Ashleigh N Williams

Graduate Teaching Assistant

Modern Europe; Military History and Societies; Race, Gender, and Non-conforming Sexualities

Ashleigh Williams is a PhD student at George Mason University, studying 20th century Germany, race and gender. Her specific research foci are the experiences of Black Germans, migrant populations, women and national identity construction in (East) Germany’s post-World War II period.

She is concurrently a Graduate Research Assistant at GMU (Professor George Oberle, History Librarian at Fenwick Library) working on developing a digital project that centers the experiences of Black American soldiers returning to the Northern Virginia area from their service in the European theater of World War II. She previously studied at Texas State University (BA International Relations) and Sam Houston State University (MA History).

Courses Taught

History 125 Recitation: Introduction to Global History (Spring 2024)

Education

B.A. in International Relations, Texas State University (2012)

M.A. in History, Sam Houston State University (2021)

Recent Presentations

"Out and About in Old Town: Uncovering LGBTQ+ History in Alexandria, VA" -- Historical Urgency, 2024 NCPH Annual Meeting