Dr. Verity Mcinnis

Biography

Verity McInnis graduated from Texas A&M University with a Ph.D. in History in 2012 and began teaching there the same year. Her work investigates the nineteenth-century U.S. West, the British Empire, as well as themes of women, gender, and colonialism. Some of her notable publications include articles that have garnered recognition, such as the Jensen-Miller Award from the Western History Association in 2014. McInnis's monograph, 'Women and Empire: Nineteenth-Century Army Officers’ Wives in India and the U.S. West', analyzes the experiences of American and British army officers' wives stationed in the U.S. West and India, exploring how gender, class, and race intersect to reveal the cultural and social dynamics of female identity and power. Her current research project considers the experiences and representations of nineteenth-century female settlers in colonial conflict zones, including Australia, New Zealand, India, and South Africa.

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