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Graduate Student Directory


History Graduate Students

Lucas Avelar

Lucas Avelar

Ph.D. Student
Research Interests: United States, 1877-1920; Digital Methods; World/Global/Transnational; Memory Studies; Identity/Nationalism; Urban.
Email: ldavela@clemson.edu


Cecilia Barnard

Cecilia Barnard

Ph.D. Student
Research Interests: European History; Later Middle Ages 1000-1500; Early Modern Europe 1500-1800; British Isles; Culture; Gender; Religion
Email: barnar3@clemson.edu


Alex Billinis

Alex Billinis

Ph.D. Student
Research Interests: U.S. History; U.S. 1850-1877; U.S. South; Atlantic World and Capitalism
Email: billini@clemson.edu


Candy Boatwright

Candy Boatwright

Ph.D. Student
Research Interests: U.S. History; U.S. South; Local and public history
Email: cboatw2@clemson.edu


Emily Cole

Emily Cole

M.A. Student
Research Interests: European History; Later Middle Ages 1000-1500; Early Modern Europe 1500-1800; British Isles; Social; Legal; Women; Religion
Email: ecole9@clemson.edu


Russell Crosthwait

Russell Crosthwait

M.A. Student
Research Interests: European History; Europe 1914-1945; Political; Maritime; Intellectual; Race and Ethnicity; Capitalism
Email: rcrosth@clemson.edu


Amber Edwards

Amber Edwards

Ph.D. Student
Research Interests: United States 1877-Present; Cultural; Digital Methods; Gender; LGBTQ; Music; Popular Culture; Sexuality; Social
Email: are4@clemson.edu


Jeffrey Gilbert

Jeffrey Gilbert

Ph.D. Student
Research Interests: U.S. History; U.S. 1920-1945; Diplomatic/International; Digital Methods; Peace and Conflict; Political
Email: jgilbe8@clemson.edu


Matthew Girardeau

Matthew Girardeau

M.A. Student
Research Interests: U.S. History; U.S. 1945-1975; Labor; Migration/Immigration; Transnational
Email: mgirard@clemson.edu


Mandolyn Harkness

Mandolyn Harkness

MA Student
Research Interests: European History; Early Modern France (1500-1800); Women, Gender, Sexuality; Intellectual History; Cultural History
Email: mjharkn@clemson.edu


Jacob Havers

Jacob Havers

M.A. Student
Research Interests: U.S. History; United States Since 1945; African American; Identity/Nationalism; Gender; LGBTQ; Oral History; Race & Ethnicity; Religion; Sexuality; Sports; Women
Email: jhavers@clemson.edu


Will Hiott

Will Hiott

Ph.D. Student
Research Interests: US South; Art and Architecture, Material Culture, Archaeology
Email: hiottw@clemson.edu


Addison Horton

Addison Horton

Ph.D. Student
Research Interests: U.S. History; U.S. 1800-1860; U.S. South; Women, Gender, and Sexuality; Social History; Digital History
Email: eahorto@clemson.edu


Dora Impson

Dora Impson

M.A. Student
Research Interests: United States 1877-1920; African American
Email: dorai@clemson.edu


Jen Jones

Jen Jones

Ph.D. Student
Research Interests: U.S. History; United States 1945-1975; Culture, Digital Methods, Technology, Childhood and Youth, Education
Email: jjone67@clemson.edu


Megha Khanna

Megha Khanna

Ph.D. Student
Research Interests: World History; Modern India; Gender, Women, and Sexuality
Email: khanna2@clemson.edu


Hallie Knipp

Hallie Knipp

Ph.D. Student
Research Interests: United States, 1850-1920; Capitalism; Identity/Nationalism; Digital Methods; Education; Gender; Labor; LGBTQ; Religion; Sexuality; Women
Email: hknipp@clemson.edu


Indira Lessington

Indira Lessington

Ph.D. Student
Research Interests: Africa, 1500-1850; United States 1850-77;African American; Public History; Digital History; Slavery; Women ;Education
Email: ilessin@clemson.edu


Paige Magoto

Paige Magoto

M.A. Student
Research Interests: U.S. History; U.S. South; Women; Memory Studies; Slavery; Film; Gender
Email: pmagoto@clemson.edu


Sally Mauldin

Sally Mauldin

Ph.D. Student
Research Interests: US South; Public, Legal, Slavery and Oral History
Email: sally08@clemson.edu


Emilia McGuinness Getzinger

Emilia McGuinness Getzinger

M.A. Student
Research Interests: U.S. History; U.S. History 1850-188; Religion; Slavery
Email: Emcgui2@clemson.edu


Chase McNeill

Chase McNeill

M.A. Student
Research Interests: The Americas; 19th Century Latin America; Latin America since 1900; Military; Agrarian; Cultural
Email: cdmcnei@clemson.edu


Portia Mitchum

Portia Mitchum

M.A. Student
Research Interests: Europe; Later Middle Ages, 1000-1500, Early Modern Europe, 1500-1800; Cultural, Social, and Military
Email: portiam@clemson.edu


Zaina Nait Omar

Zaina Nait Omar

M.A. Student
Research Interests: U.S. History; U.S. South; Military; Peace and Conflict; Gender; Social
Email: znaitom@clemson.edu


Charleigh Sprawls

Charleigh Sprawls

M.A. Student
Research Interests: U.S. History 1783-1877; African American, Gender, LGBTQ, Medicine/Disease/Public Health, Memory Studies, Race and Ethnicity, Sexuality, Slavery, Women
Email: csprawl@clemson.edu


Cynthia Welborn

Cynthia Welborn

Ph.D. Student
Research Interests: U.S. History; Colonial North America, Citizenship and National Identity; Digital Methods; Gender; Oral History; Public History; Race and Ethnicity
Email: cjwelbo@clemson.edu


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