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