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Marcus P. Nevius is an Associate Professor jointly appointed in the Kinder Institute on Constitutional Democracy and the Department of History at the University of Missouri. He specializes in Atlantic world slavery, the Revolutionary and Early Republican eras in the United States, and digital humanities. His research focuses on enslaved resistance, particularly petit marronage (small-scale escapes), and the intersection of historical methodologies with digital tools.
Education: Ph.D. in History from The Ohio State University (201?), B.A. and M.A. in History from North Carolina Central University. His work has been supported by prestigious fellowships from institutions including the John Carter Brown Library and the William L. Clements Library. Current projects include a book titled Fear of a Maroon Republic: Atlantic Slave War and the Problem of Archival Absence.
- Recent publications: City of Refuge (2020), chapters in American Revolutions in the Digital Age (2024) and Inlands (2024), and articles in William and Mary Quarterly and History Compass.
- Awards: Multiple research fellowships for archival work and digital humanities projects.
Teaching focuses on undergraduate and graduate seminars covering topics like the Great Dismal Swamp maroon communities and Revolutionary-era social dynamics. He actively engages in public history initiatives through digital media and interdisciplinary collaborations.
