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Name
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Jessica Parr
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Bio
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Jessica Parr (she/they) is a professor of the Practice in History at Northeastern University. They are a historian of the Early Modern Atlantic, specializing in race and memory long eighteenth century, as well as in digital humanities, and archival studies. They are the author of Inventing George Whitefield: Race, Revivalism, and the Making of a Religious Icon (U. Press of Mississippi). The book explores Whitefield’s development as a symbol shaped in the complexities of revivalism, the contest over religious toleration, and the conflicting roles of Christianity for enslaved people. Evangelical Christianity’s emphasis on “freedom in the eyes of God,” combined with the problems that the rhetoric of the Revolution posed for slavery, also suggested a path to political freedom.
Dr. Parr received their M.A. and Ph.D. in History from the University of New Hampshire at Durham. They hold a B.A and M.A. in History as well as their M.S. in Archives Management from Simmons College.
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Affiliation
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Northeastern University
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Position
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Professor
