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| Melissa L. Franklin-Harkrider |
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Assistant Professor
on faculty since 2003
Office: Blanchard 210
Phone: (630) 752-5973
Fax: (630) 752-5294
Melissa.L.Harkrider@wheaton.edu
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| Education |
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Ph.D.,
History, University of North Carolina, Chapel
Hill, NC 2003.
M.A., History, University of
Rochester, NY 1996.
B.A., English and History,
Rollins College, FL
1995.
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Professional and Personal Interests
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Dr. Harkrider's research focuses on early modern
Europe. She is specifically interested in the dynamic and
diverse responses of men and women to religious change in
sixteenth century England. Her work examines the development
of Protestantism among England's governing classes and studies
how the process of religious change shaped kinship and
patronage relationships in this turbulent period.Currently, she is working on a book
manuscript entitled Gender,
Reform, and Community in Early Modern England: Katherine
Willoughby, Duchess of Suffolk, and Lincolnshire's Godly
Aristocracy 1519-1603. This
project examines the intermittent and complex process through
which Willoughby, her family, friends, and neighbors embraced
reform. It demonstrates how they promoted religious change in
their households, local parish churches, and political
networks while maintaining close relationships with neighbors
who held a wide range of religious views.
Dr. Harkrider enjoys teaching students in
a variety of classes including world history, European
history, and women's and family history. She has also worked
with students on independent research projects which studied
nationalism, medieval England, and women's history.
Besides her academic interests, she
cherishes spending time with her husband Curtis, an optical
engineer, and their son Ethan. She and her husband have served
together in college ministry through InterVarsity and their
local church. Currently, they attend a church in Wheaton where
they participate in a small group and student ministry. In her
spare time, she enjoys reading and walking her dog Jasper, a
squirrel-stalking, face-licking dynamo who is particularly
fond of college students.
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- World Civilization
- Ancient History: The Rise and Fall of Empires
- Medieval Europe to 1300
- Renaissance Europe (1300-1700)
- History of Britain to 1660
- Women and Men in Early Modern Europe
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Membership in Professional Societies |
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- American Historical Association
- Berkshire Conference of Women Historians
- Conference on Faith and History
- Institute of Historical Research
- North American Conference on British
Studies
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Research |
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- Religious Change in Early Modern England
- Women's History
- Family History
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Published and/or Presented |
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- "Wilhelm der Eroberer," Religion in
Geschichte und Gegenwart, 4th edition
(Tubingen: Mohr Siebeck, forthcoming).
- " 'Hot Zeal' and 'Godly Charity': Reform and
Community Among the Aristocracy and Gentry in Sixteenth
Century Lincolnshire," National North American Conference
on British Studies, (October 2003).
- " 'Tasting the Word of God': Evangelicalism and the
Religious Growth of Katherine Willoughby, Duchess of
Suffolk," Pacific Coast Conference on British
Studies, (April 2002).
- "Religious Authority and Evangelicalism in the Early
Career of Katherine Willoughby, Duchess of Suffolk,"
Authority and Authorities: The 3rd Annual
North Carolina Colloquium in Medieval and Renaissance
Studies, (February 2002).
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