Abigail S.

Gruber
Temple University
Department of History
954 Gladfelter Hall
1115 W. Berks Street
Philadelphia, PA 19122

[email protected]
AbigailGruber.wordpress.com
Twitter: @malumdiscordiae

Education

Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 2017-Pres.

Ph.D. Student, History
Examination Fields: Early America to 1865; Women, Gender, and Sexuality;
Atlantic World

Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 2020

Certificate in Teaching in Higher Education
Certificate in Online Education

Millersville University, Millersville, Pennsylvania 2017

M.A. History
Thesis: “’Ruined as to our Estates: Eighteenth-Century Merchant-Class
Families’ Search for Security in an Atlantic World at War”
Thesis Committee: Dr. Clarence V. H. Maxwell (Advisor), Dr. Robyn Lily Davis,
Dr. Dennis B. Downey

Millersville University, Millersville, Pennsylvania 2015

B.S.Ed. magna cum laude in Social Studies
Thesis: “Trampling of the Prostrate: The Utility and Rationalization of
Imperialist Ideologies in Colonial Africa and the Metropole”
Thesis Advisor: Dr. Onek C. Adyanga

Publications

Edited Collections

Co-editor with Victoria Khiterer, Holocaust Resistance in Europe and America: New 2017
Aspects and Dilemmas, Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

Journal Articles & Related Contributions

“’Ruined as to our Estates: Eighteenth-Century Merchant-Class Families’ Search for

Security in an Atlantic World at War.” Bermuda Journal of Archaeology and
Maritime History 22 (Forthcoming)

“The Southampton Slave Revolt of 1831: A Case Study in the Revolutionary Capacity of 2016
 the Baptist Faith.” Visions and Revisions: New Scholars and New Interpretations 1,
Graduate Edition (2016): pp. 27-53.

Book Reviews

Review of The Boston Massacre: A Family History, by Serena Zabin, The Historian 83. 2021

Review of Standing in Their Own Light: African American Patriots in the American 2018
Revolution, by Judith L. Van Buskirk, Strategic Visions 17, no. 2 (2018): pp. 22-23.

Digital Projects

“The Forgotten Flu: Philadelphia and the Spanish Flu Epidemic of 1918”, digital map 2018
supplement for The Forgotten Flu digital exhibition, created for the Philadelphia
Department of Public Health, https://bit.ly/2IIsglU.

"’Men of known Activity and Spirit’: Washington and the Tuckers of Bermuda”, digital 2018
exhibit for Bermuda in the American Revolution: The Gunpowder Plot of 1775,
http://gunpowderplot1775.omeka.net/exhibits/show/exhibit.

Conference and Paper Presentations

Conference Presentations

Panel Chair and Comment, On Trend: Histories of Fashion, 25th Annual James A. Barnes 2020
Conference, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Hosted Virtually due to COVID-19),
21 March.

Comment, Long Neglected Historical Actors: The Experiences of Workers in the Middle 2019
East, Asia, and America, 24th Annual James A. Barnes Conference, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, 22-23 March.

“’Thieves, Robbers, and such Pests of Society’: The Ambiguous Loyalties of Bermudian 2018
Elites, 1775-1784.” 2018 Phi Alpha Theta Biennial Convention, InterContinental
Hotel, New Orleans, Louisiana, 3-6 January.

“Security in a World at War: Merchant-Class Families in the Age of the American 2017
Revolution.” Made in Millersville: A Celebration of Student Scholarship and
Creativity, Millersville, Pennsylvania, 7 April.

“Merchants in Bermuda and Philadelphia during the American War for Independence.” 2017
Pennsylvania East Regional Conference, Phi Alpha Theta National Honor Society,
Rowan University, Glassboro, New Jersey, 1 April.

“Two Decades of Discord: The Shippen Family and the Socioeconomic Environment of 2016
Philadelphia, 1763 – 1783.” 4th Annual One-Day Conference on Pennsylvania in
the Age of Revolution, West Chester University, West Chester, Pennsylvania,
 13 October.

“’In the time of tryal’: An Examination of Merchant-Class Families during the British 2016
Occupation of Philadelphia, 1777 – 1778.” Pennsylvania East Regional Conference,
Phi Alpha Theta National Honor Society, West Chester, Pennsylvania, 9 April.

Invited Talks, Colloquia, Workshops, and Collaborative Presentations

“A 2020 Perspective on the 1918 Flu.” Co-presenter with Dr. Hilary Lowe and Charlie 2020
Hersh. Interruption Public Talk Series hosted by Temple University Libraries,
Temple University, 27 October.

“The Burk Mansion Project: Reflections on Open Pedagogy.” Co-presenter with Dr. Seth 2019
Bruggeman and Margery Sly. OpenCon Philly Satellite Conference, Temple
University, 1 November.

“’Ruined as to our Estates: Eighteenth-Century Merchant-Class Families’ Search for 2019

Security in an Atlantic World at War.” Temple Early Atlantic Seminar. 1 October.

“Uncertain Waters: Loyalty, Family, and Fortune during the Anglo-American 2019
Revolution,” Trust Talks, The Bermuda National Trust, Waterville, Paget,
Bermuda, 1 July.

“The 1918 Spanish Flu Epidemic: Implications for Today.” Philadelphia Department 2018
of Public Health Training Session, Philadelphia Department of Public Health,
Division of Disease Control, DoubleTree Philadelphia Center City, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, 14 December.

“The Forgotten Flu: The 100-Year Anniversary of the Spanish Flu in Philadelphia.” 2018
Co-presenter with Dr. Hilary Iris Lowe. Medical Reserve Corps Volunteer Training,
Philadelphia Department of Public Health, Division of Disease Control,
University of the Sciences, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1 December.

“Preservation in Philadelphia: The Case of 1500 N. Broad.” Introduction to Public 2018

History Undergraduate Seminar, Center for Public History, Temple University,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 6 November.

“The Politics of Sexual Violence during the American Revolution.” Graduate Research 2018
Seminar on Women, Gender, and Family in the Era of the American Revolution,
chaired by Craig Thompson Friend and Charlene Boyer Lewis, Fortieth Annual
Meeting of the Society for Historians of the Early American Republic, Cleveland,
Ohio, 19-22 July.

“’Men of known Activity and Spirit’: West End Bermudians as American Patriots.” 2017
Patrons Event, in association with Bermuda National Trust. Chubb Gallery,
Hamilton, Bermuda, 18 July.

“Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education Faculty Strike, October, 2016: 2017
The View from Millersville.” Co-presenter with Lauren H. Cameron. Made in
Millersville: A Celebration of Student Scholarship and Creativity, Millersville,
 Pennsylvania, 7 April.

“Distress & Displacement: A Geographical Case Study of Revolutionary Pennsylvania.” 2017

Co-presenter with Lindsay Roschel. Made in Millersville: A Celebration of Student
Scholarship and Creativity, Millersville, Pennsylvania, 7 April.

“Holocaust Resistance in Europe and America: New Aspects and Dilemmas.” 2017
Co-presenter with Dr. Victoria Khiterer. Made in Millersville: A Celebration of
Student Scholarship and Creativity, Millersville, Pennsylvania, 7 April.

“Three Days in October: Faculty Strike Oral History Project, Millersville University.” 2017
Co-presenter with Katie M. Barrett, Elizabeth Nelson, and Lauren H. Cameron.
State System of Higher Education Library Cooperative Organization Annual
Conference, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 30 March.

“Families of the Revolution: A Comparison of Philadelphia & Lancaster, Pennsylvania.” 2016

Co-presenter with Lindsay Roschel. 85th Annual Meeting, Pennsylvania Historical
Association, Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, 8 October.

Fellowships, Grants, and Awards

A. Charles and S. Nevada Adams Graduate Research Fund, Temple University 2020
[Second Award from Adams Fund for dissertation research]

A. Charles and S. Nevada Adams Graduate Research Fund, Temple University 2020
[First Award from Adams Fund for a Teaching in Higher Education certification]

Allen Davis Endowed Fellowship in Public History, Temple University 2018-2019

College of Liberal Arts Travel Grant, Temple University 2018

Student Grant for Research and Creative Activity, Millersville University 2017

Francis J. Bremer Award, Millersville University 2017

Graduate Studies Student Research Grant, Millersville University 2017

Noonan Endowment Award, Millersville University 2016

Francis J. Bremer Award, Millersville University 2016

Jack Loose Sons of the Revolution American History Research Award, Pennsylvania 2016
Society of the Sons of the Revolution, Lancaster County Chapter

Graduate Studies Student Research Grant, Millersville University 2016

Student Grant for Research and Creative Activity, Millersville University 2016

Joseph E. Walker American History Scholarship, Millersville University 2014

Teaching Experience

Instructor, Department of History, Temple University 2019-Pres.

The Historian’s Craft, HIST 2001 (Fall 2020, Spring 2021)
The Politics of Identity, HIST 0832 (Fall 2019, Spring 2020)

Teaching Assistant, Department of History, Temple University 2017-2018

United States History to 1877, Dr. Joseph Foster (Spring 2018)
Founding Philadelphia, Dr. Joseph Foster (Spring 2018)
United States History Since 1877, Dr. Hilary Iris Lowe (Fall 2017)
Global Connections, Dr. Christopher Golding (Fall 2017)

Graduate Assistant, Department of History, Millersville University 2015-2017

History Tutor, Millersville University 2014-2017

Professional Development Intern, Conestoga Valley Middle School, Lancaster, 2014-2015

Pennsylvania

Workshops Facilitated

“Comprehensive Advice for Comprehensive Exams”, James A. Barnes History Graduate 2018
Student Organization, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 26 September.

Public History Experience

Research Assistant to Dr. Seth Bruggeman and HIST 2152: Museum History, Inequality 2019
in Bronze: Monumental Plantation Legacies, Stenton House Museum, Temple
University Center for Public History, and the Pew Center for Arts & Heritage.

Digital Content Consultant, Fashion History is Public History, The Robert and Penny Fox 2019
Collection at Drexel University and Temple University Center for Public History

Data Analysis and Visualization Consultant, The Philadelphia Historic House Museum 2018-2019
Database (Working Title), Temple University Center for Public History

Project and Digital Content Manager, 1500 N. Broad Project, Temple University 2018-2019
Center for Public History

Co-Curator and Digital Content Developer, The Forgotten Flu: Philadelphia 2017-2018
and the Spanish Flu Epidemic of 1918, Joint Project of the Philadelphia Department
of Public Health, Division of Disease Control and Temple University Center for
Public History, https://phillyflu1918.wordpress.com/.

Research Consultant, Millersville University & LancasterHistory.org 2017-2019

Intern, National Museum of Bermuda, Sandys Parish, Bermuda 2016-2017

Oral History Interviewer, Millersville University Archives & Special Collections, 2016-2017
Millersville, Pennsylvania

Archives Aide, Millersville University Archives & Special Collections, 2014

Millersville, Pennsylvania

Museum and Archives Intern, Columbia Historic Preservation Society, 2013

Columbia, Pennsylvania

Walking Tour Leader, Civil War Sesquicentennial, Columbia Historic Preservation 2013
Society, Columbia, Pennsylvania

Service

Digital Content Chair, James A. Barnes Club History Graduate Student Organization, 2019-2020
Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Annual Conference Committee Member, James A. Barnes Club History Graduate 2018-2019
Student Organization, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Corps Historian, Reading Buccaneers Drum & Bugle Corps, Reading, Pennsylvania 2017-Pres.

President, Phi Alpha Theta, Alpha-Lambda-Eta Chapter, Millersville University 2016-2017

Manuscript Collections Transcriber, Bermuda Journal of Archaeology & Maritime 2016-2019

History, Sandys Parish, Bermuda
Transcriptions appearing in Forthcoming Volumes.

Presentation Adjudicator, 38th Annual National History Day, Resurrection Middle 2016
School, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Conference Administrator, 34th Conference on the Holocaust and Genocide 2016

Millersville University

Vice-President, Phi Alpha Theta, Alpha-Lambda-Eta Chapter, Millersville University 2015-2016

Walker Center Fellowship for Civic and Community Leader Professional Development, 2013
Center for Civic and Community Engagement, Millersville University

Professional Affiliations

American Historical Association

Organization of American Historians
National Council of Public History
Society for Historians of the Early American Republic
American Association for State and Local History
Pennsylvania Historical Association
Friends of the McNeil Center for Early American Studies
Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture
James A. Barnes History Graduate Student Organization
Phi Alpha Theta National History Honor Society
Gamma Theta Upsilon International Geographical Honor Society
Alpha Epsilon Lambda National Graduate and Professional School Honor Society

Foreign Languages

Reading proficiency in German