Statement of Purpose: The Society for the Study of Early Modern Women and Gender is a network of scholars who meet annually, sponsor sessions at conferences, maintain a listserv and website, give awards for outstanding scholarship, and support one another’s work in the field. SSEMWaG welcomes scholars and teachers from any discipline who study women and their contributions to the cultural, political, economic, or social spheres of the early modern period and whose interest in it includes attention to gender and representations of women.
Officers
President
Michelle M. Dowd
Univ. of Alabama
E-mail: mmdowd1@ua.edu
Vice President
Amy Froide
Univ. of Maryland, Baltimore County
E-mail: froide@umbc.edu
Past President
Andrea Pearson
American Univ.
E-mail: pearson@american.edu
Treasurer
Maria DePrano
Univ. of California, Merced
E-mail: mdeprano@ucmerced.edu
Secretary
Jessica Goethals
Univ. of Alabama
E-mail: jgoethals@ua.edu
Web Editor
Jess Hamlet
Alvernia Univ.
E-mail: jessica.hamlet@alvernia.edu
Web Editor
Naomi Makowska
Univ. of Toronto
E-mail: naomi.makowska@utoronto.ca
Social Media Liaison
Rebecca Arnheim
Boston Univ.
E-mail: rarnheim@bu.edu
Social Media Liaison
Jenna Wendler
Boston Univ.
E-mail: jlw12@bu.edu
AHA Liaison
Melissa Reynolds
Princeton Univ.
E-mail: melissa.reynolds@princeton.edu
Updated 9/8/26