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Nicole Brown
Ph.D.
Email:
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Research Interests:
Intersectional relationship between 18th century religion, education, and the institution of slavery; literacy of enslaved peoples; African American education in colonial Virginia; enslaved narratives and oral histories; race, gender, and power dynamics in the 18th century British Empire; charitable institutions in the British Empire
Biography
Nicole Brown is currently the Graduate Assistant for the William & Mary Bray School Lab and a PhD Candidate in American Studies at 91心頭利; she was previously a Program Design Manager at
As a first-person historical interpreter, Brown also portrays a variety of women from the Colonial and Antebellum Eras. Some of these individuals include , the eighteenth-century white teacher at the , and Monticello’s .
Her ongoing academic research focuses on the intersection of Black literacy and revolution in the Atlantic World via interdisciplinary and descendant-engaged scholarship. Brown’s work as a museum professional has also taken her across the globe, presenting on interpretive techniques for “hard” histories at museums and historic sites in the United States. Brown recently co-edited a book entitled .
For more information on Brown's ongoing scholarship and open-access lectures and sources, please visit