Currently working for the Kentucky College of Art + Design, Elizabeth Fairhead has been an instructor in both world and American history at the University of Louisville; taught for the Governor’s Scholars Program, Jefferson Community and Technical College, and the Citizenship Program at Kentucky Refugee Ministries; and was research associate and grant assistant at the AHA. She holds an MA in liberal studies from St. John’s College and a PhD in American studies from Michigan State University. Her research interests focus on the intersection of religious and scientific thought in early America. She has been the recipient of multiple teaching awards as well as the Fothergill Award for Excellence in Research of William Bartram and Early America.