Dr. Nancy Rhoden

Biography

Professor Nancy Rhoden is a specialist in early American history and colonial British history, focusing particularly on the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Her research interests include the history of the American Revolution, religious social history, and political change and identity during the revolutionary era. Rhoden has significant expertise in the British Empire and the Atlantic World, and she supervises both Master's and Doctoral students, encouraging inquiries from those interested in postgraduate study. Her current work covers a wide range of topics related to colonial British America and the American Revolution, including a monograph focused on eighteenth-century Philadelphia. This study highlights religious toleration and intolerance, the interplay between education and religion, and explores the sociopolitical identities of Virginia's elite during the American Revolution. Rhoden has published several significant works, including edited collections and refereed articles that reflect her rich engagement with themes of religion, identity, and political culture in early America.

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