PhD. Candidate (ABD)

British Canada & Early U.S.

Advisor: Peter S. Onuf

Email: lbahattervirginia.edu

Ph.D Candidate History (ABD 2006)

M.A., History, University of Missouri (2003)

B.A. (First Class Honours), History, University of Reading (U.K.) (2001)

My dissertation examines the intersection of state, market, and boundary formation in the

Great Lakes region between 1783 and c.1815.

 Articles & Publications 

“The Transformation of the Detroit Land Market and the Formation of the Anglo-American Boundary, 1783-1796.” Michigan Historical Review, 34 (Spring 2008).

Review of By His Own Hand?: The Mysterious Death of Meriwether Lewis edited by John D.W. Guice. Ohio Valley History, 7 (Spring 2007): 70-71. 

Review of His Excellency: George Washington by Joseph J. Ellis. History: Review of New Books, 33 (Spring 2005): 100-101.

Fellowships & Awards

Bankard Fund for Political Economy Predoctoral Fellowship for Public Policy, University of Virginia, 2008-2009.

Visiting Fellowship, Robert H. Smith International Center for Jefferson Studies, Monticello, Virginia, 2008.

Canadian Studies Graduate Student Fellowship, Canadian Embassy, Washington, D.C., 2007-2008.

Dumas Malone Fellowship, University of Virginia, 2007-2008.

Graduate Student Scholarship, International Council for Canadian Studies, 2007.

Mark C. Stevens Researcher Travel Fellowship, Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan, 2006.