GINA G. BENNETT, Ph.D.
ABREVIATED CURRICULUM VITAE
DEGREES RECEIVED
2020 Ph.D., Transatlantic History, University of Texas at Arlington
2014 M.A., History, Texas A&M University—Commerce
2011 B.S., History, Texas A&M University—Commerce
DISSERTATION
“Imperial Women of Darien: Scottish Migration and Gender in the Atlantic World, 1650-1740”
COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION FIELDS
Women’s History, early modern to present day; US and British Atlantic, especially related to migration, empire, economy, and labor
Transatlantic Migrations; early modern to present day
Ethnicity and Race in America; early modern to present day
PUBLICATIONS
Expected ‘24
Book Chapter “Emerging from Failure: Revealing Early Modern Women’s Relationships to Empire Through the Darien Documents” in edited collection, European Colonial Failures, c. 1560-1800: Early Modern Polities, Overseas Interests, and Empire Building, editors Lou H. Roper and Joseph Wagoner, Amsterdam University Press
2019
Book Review of Travel and Travail: Early Modern Women, English Drama, and the Wider World, edited by Patricia Akhimie and Bernadette Andrea, Terrae Incognitae: The Journal of the Society for the History of Discoveries
2019
“’If any women come over’: Exploring Early Modern Migration and Scotland” in peer-review for publication with The Journal of Scottish Historical Studies associated with the Women’s History Scotland Leah Leneman Prize Award 2018
2017
“Approaching Public Engagement: Sharing Early Modern Women in a ‘Plus One’ World” invited blog submission for Gender and Work in Early Modern Europe, workandgender.wordpress.com
2016
“Cartographic History” and “Capitalism in Africa” Invited Submission of Panel Summaries from the 17th Annual International Conference on Transatlantic History at the University of Texas at Arlington. Published on H-NET, H-Slavery
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2022-present
Assistant Professor of Global Studies, Coker University
Humanities Coordinator
2021-2022
Limited Term-Assistant Professor, Kennesaw State University
2020-2021
Ad Interim Instructor, Texas A&M—Commerce
2020
Adjunct Instructor, Texas A&M—Commerce
2019-2020
Adjunct Instructor, Texas A&M—Commerce
2018-2019
Teaching Assistant, The University of Texas at Arlington
2017-2018
Teacher of Record, The University of Texas at Arlington
2017
Adjunct Lecturer, The University of Texas at Dallas
2014-2016
Teaching Assistant, The University of Texas at Arlington
2014
Adjunct Lecturer, Texas A&M University-Commerce
2012-2014
Teacher of Record, Texas A&M University—Commerce
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
2021
“Darien Women: Scotswomen’s Roles in The Company of Scotland Trading to Africa and the Indies,” The Renaissance Society of America. Dublin, Ireland (rescheduled to virtual due to Covid-19). Panel Chair: Dr. Susan Amussen, along with panelists Dr. Misha Ewan, Dr. Rebecca Mason, and Dr. Christine Walker.
2020
“If ‘Glasgow Made the Clyde and the Clyde Made Glasgow’ What Did the Women Do?: Economic Allure of a Riverway & Profiting Scotswomen Along its Banks and Beyond,” Berkshire Conference of Women Historians. Baltimore, Maryland (cancelled due to Covid-19)
2019
“’Plano del Puerto de la Calidonia hasta la Isla de Pinos’: A Spanish Cartographic Perspective on Scotland’s Colony in Panama,” Society for the History of Discoveries Annual Meeting, Gainesville, Florida
2019
“Early Modern Scotswomen and their Response to Empire in the Transatlantic World,” THSO Transatlantic History Conference. University of Texas at Arlington. Arlington, Texas
2019
“’Service for Me and Mine in Another Land’: Scotland’s Women and Maritime Strategies of the Seventeenth-Century Atlantic World,” Hakluyt Society Symposium titled ‘Rethinking Power in Maritime Encounters’, University of Leiden, Netherlands
2019
“’If any women come over”: Explorations of Early Scottish Migration, Motive, and Legacy,” Ohio Academy of History. Miami University, Ohio
2019
“Rights of Mobility: Women in Motion in the Early Modern World,” World History Association of Texas Conference. Texas A&M University—Commerce
2018
“’Cartrages,’ Cooking, and Cargo: Revealing Seventeenth-Century Women’s Work in Scotland’s Dream of Empire in Panama,” Center for Gender History at The University of Glasgow and sponsored by Leverhulme Trust. Glasgow, Scotland
2018
“Panamanian Goals and the “Humblest Arrangements’: Transatlantic Women and Work in the Seventeenth Century” Spotlight Research Forum. University of Texas at Arlington
2017
“Reproachful, Scandalous, or Injurious: Creating Utopia Through the Protection of the Body in Scotland’s Colony in Panama,” Southern Conference on British Studies. Dallas, Texas
2016
“The Currency of Emotion & Economy: Women Investors in Scottish Migration to Panama in 1696,” 17th Annual International Conference on Transatlantic History. Arlington, Texas
2015
“Gendered Migration and the Darien Scheme,” Western Conference of British Studies. Austin, Texas
2014
“Women, Church, and the French Revolution,” Annual Research Symposium, Texas A&M University—Commerce
PUBLIC HISTORY
2023
“Correcting the History of Coker’s Ghost,” Guest Speaker, Coker University Alumni Association
2022
“Hey Siri, is Coker University Campus Haunted?” presentation, Davidson Hall, Coker University
2022
“Halloween, Haunts, & Coker’s Hallowed Halls: An Exhibit” public history exhibit, Coker University Library, Coker University
2022
Film and roundtable/open forum discussion over Poltergeist, Student Lounge, Coker University.
2021
Time Travels: “Empire and Dominion,” BBC Radio Scotland, Time Travels Podcast with Susan Morrison; Edinburgh, Scotland (bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000y4y9)
INVITED LECTURES
2023
“Janet Schaw’s Views of the American Revolution,” Guest Speaker, Major Robert Lide DAR, Hartsville, SC
2021
Masters Module Presentation, Women and Empire for Dr. Montserrat Lopez Jerez’s Master (HI5203), St. Andrews University, Scotland, UK
2021
Fourth year history major presentation, “Scotland’s Commercial & Gendered Networks of Empire” for Scotland and the Americas in Seventeenth Century (V1423) course for Dr. David Wilson; University of Strathclyde, Scotland, UK
2020
Third year level tutor and presentation, “Tracing Atlantic, Mediterranean, and North Sea Networks of The Company of Scotland” for Europeans in Asia in the Early Modern Period (MO3033) course for Dr. Steve Murdoch; St. Andrews University, Scotland, UK
2020
Masters level tutor and presentation, “Gender and Cargoes of Empire” for Dr. Steve Murdoch Master class on Women and their Commercial Networks for Key issues in Economic and Social History (HI5203), St. Andrews University, Scotland, UK
2020
“Early Modern Women Travelers: “Unchaste” or Commonplace?” Guest speaker with honorarium, Lone Star Company of Jamestowne Society, Dallas, Texas
2019
“The Cadence of Freedom: The Lives and Legacy of Varnum’s Valley Forge Drummers,” Guest Speaker for Texas Society Sons of the American Revolution—Patrick Henry Chapter, Austin, Texas
2019
“Women Did WHAT?: A Historical Consideration of Women in Areas of Business Where Men Usually Dominate”,” Guest speaker for Computer Science and Engineering Professional Practices course taught by Ron Cross, University of Texas at Arlington
2019
“Jean Weems: A Woman on the Business End of a Pipe,” Guest speaker Arlington Sunrise Rotary Club
2018
“Scottish Kith and Kin: Family Negotiations in America’s Colonial War Era,” Guest speaker with honorarium, Michael Stoner DAR, Dallas, Texas
2017
“Push and Pull of the Old Dominion: Women, Law and Liberties Imagined in Seventeenth-Century Virginia Colony,” Guest speaker with honorarium, Lone Star Company of Jamestowne Society, Dallas, Texas
2017
“Scotswomen & Panama: Women and Empire in the Seventeenth—Century Atlantic World,” Invited Speaker, State Meeting of Magna Charta Dames and Barons, Dallas, Texas
MEMBERSHIPS and LANGUAGES
Society for the Study of Early Modern Women
Hakluyt Society
Society for the History of Discoveries
Renaissance Society of America
New England Historical and Genealogical Society
German; Moderate reading proficiency, basic spoken proficiency
EM Script; Advanced reading proficiency (post 1680s)
Secretary Script; Basic reading proficiency (pre-1680s)