Molly is a first-year doctoral student studying 18th and 19th century North America, gender history, and revolution. They are interested in the rhetoric of violence, gender, and revolution in the early United States, as well as the role of violence and property seizures and destruction as a form of governance and protest during the age of revolutions. They are also interested in questions of revolutionary memory and print culture, and are part of a team working on an upcoming exhibit at the University of Chicago's Special Collections Research Center on the Declaration of Independence's 250 year anniversary.
For the academic year 2025-2026, they are serving as the history department's SASGov representative.
Advisor: Emma Hart
Committee: Kathleen Brown, Sophia Rosenfeld, Sarah Gronningsater
B.A., History with Honors, magna cum laude, University of Chicago
Early America, Age of Revolutions, gender history, cultural and intellectual history, social history, memory, print culture