Biography
Brynlee is a student in the MSLIS/MA in History program. She graduated magna cum laude from Georgetown University in 2019, where she completed her bachelor's degree in History and Government, and wrote her History honors thesis on early 20th century U.S. immigration law. She is interested in gender, religion, and law in the 19th and 20th century United States, as well as community and religious archives, inclusive archival description, public history, digital humanities, and copyright. Brynlee is the graduate assistant for Digitization Services at the University Library, and also works for the University Archives.
Research Description
I study the intersections of immigration, religion, gender, and law/the state, particularly within the context of the late 19th and early 20th-century United States. My undergraduate thesis explored the development and implementation of the prohibition on polygamists immigrating to the United States.
Education
A.B., Georgetown University, 2019 (Majors in History, Government; minor in English)