Participant Info
- First Name
- Emily
- Last Name
- Wells
- Country
- United States
- State
- VA Virginia
- epwells@email.wm.edu
- Affiliation
- William & Mary
- Website URL
- https://www.wm.edu/as/history/gradprogram/graduate-student-bios/wells_e.php
- Keywords
- girlhood, childhood, education, boarding schools, geography education, literacy, novels, needlework, textiles, material culture, American South
- Availability
- Media Contact
- Additional Contact Information
- PhD
- other credentials
Personal Info
- Photo
- About Me
Emily is a fifth-year Ph.D. candidate in History at William & Mary. Her dissertation examines the relationship between place and identity among elite, white girls who lived in the American South during the early national and antebellum periods.
In 2017, Emily received a M.A. in History from William & Mary. Her master’s portfolio examined the relationship between novels and women’s education in the early American republic, with a focus on the gothic and seduction genres.
- Recent Publications
- Media Coverage
- Social Media
- e_p_wells
- Country Focus
- Expertise by Geography
- United States
- Expertise by Chronology
- 18th century, 19th century
- Expertise by Topic
- American Civil War, American Founding Era, Children & Youth, Gender, Material Culture, Sexuality, Women
