Our Graduate Students

PhD in World History

Ayah Aboelela is a PhD Candidate in World History at Northeastern University. She researches the environmental history of Muslim pilgrimage in the Hijaz, Levant, and Egypt in the late Ottoman period, thinking about interactions between pilgrims, Bedo…

PhD in World History

Emily graduated from American University in Washington, D.C. in the fall of 2020, where she received a BA in History and a minor in Art History. She then attended Johns Hopkins University where she received a MA in Museum Studies in December 2022. Fo…

PhD in World History

Janika Isakson Dillon is a Ph.D. candidate in World History at Northeastern University, where she has pursued certificates in public history and digital humanities. Her dissertation focuses on how white women participated in and benefited from slaver…

PhD in World History

Benjamin is in his sixth year of the World History PhD program at Northeastern University. He graduated from Loyola University Chicago in 2018 with a BA in both History and Philosophy, later earning his MA in History at Northeastern in 2022. Benjamin…

PhD in World History

Halima Haruna is a PhD student in World History at Northeastern University. Her research interests are at the intersection of the decolonization of knowledge through spiritual practice. Her creative practice begins with cultural theory based on Yorub…

PhD in World History

Sayyara is a second-year Ph.D. student in the World History program at Northeastern University. Her research interest is women’s history of education, equity in museums, and cultural forms of education. She examines these topics from the late imperia…

PhD in World History

James Chiyoki Ikeda is a Ph.D. candidate in World History at Northeastern University. His dissertation, “‘The Intimate Face of Universal Struggle’: June Jordan and the Pursuit of Universal Liberation, 1964-2002” will examine how the political project…

PhD in World History

Kehinde Ilegbusi works at the intersection of intellectual history, legal history, new international history, and digital public humanities. His research traces the global entanglements of African states and societies with the United States and the w…

PhD in World History

Poppy Lambert is a PhD Student in World History. Her interests include early America, the Atlantic World and Women’s Gender and Sexuality Studies. Poppy’s research examines the intersection of race, gender and power among early Atlantic social …

PhD in World History

Claire Lavarreda is a World History Ph.D. Candidate at Northeastern University specializing in Indigenous Studies and Book History. She is the recipient of two Rare Book School scholarships as well as several research fellowships, including awards at…

PhD in World History

Chris is a sixth-year PhD candidate. His research focuses on the American military presence in Britain during the Second World War, particularly the place of military justice and criminal law in the Anglo-American ‘special relationship.’ He has taugh…

PhD in World History

Melody is a PhD student in World History at Northeastern University. She is also pursuing a Digital Humanities Certification, with a focus on digital mapping tools for spatial analysis and the visualization of historical data. Before coming to Northe…

PhD in World History

Kasya O’Connor Grant earned her B.A. in American Studies with a concentration in Education Policy from Kenyon College in 2016. She went on to spend several years as an educator before returning to school. Kasya’s research interests includ…

PhD in World History

Cassie Tanks is a proud first-generation student, community college and state school alumna, and a PhD candidate in the Department of World History at Northeastern University, where she studies the modern history of the North American West. Her disse…

PhD in World History

Emily Sandercock is a 3rd-year PhD student. Her research interests include environmental history, 20th century US history, and world history. She is currently studying the relationship between US military bases and the environment. Before coming to N…

PhD in World History

Rishi Sidhu is a third-year PhD student in the World History program at Northeastern University. This year, he is broadly training in the fields of world history, the British empire, South Asia, and international anticolonialism. His research interes…

PhD in World History

Claire Tratnyek earned her BA in Anthropology and European History prior to graduating from Northeastern with MA degrees in World History and Teaching. After being an educator for nearly a decade in Boston schools, she became especially interested in…

MA in World History

Rachel Cabral earned her B.A. in History from Roger Williams University in 2026, with minors in Global Communications and Public Humanities and Arts. Her research on the 19th-century Thomas White manuscript traced White’s journey from enslaveme…

MA in World History

MA in World History

MA in World History

MA in World History

MA in World History

MA in World History

MA in World History

MA in World History

MA in World History

Shaolong Yin is a graduate student in World History at Northeastern University. His research focuses on migration history and historical geography, with a particular interest in Latin America. He is interested in how migration shapes debates over cit…

MA in World History

MA in Public History

MA in Public History

MA in Public History

Sydney earned her B.A. in Global Cultural Studies, World Literature from Duke Kunshan University and Duke University in 2026. Her undergraduate thesis was a creative-critical project titled Congenial Folks: Exploring Afro-Soviet Interactions through …

MA in Public History

Lily graduated from American University in 2023 with a B.A. in Political Science. For several years, Lily worked in Washington, D.C., accumulating hands-on experience in public programming, archival work, and historical research across institutions i…

MA in Public History

Castor Keyser received his dual B.A in Classical Civilization and History from New York University in 2026. He also minored in Creative Writing. During his junior year, he completed his history capstone paper which examined the influence of 1960s-197…

MA in Public History

MA in Public History

MA in Public History

MA in Public History

MA in Public History

MA in Public History