About

Bethany (she/her) is a fourth-year Ph.D. Candidate in History at the University of New Brunswick under the joint supervision of Dr. Cheryl Fury and Dr. Bonnie Huskins. Her research interests include Piracy and the Atlantic World, Colonial America, Early Modern and Medieval Europe, Religion and Belief Systems, and Crime and Punishment.

Growing up on Vancouver Island, Bethany has always had a penchant for the sea and its stories. Developing an interest in early modern histories of transatlantic spaces at a young age, it is not surprising that she eventually found herself living in Canada’s Maritimes as a graduate student. Bethany’s interest in Atlantic connectivity has inspired many of her own travels and seasons living abroad in order to immerse herself in the places that she researches, leading her to visit 23 countries and 6 continents (and counting). While Bethany’s been learning and working in the higher education system for over a decade now, she’s acquired as much understanding about the past by seeing it up close in-person as she has in the classroom, and applies this insight to her scholarship.

Bethany holds a BA from Vancouver Island University with a Major in History and a Minor in Anthropology, graduating in 2020. She earned her MA in History from Dalhousie University in 2022 under the supervision of Dr. Jerry Bannister. Bethany’s aim is to complete her Ph.D. in History from the University of New Brunswick by 2028.

She resides in Fredericton, New Brunswick, with her husband.