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Katy Telling

Ph.D. Student (ABD)

Advisor: Dr. Karin Wulf
email: [[kstelling]]
Current Research: Quakers in early America; 17th/18th c. Family/Gender; early American South

Bio
Telling received her M.A. in History from William & Mary in May 2019. Prior to arriving at William & Mary, Telling received a dual B.A. in History and French from The University of Texas at Austin in May 2017.

She is currently writing her dissertation, tentatively titled “‘Authors of Mischief’: Quaker Family and Community Relations in the early Carolinas and Virginia.” She is also a coordinator for the Omundro Institute of Early American History and Culture’s “Octo” webpage. In spring 2022, Telling taught the course “American History to 1877” as a Graduate Teaching Fellow. The same year, she served as President of the History Graduate Students Association. Telling’s other responsibilities in the department have included working as a Teaching Assistant for Global History since 1500 and an Editorial Apprentice for the Omohundro Institute.