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Jennifer Mills<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Ph.D. Student
\nGraduate Teaching Assistant
\nRRCHNM Graduate Affiliate
\nGeorge Mason University
\njmills31@gmu.edu<\/p>\n

RESEARCH INTERESTS<\/strong>
\n19th Century U.S. History, Military History, Religious History, Labor Movements, Digital Humanities, Civil Rights, US Immigration, South Asian History<\/p>\n

EDUCATION<\/strong>
\nPhD in History, Anticipated Graduation 2029, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia<\/p>\n

M.A. in History, December 2023, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
\n\u2022 \u201cAn Injury to One is An Injury to All: African American Labor Organizing and Civil Rights, 1865-1890\u201d
\n\u2022 \u201cThe Bellingham Riot of 1907: A Historical Analysis of Labor Unions\u2019 Reponses to Anti-Immigrant Violence\u201d
\n\u2022 \u201cSaris, Dhotis, and Saffron Robes: The Hare Krishna Movement and Challenges to Eastern Religious tradition in the United States Since the 1960s\u201d
\nB.A. in History, December 2020-University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, GPA 3.9
\n\u2022 Senior Thesis: \u201cForgotten People: The South Vietnamese after 1975\u201d<\/p>\n

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n

American Historical Association Annual Conference 2025, “Sugar and Terror: The Thibodaux Massacre and the Political Economy of Violence in the Gilded Age,: January 2026<\/p>\n

“In Memoriam: Memorialization of the 1983 Beirut Bombing, a Digital Project,” Marine Corps Museum, April 2025<\/p>\n

American Historical Association Annual Conference 2025, \u201cAn Injury to One Is a Concern for All: Reconstruction, the Labor Movement, and the Fight for Civil Rights, 1865\u201390,\u201d January 2025<\/p>\n

History Graduate Student Conference, \u201cAn Injury to One is An Injury to All: African American Labor Organizing and Civil Rights, 1865-1890,\u201d December 2023<\/p>\n

History Graduate Student Conference, \u201cThe Bellingham Riot of 1907: A Historical Analysis of Labor Unions\u2019 Reponses to Anti-Immigrant Violence.\u201d University of Colorado Springs, May 2023<\/p>\n

History Graduate Student Conference, \u201cSaris, Dhotis, and Saffron Robes: The Hare Krishna Movement and Challenges to Eastern Religious tradition in the United States Since the 1960s,\u201d University of Colorado at Colorado Springs December 2022.<\/p>\n

Phi Alpha Theta Regional Conference, \u201cDissenters and Conscientious Objectors: The Southern Quaker Experience During the American Civil War\u201d, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, April 2021.<\/p>\n

CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION<\/strong>
\nPhi Alpha Theta Regional Conference, Co-organizer Spring 2024
\nGraduate Student Conference Committee, Moderator, Fall 2023
\nGraduate Student Conference Committee, Moderator, Spring 2023
\nGraduate Student Conference Committee, Moderator, Fall 2022
\nGraduate Student Conference Committee, Co-organizer, Spring 2022
\nPhi Alpha Theta Regional Conference, Co-organizer, Spring 2020<\/p>\n

HONORS \/ AWARDS<\/strong><\/p>\n

GMU Kurt Andrew Dodd Endowed Scholarship in History, $1500, Spring 2026
\nWonderli Scholarship, Undergraduate $500, Fall 2020, Graduate $1200 Fall 2022, Graduate $1200 Fall 2023UCCS President\u2019s List, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020 & Fall 2020
\nPPCC President\u2019s List, 2017-2018
\nDirector\u2019s List, 4.0 GPA, Intellitec Medical Institute Top Student, 2013
\nAcademic Achievement Award, Airman Leadership School, July 2006<\/p>\n

MEMBERSHIPS<\/strong><\/p>\n