Jennifer Mills is a PhD Student pursuing her degree in History at George Mason University in 19th-century U.S. History with a focus on the interactions between labor and the military during the Civil War and Reconstruction period. She received her M.A. and B.A from the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, where she researched the Hare Krishna Movement, Sikh Migration, and African American Labor organizing during Reconstruction.

Her research interests examine the intersection of race, religion, military establishments, and the early labor movement. Her current research project looks at the relationship between the early African American labor organizing and confederate military networks.