Historian. Writer. Creative.
Emily’s interests blend together into a unique combination of skills. Check out her previous and upcoming work here!
Buchanan Burnham Summer Summer Scholars in Public History Fellow
Newport Historical Society
Emily was a 2024 Buchanan Burnham Fellow at the Newport Historical Society in Newport, RI, USA. During this fellowship, she completed a finding aid for the extensive records of the Great Friends Meeting House in Newport, RI. She also contributed to the NHS’s “Voices from the NHS Archives” research project and helped process the Thomas Wentworth Higginson papers housed at the Society.
She also wrote two original blog posts on Piracy in Newport and Oral Histories of Women in WWII Newport based on her research interests.
Featured in the Providence Journal
Emily’s blog post on piracy was used as a source in an article on Rhode Island piracy published by the Providence Journal on April 29, 2025. It quoted her work extensively, which only increased her enthusiasm for all things pirate history!
You can read the full article here.
“…my fascination with Elizabeth lies not with what she did in her reign, but how she came to do so... How did one of the most beloved figures of British history assume a throne that, less than a century before, would have been unthinkable to pass to a woman?”
Royals or Rebels: the Making of Queens in Britain 1460-1560
University of Notre Dame History Honors Program
Emily’s senior thesis “Royals or Rebels: the Making of Queens in Britain 1460-1560” is the result of a life-long fascination with the Tudor period. Over the course of nearly 70 pages, she examined how Elizabeth I’s queenly ancestors—Elizabeth Woodville, Elizabeth of York, and Anne Boleyn—shaped the role Elizabeth would one day inherit as regnant. She utilized the concept of queenmaking to evaluate how “the circumstances in which a woman both becomes queen and shapes the role after her ascension” defined their position as queen for Elizabeth to reference in her own reign.
Her thesis received an “A” mark.
Period Drama
Emily is an avid creative writer with a focus on period drama. It is her goal to work in the medium following graduation from her MA program. She has several projects drafted and in the works—check back here for updates on her upcoming work!