Graduate Affiliate
Hernán Adasme is a History Ph.D. student and and Graduate Research Assistant at RRCHNM. He is currently a project manager on the Death by Numbers project. Hernán received a History Master’s degree from the Universidad de Santiago de Chile. His research focuses on the convergence of the Workplace and Modern Sports in early twentieth century Latin America. His research interests include Digital History, Cultural History, and Labor History as well. He has written articles on boxing practice and spectacle in mining towns in Central Chile, and documentary films about nitrate company towns in northern Chile
Graduate Affiliate
Gail Coleman is a 4th year Ph.D. candidate in early American history. She is studying enslaved refugees to the United States from the Haitian Revolution, in the period 1791-1810. She anticipates that the chapter on runaways will include digital maps. She is a retired lawyer from the U.S. Department of Labor. In addition to her law degree from Boston University, she also has a master’s degree in medieval history from the Catholic University of America.
Graduate Affiliate
Graduate Affiliate
Karine (she/her) has an M.A. in International Human Rights and will complete an M.A. in History from George Mason University in 2026. She is a Graduate Affiliate with the Roy Rosenzweig Center. Her research interests are in 21st century women’s and gender history, with a focus on feminist governance. Karine was formerly a USAID Gender Advisor in Pakistan and has led and supported the operationalization of gender equality policies around the world. She founded and led the Society of Gender Professionals, a non-profit organization of gender practitioners, academics, and activists dedicated to promoting feminist action and applied research, and raising the profile of gender expertise around the world.
Graduate Affiliate
Amber Pelham is currently pursuing her Ph.D. in History at George Mason University. She holds an M.A. in Public History from New York University, with a specialized focus on the preservation of local communities in the Carolinas. Amber’s research is dedicated to exploring migration patterns of African Americans within the Carolinas.
Beyond her academic pursuits, Amber is deeply committed to community engagement. She actively participates in the creation of resources aimed at fostering digital interaction within rural communities.
Graduate Affiliate
John Peyton is a first-year PhD student in the History
Department. His research focuses on central Great Lakes Indigenous communities
and their strategies for maintaining sovereignty during the removal era. He
holds a master’s degree in U.S. history from Indiana University—Bloomington and
another master’s in public history from Indiana University—Indianapolis. He is
excited to participate in projects through the RRCHNM.
Graduate Affiliate
Paula Green is a 4th year PhD student and graduate affiliate with the RRCHNM. She holds a bachelor’s degree in anthropology and a master’s degree in history from James Madison University. Her research focuses on the intersection of environmental disasters and public health, archival silences, and late 19th and early 20th century social history. Paula plans to write her dissertation on Black social networks and political activism in late 19th century Richmond, Virginia. She is the author of The Great Virginia Flood of 1870 and is employed at the James Madison University Libraries.
