Lindsay Starkey

Lindsay Starkey is an Associate Professor in the Department of History at Kent State University, affiliated with the College of Arts & Sciences. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (2012). Her research focuses on late fifteenth- and sixteenth-century European history, particularly examining intersections of natural philosophy, religious reformations, and maritime exploration. She is the author of Encountering Water in Early Modern Europe and Beyond (2020), which redefines early modern understandings of water through interdisciplinary lenses.

Dr. Starkey teaches World History surveys and specialized courses on medieval and early modern Europe. She advises graduate students in fields including early modern Christianity, women's history, and sexuality studies. Her work bridges religious history, environmental history, and cultural analysis, with notable contributions to studies of witchcraft, inquisition practices, and Reformation-era intellectual thought.

Her research outputs span historical methodology (e.g., social network analysis of inquisitions) to cultural interpretations of natural phenomena (e.g., sea monsters in cartography). While no awards are explicitly listed, her publications demonstrate recognition in interdisciplinary historical scholarship. She is based at Kent State’s Kent campus with contact information available via lstarke3@kent.edu or 330-672-8907.