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Ashli White serves as Professor and Chair of the History Department within the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Miami. Her academic leadership focuses on revolutionary Atlantic history with particular expertise in material culture studies.
Her research centers on the material dimensions of revolutionary movements across the Atlantic World, examining how objects like ceramics, furniture, garments, maps, and political emblems transmitted revolutionary ideals. White's work reveals how enslaved and free populations, women and men, across social strata engaged with revolutionary politics through tangible objects. Her scholarship demonstrates how material culture served as a dynamic medium for expressing political convictions, contesting power structures, and negotiating revolutionary change during the American, French, and Haitian revolutions.
White's publications reveal consistent thematic focus on the circulation of revolutionary objects and symbols throughout the Atlantic World. Her work demonstrates how material culture functioned as a critical vector for transmitting revolutionary ideals across geographic and social boundaries, with particular attention to the Haitian Revolution's transformative impact. The research shows a methodological commitment to interdisciplinary analysis connecting physical artifacts with political history.
White actively contributes to academic discourse through book reviews in premier historical journals including The American Historical Review and The William and Mary Quarterly, engaging with scholarship on imperial history, Caribbean studies, and revolutionary movements.
As department chair, she oversees historical research and pedagogy while maintaining an active scholarly profile. Her collaborative work on cartographic exhibitions demonstrates engagement with public history initiatives and interdisciplinary projects examining Caribbean representation.
