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Jennifer Harrison-Konz holds a master's degree in American history, with a concentration in 19th-century women's history, and a bachelor's degree in history and French. Her master's thesis focused on antebellum and postbellum girl's schools in the South and how young women interpreted the prevailing themes of domesticity during the 19th century.
Harrison-Konz is a contributor to several anthologies and publications, including the following:
Ciment, James, ed. Encyclopedia of American Immigration. Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, 2001.
Entries: Genealogy: Searching for Roots
Drees, Clay, ed. An Age of Crisis and Renewal, 1300-1800. Greenwood Press, 2000.
Entries: Henry IV of England; Richard II
Graves, Mark, ed. An Encyclopedia of American War Literature. Greenwood Press, 2000.
Entries: Conrad Richter
Heidler, David and Jeanne Heidler, eds. Encyclopedia of the American Civil War.
New York: ABC Clio Press, 2001.
Entries: Mary Boykins Chesnut; Henry Wadsworth Longfellow; Lucretia Mott;
Harriet Beecher Stowe; Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Kutler, Stanley I, ed. Dictionary of American History Charles Scribner’s Sons, 2002.
Entries include: American Ballet Theatre, history of Dance, Martha Graham Ballet Company, New York City Ballet, and the American Protective Association
Phillips, John, ed. Encyclopedia of Erotic Literature Routledge Press, 2006.
Entry on The Scarlet Letter
Powell, John, ed. Makers of Western Culture, 1800-1914. 2000
Entries: Jenny Lind; Eugene Delacroix; Francois Villon
Vile, John, ed. Great American Judges: A Biographical Dictionary. Santa Barbara, CA:
ABC-Clio Press, 2003.
Entries: Roger J. Traynor and Shirley Abrahamson
Vile, John, ed. Great American Lawyers: A Biographical Dictionary. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-Clio Press, 2001.
Entries: Carol Weiss King; Belva Lockwood
In addition to publication experience and professional teaching experience in the field of history, Harrison-Konz also considers herself lucky to be able to spend some time with some of the other passions of her life - art and paper crafts, specifically card making and collage.