Keara Sebold

Keara Sebold is a historian of the early 20th century and late 19th century United States, with a focus on the history of gender and sexuality, cultural history and legal history. Her in-progress manuscript analyses queer murder trials in this period and works to expand the historical understanding of queer communities, race, and class within the United States. Support for the project has come from the New York Public Library, the American Historical Association, the University of Chicago Library, and the Coordinating Council for Women in History. She has published her work in the Journal of Lesbian Studies, as well as Ampersand: An American Studies Journal. 

Keara is a proud FSU alumnus and received her B.A. in History from the university. She earned an M.A. and Ph.D in History from Boston University, where she worked as an archival assistant at the Boston Symphony Orchestra and led a public history project at the Boston University LGBTQIA+ Center for Faculty and Staff. She hopes to encourage engagement with public history and creativity in her courses, and is delighted to have the opportunity to teach at her alma mater.