Melissa Bryson

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Ph.D. Student
Advisor
Alec Reichardt
Education

B.A. Rutgers University-Camden, 2019

M.A. Millersville University, 2022

Research Interests

My research encompasses the events in colonial Massachusetts and Virginia from the American Revolution, into statehood and through the U.S. Constitutional debates in 1788. Furthermore, I juxtapose the relationships of the men who stood in unity and evolution of their relationships politically, ideologically, and morally.  

Recent Publications

Early American Studies Miscellany, Exhibit Review on Ruckus! (Forthcoming)

Awards/Fellowships/Grants

Research Assistant University of Texas-Austin, 2026

John W Loose Sons of the Revolution American History Research Award

Issued by John W Loose Sons of the American Revolution Scholarship, 2022

Additional Information

Presenter at Southern Perspectives Conference, LSU, Finding Common Ground Among Uncommon People: How the Stamp Act and the Colonial Delegations Forged a United Front to Birth a New Nation. 2026. 

Presenter at Atlantic World Connections, Bermuda National Museum, 2026