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Dr. Elise Mitchell is an Assistant Professor in the Department of History at Swarthmore College. She specializes in the Black Atlantic, with a focus on the Atlantic slave trade, Caribbean slavery, and healing practices. Her research explores intersections of gender, race, embodiment, and disease in the early modern Atlantic World.
- Ph.D. in Atlantic World history and Caribbean/Latin American history, New York University (2021)
- B.A. in History, University of Pennsylvania
Her current book project, Morbid Geographies, examines enslaved Africans' responses to smallpox outbreaks in the Caribbean between 1500-1800. She has also developed a companion digital history project titled 'Smallpox and Slavery in the Early Modern Atlantic World.'
Dr. Mitchell's publications include her award-winning article 'Morbid Crossings' in The William and Mary Quarterly, which analyzes smallpox, maritime quarantine, and gender dynamics in the intra-Caribbean slave trade. Her work has received multiple prestigious fellowships and grants.
- 2023 WMQ New Voices Prize
- 2024 Andrés Ramos Mattei-Neville Hall Article Prize
- Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship
- Social Science Research Council’s Mellon International Dissertation Research Fellowship
She co-founded the non-profit online magazine Insurrect! Radical Thinking in Early American Studies and serves on the editorial board of Atlantic Studies. Dr. Mitchell teaches courses on Black Atlantic surveys, healing histories, and digital humanities approaches to slavery studies.
