Hello AskHistorians-

As I said in the title, I'm currently a PhD student at George Mason University where I study race, gender, and disability in Early America. I'm also a Digital History Fellow at The Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media. If you want to go beyond Salem and ask me any history questions related to these, go ahead!

From high school to grad school, Salem has been a huge part of my life. It began in 2011 for a high school project, and then I never stopped. My undergraduate thesis was a social network analysis of the trials. I've continued looking at the network data as part of my grad work so I have plenty of new and unpublished thoughts continuing on that project. You can find me on episode 84 of the AskHistorians Podcast talking about it. I'm also researching disability during the trials which will likely end up as a chapter in my dissertation looking at the body and soul relationship in Early America.

(I should also note that I'm descended from the Putnam family, the main accusers during the trials. A lot of my work is focused on revamping Paul Boyer and Stephen Nissenbaum's arguments about political factionalism led by the Putnams.)

I've also worked as a tour guide in Salem in the past so I know people always have a lot of questions about this history. I'm looking forward to reviewing some classic questions to refresh myself after months of quarantine with no impromptu Salem lectures and seeing what curveball questions you come up with to stump me. I have a small library of books with me so I'm ready for anything. I'll be around at least from 12-4pm EST, but keep the comments coming and I'll stick around. Ask Me Anything!

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Edit: Its about 4 so I'm going to take a break and eat, but I'll be back to keep answering.