Abigail S.
Gruber
Temple University
Department of History
954 Gladfelter Hall
1115 W. Berks Street
Philadelphia, PA 19122
Abigail.Gruber@temple.edu
AbigailGruber.wordpress.com
Twitter: @malumdiscordiae
Education
Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 2017-Pres.
Ph.D. Student, History
Allen Davis Fellow in Public History
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
Holocaust Resistance in Europe and America: New Aspects and Dilemmas, co-editor 2017
with Victoria Khiterer. 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 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
"’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.
“The Forgotten Flu: Philadelphia and the Spanish Flu Epidemic of 1918”, digital map 2018
supplement for The Forgotten Flu pop-up exhibition, created for the Philadelphia
Department of Public Health, https://bit.ly/2IIsglU.
Conference and Paper Presentations
Conference Papers
“’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 Other Presentations
“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”, Patrons Event, in association with Bermuda 2017
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
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
Teaching Assistant, Department of History, Temple University 2017-2018
United States History Since 1877, Dr. Hilary Iris Lowe (Fall 2017)
Global Connections, Dr. Christopher Golding (Fall 2017)
United States History to 1877, Dr. Joseph Foster (Spring 2018)
Founding Philadelphia, Dr. Joseph Foster (Spring 2018)
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
Public History Experience
Research Consultant and Digital Content Development Team, The Forgotten Flu: 2017-2018
Philadelphia and the Spanish Flu Epidemic of 1918, (September – December 2018)
Joint Project of the Philadelphia Department of Public Health, Division of
Disease Control and Temple University Center of Public History
Research Consultant, Providence Project, Millersville University & LancasterHistory.org 2017-Pres.
Oral History Project Coordinator, Reading Buccaneers Drum & Bugle Corps, 2017-Pres.
Reading, Pennsylvania
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
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 2016-2017
History, Sandys Parish, Bermuda
Transcriptions appearing in Vol. 21 (Forthcoming).
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
Scholarly proficiency in German
