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Marissa Crannell-Ash

PhD Candidate, ABD
Advisor: Thomas Devaney, Laura Smoller

Major Fields: Animal Studies and the West and the World
Minor Fields: Pre-Modern Monsters and Marvels and Animals in Early and Medieval Christianity

Curriculum Vitae

Research Interests

Animal history, environmental history, pigs, history of childhood, medieval history

Education

MA, History, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 2015
MA, History, University of Rochester, 2018
BA, History, University of Minnesota-Morris, 2013
BA, Anthropology, University of Minnesota-Morris, 2013

Courses Offered (subject to change)

  • HIST 197:  Monsters in Western History, Syllabus

Selected Publications

  • Publications:
  • MA Thesis: “Utterly Confused Categories: Gender Non-Conformity in Late Medieval and Early Modern Western Europe.” Published in June 2015.
  • Presentations:
  • “Gender Non-Conformity in Late Medieval and Early Modern Western Europe.” Presented at the Newberry Library Center for Renaissance Studies 2015 Multidisciplinary Graduate Student Conference. January 2015.
  • “Embodying Strategies of Resistance: Gender Passing in Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe.” Presented at 4th annual Gender Matters conference, Embodying Praxis, Engaging Solutions at Governors State University, University Park IL. April 2014.

Honors

  • Slattery Fellowship, University of Rochester (2017)