department of history
associate professor
of history
meet Kathryn Angelica
Assistant Professor of History
Dr. Kathryn Angelica is assistant professor of United States History. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Connecticut and holds graduate certificates in feminist studies, college instruction, and race, ethnicity, and politics. Her research focuses on the nineteenth-century United States, in particular women’s, African American, and activist histories in this period. Her book manuscript in progress, “Their Mighty Influence – Nineteenth-Century Black and White Women’s Activist Networks” explores the ways social movements intersected and intervened to reveal the impact, tensions, and complexity of generational change.
EDUCATION
Ph.D., History, University of Connecticut
M. A., Social Sciences, University of Chicago
B. A., History, Boston University, magna cum laude with honors
Courses Taught at Purdue Fort Wayne
HIST 10501: American History I
HIST 30201: Revolutionary America
HIST 32503: The Civil War Era
HIST 32503: African American Activism