PhD Student

Madalyn Mann

Thesis Title:

Taking Non-White Children and Their Minds: American Education 1860-1920

Supervisor:

Professor David Stirrup

Description:

Madalyns doctoral thesis aims to fill a significant gap in current historical knowledge by conducting a historical and theoretical analysis of the weaponization of the education of Native American and African American children in the late 19th century. Her practice-based PhD focuses on the different acts of legislation passed to legally prevent African American children from obtaining an education and how similar legislation assisted the United States government in manipulating Native American children's education. Madalyns work also examines the philosophies of education reformists of the period and their efforts.

Her research interests center around the intersection of race, gender and politics and the similarities between the educational experiences of African American children and Native American children during this time period.

Madalyn holds a BA in English Literature from Illinois State University and an MA in English and American Literature from the University of Kent.