Katharine Beene

Advisor: Brendan Kane

Research Interests: 

Early modern Ireland and England; Gender studies; The acquisition and transmission of knowledge; Identity development; Early modern British colonization, Social and cultural history, History of science

B.S. Hotel and Restaurant Management, Georgia Southern University, 2011
B.A. History, Georgia State University, 2016
M.A. History, Georgia State University, 2018

Katharine is a doctoral student studying early modern Ireland. Her research focuses on women’s acquisition and transmission of knowledge across social and ethnic boundaries.  Additionally, she explores knowledge fields such as science, medicine, and numeracy in an attempt to prove that women participated in these fields through their social networks in lieu of more formal education opportunities.