Jessica Blake

Assistant Professor

237A Himes Hall

[email protected]

Courses Taught

US History to 1865, Black Atlantic, Colonial America

Current Research Interests

Slavery, Women, the Atlantic World, Material Culture

Education

PhD, University of California at Davis, 2019

MA, University of California at Davis, 2014

BA, Smith College, 2007

Awards/Honors

NEH Summer Stipend, 2023

Dissertation Fellowship, Winterthur Museum & Library, 2017

Dissertation Fellowship, Library Company of Philadelphia, 2016

Dissertation Fellowship, McNeil Center for Early American Studies, 2015-16

Articles/Book Chapters

“Beer, ‘Waste,’ and One Enslaved Woman’s Currency in the Lower Mississippi Valley,” Journal of Women’s History (Fall 2024)

“Black Tradeswomen and the Making of a Taste Culture in Lower Louisiana,” Early American Studies (Fall 2021)