Nathaniel Sheidley

• Assistant Professor
• Founders 219
• nsheidle@wellesley.edu
• (781) 283-2587

Nathaniel Sheidley is an assistant professor of History at Wellesley College. A member of the faculty since 1999, he teaches courses in the history of colonial and Revolutionary North America, Native American history, and gender history.

Professor Sheidley graduated from Stanford University in 1990 and received M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in American history from Princeton University in 1995 and 1999, respectively. He is the author of several articles and has presented his work at scholarly meetings both in the United States and overseas. His current project, entitled Preachers, Prophets, and Unruly Men: Religious Upheaval and the Meanings of Manhood on the Southern Frontier, 1763–1815, seeks to integrate Native American and United States history by exploring the interplay of religious, racial, and gender differences in the new nation’s southern borderlands. His work has been supported by numerous organizations, including the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, the American Philosophical Society, and the Center for the Study of Religion and American Society at Yale University.

At Wellesley, Professor Sheidley has worked closely with members of the Native American Students Organization and has served on a variety of college committees, including the Committee on Minority Recruitment, Hiring, and Retention; the Committee against Racism and Discrimination; and the Educational Research and Development Committee. He currently chairs the Advisory Committee to the Committee on Faculty Appointments.

Professor Sheidley lives in Wellesley with his wife, their daughter, and two cats.

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