Area(s) of Atlantic Study: Bermuda, Providence Island, England

Academic Background

Meagan is a History PhD candidate at Fordham University, located in New York City. She received both her BA in Multidisciplinary Atlantic Studies and her MA in History from Millersville University. Her research focuses on piracy, diplomacy, and the intersecting colonial policies of England, Spain, and the Netherlands. She examines how early modern governors navigated the blurred lines between piracy and privateering in colonies such as Bermuda and Providence Island. Her dissertation focuses on knowledge production and the manufactured misinformation produced by colonial intermediaries in the colonies mentioned above.

Research Interests
Beyond her doctoral project, Meagan is interested in research relating to:

• History of Piracy
  Agnotology
  Knowledge Production
  History of Medicine
  Smallpox Inoculation
  Vaccine Farms
  Environmental History

Why Written in the Waves?

Meagan has lived on Long Island’s Atlantic coast her entire life, and it was not until college that she began to understand its deep importance. Her research interests, she feels, cross so many borders that they seem caught in a perpetual, entangled web. Through both Atlantic History and Written in the Waves, she has found the time and space to thoughtfully understand each thread, enabling her to piece together an inclusive and holistic history of an entity that impacts everyone.

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