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Kathleen Brown is the David Boies Professor of History at the University of Pennsylvania's Department of History, housed within the School of Arts & Sciences. Her research focuses on gender, race, slavery, and Atlantic history, with a particular emphasis on early America. Brown holds a Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (1990) and has authored seminal works such as Good Wives, Nasty Wenches, and Anxious Patriarchs (1996) and Foul Bodies: Cleanliness in Early America (2009), which won major academic prizes. She leads the Penn & Slavery Project, exploring the university's historical ties to slavery.
- Education: B.A., Wesleyan University (1981); M.A. & Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison (1985, 1990)
- Research Interests: Comparative slavery, race relations, abolitionism, gender and the body in colonial contexts
Her work bridges legal, medical, and cultural history, analyzing how abolitionists used bodily integrity to challenge slavery. Awards include the Guggenheim Fellowship (2015–16) and the Dunning Prize (1996). Brown teaches courses on colonial America, comparative slavery, and the history of gender and race, contributing to both undergraduate and graduate education.
Her recent book Undoing Slavery (2023) examines abolitionist strategies to heal the trauma of enslaved bodies, highlighting intersections of law, medicine, and race. Collaborations with students on the Penn & Slavery Project underscore her commitment to public history and institutional accountability.
