Ph.D. Students

 

Ajibola A. Abdulrahman 

Ph.D Candidate
Advisor: Bashir Salau
Research Interests: 19th- and 20th-century Nigeria, Atlantic World, Labor, Transnational History
aaabdulr@go.olemiss.edu

Estherine Adams

Ph.D Candidate
Advisor: Douglass Sullivan-Gonzalez
Research Interests: 18th- and 19th-century Atlantic World, the Caribbean, Guyana, Prisons, Gender
egadams@go.olemiss.edu

Colton L. Babbitt

Ph.D. Candidate
Advisor: Rebecca Marchiel
Research Interests: 20th-Century United States, Religion, Politics, U.S. South, Globalization
cbabbitt@go.olemiss.edu

Philip Baltuskonis

Ph.D Candidate
Advisor: Douglass Sullivan-González
Research Interests: 18th- and 19th-century Colombia, Age of Revolutions, Spanish American Enlightenment
pjbaltus@go.olemiss.edu

Mary M. Báthory Vidaver

Ph.D Candidate
Advisor: Jarod Roll
Research Interests: 19th- and 20th-century United States, Southern History, Religion, Social Movements, Environmental History
mbathory@go.olemiss.edu

Scott Blusiewicz

Ph.D Candidate
Advisor: Ted Ownby
Research Interests: 20th-century United States, Southern History, Civil Rights
sblusiew@go.olemiss.edu

Christopher Bright-Ramos

Ph.D Candidate
Advisor: Theresa Levitt
Research Interests: 19th-century Britain, France, and Greece, Nationalism, Politics, Culture
csbrandt@go.olemiss.edu

Monica Campbell

Ph.D Candidate
Advisor: Jarod Roll
Research Interests: 19th- and 20th-century United States, Southern History, Race, Gender, Urban History
mcampbe6@go.olemiss.edu

Jordan R. Cleveland

Ph.D Candidate
Advisor: Marc Lerner
Research Interests: 18th- and 19th-century Europe, Political Thought, Switzerland and the Netherlands
jclevela@go.olemiss.edu

Kari Edwards

Ph.D Candidate
Advisor: Ted Ownby
Research Interests: 20th-century United States, Religion, Science
kedward2@go.olemiss.edu

Sarah Elliott

Ph.D Student
Advisor: April Holm
Research Interests: 19th- and 20th-century United States, Civil War, Memory, Reconciliation, Native Americans
selliot1@go.olemiss.edu

Jeffrey Glossner

Ph.D Candidate
Advisor: April Holm
Research Interests: 19th-century United States, Southern History, Race, Class
jglossne@go.olemiss.edu

Don Guillory

Ph.D Student
Advisor: Undeclared
Research Interests: 19th- and 20th-century United States and the Americas, Race, Gender History
dguillor@go.olemiss.edu

David Irving

Ph.D Student
Advisor: Undeclared
Research Interests: 19th- and 20th-century United States, Southern History, Religion, Calvinism, Mississippi
dtirving@go.olemiss.edu

Bryan Kessler

Ph.D Candidate
Advisor: Jarod Roll
Research Interests: 20th-century United States, Political History, Social Activism, Public Health
bskessle@go.olemiss.edu

Spencer King

Ph.D Student
Advisor: April Holm
Research Interests: 19th-century United States, Civil War, Northern History, Race, Gender
sking4@go.olemiss.edu

Abdul Kuba

Ph.D Student
Advisor: Bashir Salau
Research Interests: 19th- and 20th-century Ghana, Commercial History, Atlantic Word, African Diaspora
akuba@go.olemiss.edu

Matthew Lempke

Ph.D Student
Advisor: April Holm
Research Interests: 18th- and 19th-century United States, Civil War, Religion, Southern History
mlempke@go.olemiss.edu

Will Little

Ph.D Candidate
Advisor: Marc Lerner
Research Interests: 18th-century France, French and Haitian Revolutions, Intellectual History, Gender, Empire
wclittl1@go.olemiss.edu

Andrew Marion

Ph.D Candidate
Advisor: Jarod Roll
Research Interests: 19th- and 20th- century United States, Immigration, Labor, Capitalism, Higher Education
amarion@go.olemiss.edu

Jillian McClure

Ph.D Candidate
Advisor: Elizabeth Payne
Research Interests: 20th-century United States, Race, Gender, Politics, Education
jemcclur@go.olemiss.edu

Hanna Merrell

Ph.D Student
Advisor: Jarod Roll
Research Interests: 20th-Century United States, Southern History, Alabama, World Wars I & II, Industrialization, Race, Labor
hmerrell@go.olemiss.edu

Austin Nicholson

Ph.D Candidate
Advisor: Darren Grem
Research Interests: 20th-Century United States, U.S. South, Texas, Religion & Politics, Conservatism, Evangelicalism
apnichol@go.olemiss.edu

Travis Patterson

Ph.D Candidate
Advisor: Ted Ownby
Research Interests: 19th- and 20th-Century United States, Southern History, Lynching, Memory
tpatter2@go.olemiss.edu

Kelsa Pellettiere

Ph.D Student
Advisor: Susan Gaunt Stearns
Research Interests: 18th- and 19th-century United States, Revolutionary America, Diplomacy, and the Atlantic World
kpellett@go.olemiss.edu

Eric Rexroat

Ph.D Candidate
Advisor: Marc Lerner
Research Interests: 19th-century France, Free Trade, Liberalism, Political Economy
emrexroa@go.olemiss.edu

James Segars

Ph.D Student
Advisor: April Holm
Research Interests: 19th- and 20th-century United States
jsegars@go.olemiss.edu

C.G. Savage

Ph.D Student
Advisor: Oliver Dinius
Research Interests: 19th- and 20th-Century Brazil and Southern Lusophone Africa, Labor, Economic, and Lusophone/Global South Histories
csavage1@go.olemiss.edu

Jasmine Stansberry

Ph.D Candidate
Advisor: Ted Ownby
Research Interests: 20th-century United States, African American Social Movements, Southern History
jpstansb@go.olemiss.edu

Alysia Burton Steele

Ph.D Student
Advisor: Rebecca Marchiel
Research Interests: U.S. History Since 1877, with an emphasis in the Civil Rights Movement & Black Women’s Labor, minoring in African American Studies and Gender Studies
alysia@go.olemiss.edu

Joel Walker Sturgeon

Ph.D Candidate
Advisor: Undeclared
Research Interests: 19th- and 20th-century United States, Politics, Southern History
jpwalke2@go.olemiss.edu

 

 

 

Xiang Xu

Ph.D Candidate
Advisor: Ted Ownby
Research Interests: 18th- and 19th-century United States, Intellectual History, Conservatism, and the American Founding
xxu2@go.olemiss.edu