Rhianna Gordon
PhD, 2023
Advisor: Thomas Slaughter
Major Fields: American History
Minor Fields: History of Activism and Reform, History of the Family, and History of Childhood
Research Interests
My primary research interests include gender, social reform, and religion in the nineteenth-century United States. I am currently researching nineteenth-century orphan asylums with a central focus on the experience of the child. My project also explores the history of the family, policy, labor, institutional reform, and charity.
Education
PhD 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳, History, expected 2023.
MA, History, 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳, 2019
BA, History and Comparative Religious Studies, summa cum laude, Cleveland State University, 2017
Selected Publications
- Article: "Evangelizing Indigents: A Move Towards Professionalization of the Cleveland Protestant Orphan Asylum, 1875-1900,” The Great Lakes Journal of Undergraduate History 6, no. 1 (2018): 21-44.
Honors
- 2018 Slattery Fellowship, 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳
- 2017 Bonnie and Peter Raquet High Impact Learning Fellowship, Cleveland State University
- 2017 Jeanette Eckman Tuve Scholarship, Cleveland State University
- 2017 CLASS Liberal Arts and Social Sciences Scholarship, Cleveland State University
- 2017 CLASS Outstanding Scholar Award, Cleveland State University
Bio
- I enjoy the cold weather, the close proximity to great hiking locations, and the local history.