
Associate Professor
brannorn@jmu.edu
Contact Info
Website: https://www.rebeccabrannon.com/
Education
Ph.D., University of Michigan
Teaching areas
Early America, the American Revolution, childhood and old age (age norms)
Selected publications and projects
Book:
From Revolution to Reunion: The Reintegration of the South Carolina Loyalists (University of South Carolina Press, 2016)
- Winner of the 2016 George C. Rogers Jr. Award
- Named to the Journal of the American Revolution’s 100 Best Books on the American Revolution list
Edited Volume:
The Consequences of Loyalism: Essays in Honor of Robert M. Calhoon, co-edited with Joseph S. Moore (University of South Carolina Press, 2019)
Peer Reviewed Articles and Book Chapters:
“Thomas Jefferson and the Quest for Legacy,” in The Spirit of Inquiry in the Age of Jefferson (Philadelphia: The American Philosophical Society) accepted, *publication delayed a year by COVID19
“Loyalists and the American Revolution.” In the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of American History, ed. Jon Butler (New York: Oxford University Press) forthcoming. doi: 10.1093/acrefore/9780199329175.013.848
Liu J.C., Brantmeier N., Wilcox D., Griffin O., Calcagno-Roach J., Brannon R., “Faculty Perceived Functionality of Learning Management System: Development and Validation of a Scale.” In: Ma W., Chan W., Cheng C., eds., Shaping the Future of Education, Communication and Technology (Singapore: Springer, 2019) 165-177.
“America’s Revolutionary Experience with Transitional Justice,” in Rebecca Brannon and Joseph S. Moore, eds., The Consequences of Loyalism: Essays in Honor of Robert M. Calhoon (University of South Carolina Press, January 2019) 190-207.
“History of the American South,” in Maggi M. Morehouse, ed., Routledge Handbook of the American South (New York: Routledge 2017) 8-20.
Public Writing:
“Has the World Gone Mad? An Interview with Sarah Swedberg,” Nursing Clio, March 25, 2021
“Even George Washington faced questions about his age and mental fitness: Questions confronting Trump and Biden are nothing new,” Washington Post, August 7, 2020
Rebecca Brannon, Lauren Duval, and Kacy Tillman, “Women Also Know Loyalists,” May 6, 2020, Borealia: A Group Blog on Early Canadian History
Rebecca Brannon, Lauren Duval, and Kacy Tillman, “Women Also Know Revolution,” May 4, 2020, Borealia: A Group Blog on Early Canadian History
“Q&A with Rebecca Brannon and Joseph S. Moore, editors of The Consequences of Loyalism,” April 23, 2019, Christopher Minty, Rebecca Brannon, and Joseph Moore, The Junto: A Group Blog on Early American History
“OI Books: Fertile Thoughts About Fertility,” Uncommon Sense, the blog of the Omohundro Institute for Early American History and Culture, August 13, 2018
“Getting Old in the Young Republic,” The American Historian (May 2016) 27-31.
Selected Fellowships
Robert H. Smith International Center for Jefferson Studies (Monticello)
Andrew W. Mellon Fellow, Virginia Historical Society
Andrew W. Mellon Fellow, Massachusetts Historical Society
Yale University Cushing/Whitney Medical Library
David Library of the American Revolution (twice)
Selected Media
Season Finale of Who Do You Think You Are? on TLC with Matthew Morrison, air date Dec. 17, 2018
The Divided States of America? The History of an Often Disjointed Union, Backstory
With Good Reason, NPR, American Presidents Episode, January 6, 2018 air date
Ben Franklin’s World, Episode 126, podcast, March 2017 air date
Coastline live show on NPR Wilmington, NC affiliate, January 2017
Madison Scholars profile “Taking on Tomorrow,” Episode 6, James Madison University, January 2016
Bill O’Reilly’s Legends and Lies: The American Patriots, Francis Marion episode, 2016