Adam Jortner

Graduate Student (Abd)

Early American Republic, American Religious History, Colonial North America, Witchcraft

Ph. D. candidate, University of Virginia, 2005-present

· Dissertation (in progress): “Reign of Witches: A Political History of American Miracles, 1780-1838” (working title), Peter S. Onuf, advisor

M.A. in History, University of Virginia, 2005

· Thesis: “Christ and Jackson at the Ballot Box: The Cholera Epidemic, Presidential Politics, and the Formation of Party Preferences in 1832,” Peter S. Onuf, advisor

B.A. in Religion, College of William and Mary, summa cum laude, 1998

· Honors Thesis: “The Light from Creation: Deep Ecology as a Religious System,” David L. Holmes, advisor

Publications

“Cholera, Christ, and Jackson: The Epidemic of 1832 and the Origins of Christian Politics in America.” Journal of the Early Republic (Summer 2007)

Fellowships

Charlotte Newcombe Dissertation Fellow, 2008-2009

E. Rhodes and Leona B, Carpenter Fellow in American Religious History, 2007-08

McNeil Center for Early American Studies, University of Pennsylvania

Andrew W. Mellon Fellow, Huntington Library, 2007-2008

Massachusetts Historical Society, New England Consortium Fellow, 2007

Harvard University, Houghton Library, New England Consortium Fellow, 2007

Maine Historical Society, New England Consortium Fellow, 2007