Jennifer Mills
Jennifer Mills
Graduate Teaching Assistant
U.S. History: Civil War & Reconstruction; American Religious culture; Digital Humanities; Military History; Labor History; Race Relations
Jennifer Mills is a PhD Student pursuing her degree in History at George Mason University in 19th-century U.S. History with a focus on the interactions between labor and the military during the Civil War and Reconstruction period. She received her M.A. and B.A from the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, where she researched the Hare Krishna Movement, Sikh Migration, and African American Labor organizing during Reconstruction.
Her research interests examine the intersection of race, religion, military establishments, and the early labor movement. Her current research project looks at the relationship between the early African American labor organizing and confederate military networks.
Education
M.A. History, 2023, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
B.A. History, 2020, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
Recent Presentations
"In Memoriam: Memorialization of the 1983 Beirut Bombing, a Digital Project." Marine Corps Museum, April 2025.
“An Injury to One Is a Concern for All”: Reconstruction, the Labor Movement, and the Fight for Civil Rights, 1865-1890, American Historical Association, January 2025.
“An Injury to One Is a Concern for All”: Reconstruction, the Labor Movement, and the Fight for Civil Rights, 1865-1890, Phi Alpha Theta Regional Conference, April 2024, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs.
The Bellingham Riot of 1907: A Historical Analysis of Labor Unions’ Responses to Anti-Immigrant Violence, UCCS Graduate Student Conference, December 2023, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs.
Saris, Dhotis, and Saffron Robes: The Hare Krishna Movement and the Challenges of Eastern Religious Traditions in the United States Since the 1960s, UCCS Graduate Student Conference, December 2022, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs.