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Residency Research Fellow,
Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies

• Fields of Study

  • 18th century
  • Colonial America
  • American Revolution
  • Sexuality and gender constructions
  • Diversity

• About

  John G. McCurdy is currently an associate professor of history at Eastern Michigan University. Born and raised in Kansas, he earned his Ph.D. from Washington University in St. Louis. His first book, Citizen Bachelors: Manhood and the Creation of the United States (2009), explores the role that marital status played in the origins of American citizenship. He is currently researching the Quartering Act and the role that martial space played in the coming of the American Revolution. He lives in Ypsilanti, Michigan.

• Education

  • Ph.D., Washington University, 2004
  • M.A. Washington University, 2000
  • M.A. University of Chicago, 1996