Our multi-talented – and multi-tasking – professors are continually expanding their areas of study, uncovering fresh points of view to bring back into their classrooms. The latest to steal the show is history professor Samantha Seeley, who has been at Richmond since 2014.

She’s been awarded a Kluge Fellowship from The John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress for her book “Race and Removal in the Early American Republic.” During her nine-month fellowship, Seeley will work in the Library of Congress’ American Colonization Society collection, the law library and the collections in the geography and maps division to research and complete the final stages of her book.

“This book serves as a counterpoint to the celebrations of freedom of movement after the American Revolution by investigating the roots of removal in the United States,” Seeley said. “My work asks why the project of creating the United States was carried out in exclusionary terms. In doing so, I hope to contribute to a pressing contemporary national debate about removal.”

Congratulations, Dr. Seeley!