Evelyn Pugh Memorial Graduate Endowed Fellowship History and Art History

Nicole Penn is a third-year PhD student specializing in U.S. history. Her research interests center on the intersection of American religion, politics, gender, and war. She hopes to write a dissertation on how women responded to the emergence of “muscular Christianity” at the turn of the twentieth century. She is currently the Senior Program Manager for the American Enterprise Institute's Social, Cultural, and Constitutional Studies division. Prior to this role, she served as a research assistant for AEI Distinguished Senior Fellow Lynne Cheney. Nicole also previously served as an Editorial Apprentice at the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture. Nicole holds a master’s degree in history from the College of William and Mary and a bachelor’s degree in history and foreign affairs from the University of Virginia. Her writings on history and culture have appeared in National Affairs, American Purpose, The Bulwark, and other outlets.