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Cornelia H. Dayton is a Professor of History at the University of Connecticut, specializing in Early British North America, U.S. legal history, and the history of women, gender, and sexuality in the Atlantic World. She holds a Ph.D. from Princeton University and has held fellowships at institutions including the Huntington Library and the Charles Warren Center at Harvard University. Her research focuses on topics such as the social history of mental health in pre-asylum New England, governance rituals in early modern towns, and database methodologies for documenting individual life histories.
Dayton’s major works include Robert Love’s Warnings (2014), which won the Merle Curti Award and Littleton-Griswold Prize, and Women Before the Bar (1995), a foundational text in gender and legal history. She has pioneered collaborative projects like the Historical Violence Database and the Taking the Trade digital resource on 18th-century abortion practices.
Her articles span legal, social, and cultural aspects of early America, emphasizing marginalized voices and innovative methodologies. Awards include recognition for both scholarship and pedagogical contributions. She has held visiting appointments at multiple institutions and continues to shape early American historiography through interdisciplinary approaches.
