Marjon Ames

Dr. Marjon Ames earned her Ph.D. from the University of Mississippi, where she studied early modern and medieval religious history.  Her research focuses on radical religious communities in seventeenth-century Britain, specifically the role of women in Quaker letter networks during the English Civil War and Interregnum.

 

In addition to teaching, Dr. Ames works with first-generation students applying to college to help them achieve their academic goals.  She also enjoys traveling, baking, and hiking.

 

Education:

Ph.D. University of Mississippi

 

Areas of Study:

Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe, British and Atlantic World, Religious Reform Movements

 

Selected Publications and Projects:

Margaret Fell, Letter Networks, and the Making of Quakerism. Routledge Publishing, 2016.  Part of the Material Readings in Early Modern Culture Series.

 

“Quaker Correspondence: Religious Identity and Communication Networks in the Interregnum Atlantic World,” Working Title:  In Women and Letters in Early Modern Britain: Gendered Rhetorics and Networks in Renaissance Correspondence, eds. James Daybell and Andrew Gordon.  Routledge Press, 2016.

 

Women’s Early Modern Letters Online (WEMLO) at Oxford University

Contributor, Quaker Women’s Correspondence

http://blogs.plymouth.ac.uk/wemlo/projects/collaborating_projects/

 

The Rhinehart Collection: An Annotated Bibliography, Vol. III.  2013.  http://www.collections.library.appstate.edu/sites/collections.library.appstate.edu/files/Rhinehart_III_2013_09.pdf

Title: Teaching Assistant Professor
Department: Department of History

Email address: Email me

Phone: (828) 262-6012

Office address
Anne Belk Hall 234M
Mailing address
224 Joyce Lawrence Ln