Carrie N Knight
PhD, 2022
Advisor: Thomas Slaughter
Major Fields: American History
Minor Fields: History of Medicine, American Nature
Research Interests
Women's History, History of Reading, History of Medicine, American Nature & Landscape
Dissertation
Paradox and Possibility: American Individualism and Gender in Nineteenth-Century America
Education
91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Ph.D History, ABD Teaching Field - American History Research Fields - American Nature and History of Medicine
MA, History, 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳, 2017
MA, History, State University of New York at Oswego, Virginia Radley Fellow, 2005
Wells College BA Art History, 2003 Magna cum Laude, Distinction in Major Phi Beta Kappa
Teaching
- June-August 2020 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ - History Department Teaching Assistant - HIS 167M Thoreau's Nature
- Instructor, HIS 279 The Seward Family at Peace and War, Spring 2020, syllabus
- Teaching Asst., HIS 247, The Korean War, Spring 2019, syllabus
- August 2018 – June 2019 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ – History Department Teaching Assistant
- Teaching Asst., HIS 263 The Global History of Food, Fall 2018, syllabus
Honors
- 2020 – Edward Peck Curtis Award for Excellence in Teaching, 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳
- Aida DiPace Donald Fellow, 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳, 2018-Present
- Slattery Fellow, 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳, 2016-2018
- Virginia L. Radley Fellow, State University of New York - Oswego, 2004-2005
Bio
Arts & Cultural Administration, Public History, MuseumsArts & Cultural Administration, Public History, Museums, Writing
There are many things I enjoy about 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳. As a historian, I appreciate the diverse array of historical resources pertinent to nineteenth-century America available at UR and surrounding institutions.