentioned in the source text. Labs, Teams & Future Work No laboratory teams, research groups, or future project statements are supplied in the available information.

• Military History
• Global and Transnational History
• Cultural History
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Meredith S Martin is a Professor of Art History at New York University and the Institute of Fine Arts. She holds a Ph.D. and M.A. from Harvard University and a B.A. from Princeton University . Her research focuses on 18th- and 19th-Century French and British art, architecture, and material culture , with particular attention to histories of empire, colonialism, enslavement, art and gender politics, cross-cultural encounters, and historical revivalism . She is a founding editor of Journal18 and co-creator of the Ballet des Porcelaines , a reimagined 18th-century French ballet that premiered at the Met and toured internationally in 2021–22. Her current projects include a study of links between late 18th-century Saint-Domingue (Haiti) and the Paris art world, supported by a Kress Digital Art History Award (2025–26) and a NYU Digital Humanities Seed Grant (2024) . She has also co-written and produced a film with the National Gallery in London and is co-curating a 2026 exhibition at the Institut du monde arabe on enslaved Muslims in the early modern Mediterranean. Her 15 most recent publications span topics such as maritime art and galley slavery in Louis XIV’s France, porcelain’s cultural symbolism , and colonial intersections in global art history . These works emphasize visual culture, postcolonial critique, and materiality across Europe, the Caribbean, and Asia. Martin has received numerous scientific awards , including the Iris Foundation Outstanding Mid-Career Scholar Award (2025) , the Kress Digital Art History Award (2025–26) , and multiple 2023 accolades for her book The Sun King at Sea , such as the Leo Gershoy Prize and David F. Pinkney Prize . She also secured significant fellowships, including the Provost's Global Research Initiatives Fellowship (2019–2020) and the ACLS Collaborative Research Fellowship (2016–2018) . Her teaching includes courses like Art and Money in the Early Modern World and Architectural Space and Decoration in Eighteenth-Century Europe . She has advised numerous institutions and exhibitions, including collaborations with the Morgan Library and Museum and the Metropolitan Museum of Art .

• 18th- and 19th-Century French and British art
• Architecture and material culture
• Histories of empire and colonialism
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Susan E Colbourn is an Associate Research Professor at Duke University's Sanford School of Public Policy and Associate Director of the Program in American Grand Strategy, specializing in diplomatic and international history with emphasis on European security, nuclear weapons politics, and NATO history. Her educational background includes: Ph.D. in History, University of Toronto (2018) Dr. Colbourn's research examines Cold War dynamics, transatlantic relations, and alliance politics through historical analysis of NATO crises, nuclear deterrence, and Canadian foreign policy. Her work bridges archival research with contemporary security challenges, particularly focusing on how historical events shape modern diplomatic frameworks and security policies in Europe and North America. Her 15 publications from 2014-2024 reveal consistent focus on NATO's institutional evolution, nuclear arms control debates, and transatlantic security cooperation. Key trends include analysis of alliance management during crises (Siberian pipeline, Euromissiles), Canadian diplomatic initiatives, and the interplay between domestic activism and international security architecture, culminating in her 2022 book on NATO's nuclear turning point. No major scientific awards are documented in available sources. Dr. Colbourn advises students through Duke courses including PUBPOL 501S and HISTORY 567S on American Grand Strategy, and has secured significant research funding including the TISS: New Faces Project (2020-2025) and International Crisis Behavior project (2022-2023) examining alliance formation and policy choices. As Associate Director of the Program in American Grand Strategy, she leads an interdisciplinary initiative connecting historians, political scientists, and policymakers to analyze U.S. foreign policy through historical case studies and contemporary strategic challenges.

• European Security
• Nuclear Weapons Politics
• NATO History
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Rachel Wallace is a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of History at Loyola University New Orleans. She is also a Research Fellow at the Southern Food and Beverage Museum in New Orleans and contributes to the Women’s Studies Committee. Education: PhD in History, Queen’s University Belfast (2018) MA in Modern American History (2013) BA in Modern History and Literature (2012) Rachel specializes in LGBTQ+ history, gender history, and oral history, with a focus on transnational perspectives between the U.S. and Europe during the 20th century. Her work bridges public history and social movements, particularly in the 1960s–1970s. Rachel’s recent publications explore topics like gay communities in Northern Ireland during The Troubles, gendered violence in British popular culture, and the cultural symbolism of New Orleans traditions. Her research integrates transnational and cultural studies methodologies. Current Activities: Faculty Advisor for History students and organizations like Plus and Young Democratic Socialists of America Former faculty mentor for the Loyola Student Peace Conference Former coordinator for the Study Abroad Ireland Program

• LGBTQ+ History
• Gender and Sexuality History
• 20th Century History
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Dr. David Karr is a Professor and Chair of Humanities at Columbia College , affiliated with the School of Arts & Sciences . Since joining in 2007, he teaches core European, Middle Eastern, and world history courses at the Day campus, blending student-driven discussions of primary/secondary sources, art, and music with traditional lectures. Education: B.A., University of Alabama in Birmingham M.A., University of Alabama in Birmingham Ph.D., Vanderbilt University Dr. Karr’s research centers on British radicalism , the British-Australian criminal transportation system , and the politics of 18th-century British theater , reflecting interdisciplinary engagement with historical narratives and cultural contexts. His teaching spans chronologically and geographically diverse topics, including courses on the European Enlightenment, post-1945 global history, and modern Britain. Courses Taught: World History to 1500 (HIST 111) The Making of the Modern World (HIST 112) The World Since 1945 (HIST 300W) Science, Technology and Humanity: A History (HIST 303W) The Struggle for Modern Europe (HIST 330W) Europe, Fascism and the Holocaust (HIST 337W) The Making of Modern Britain (HIST 358)

• British radicalism
• British-Australian criminal transportation system
• Politics of 18th-century British theater
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