Brianna is a PhD Candidate whose research focuses on the dynamic relationship between England and her colonies in North America immediately following The Restoration (1660-1685). Her comprehensive exams covered British economic history, early modern England and France, and the Atlantic World. She is currently working to bring these fields together in her dissertation, “Monetizing the Colonies: How Charles II Turned Fiscal Mismanagement into an English Empire.”
Some of her previous research has included cultural, environmental, and legal histories of England, New England, and Scotland along with digital scholarship projects on the Salem Witch Trials and Daniel Defoe’s Tour of Scotland.
As an instructor and a TA, Brianna tries to incorporate digital scholarship and tangible heritage culture in her lessons and assessments. Furthermore, she stresses that history is interdisciplinary by nature and that, by taking a history course, students benefit from developing skills that are both marketable and transferable to any industry.
