This course examines the history of African American women in antebellum America, both the general experiences of enslaved and nominally free women, and the lives of noted women who were involved in the public arena as orators, writers, preachers, abolitionists and women’s rights activists.
Studying history at George Mason will provide you with a broad perspective on the contemporary world and the events that have shaped it. As a history major, you will hone your skills in collecting, interpreting, and communicating information. Our department is home to specialists on every region of t...
A specialist on the nineteenth-century United States, Jane Turner Censer joined the George Mason history faculty in 1989. She received her M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from Johns Hopkins University. Her essays and prize winning articles have appeared in numerous journals including the Journal of Southern H...
Jayme Kurland is a fourth year Ph.D. student in History at George Mason University. Her research interests include U.S. history with concentrations in cultural history and digital public history. Her current research investigates the roles women have played in the early history of the Fender Musical ...
Cindy Kierner received her Ph.D. from the University of Virginia in 1986. A specialist in the fields of early America, women and gender, and early southern history, she is the author or editor of eight books and many articles. Kierner is an OAH Distinguished Lecturer and past president of the Souther...
Rosemarie Zagarri received her Ph.D. from Yale University and specializes in Early American history. She has published four books, the most recent of which is Revolutionary Backlash: Women and Politics in the Early American Republic (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2007; paperback, 2008). Her artic...
Sheri Ann Huerta holds a PhD in History from George Mason University specializing in the antebellum South, slavery, legal history and social culture. Her dissertation, "'A Great Uneasiness In Our County': Slavery and Its Influence on Family and Community Stability in Northern Virginia, 1782-1860," co...
Sheila ffolliott taught art history at Mason from 1978-2009. She was also Chair of the Art Department and the Art History Department and Coordinator of Art History within the Department of History and Art History. Recent publications include “Cosimo I and Catherine de’ Medici: Cousins and Rulers” fo...
Dr. Jacquelyn Williamson is an Egyptologist, with a special focus on gender and religious power. Her book, Nefertiti’s Sun Temple: A New Cult Complex at Tell el-Amarna, part of Brill’s Harvard Egyptology Series, was published in September 2016. She is involved in the ongoing investigation of Kom el-N...
