Allison K. Lange, PhD

Assistant Professor of History | Wentworth Institute of Technology

Allison K. Lange is an assistant professor of history at the Wentworth Institute of Technology. In 2014, she received her PhD in American history from Brandeis University. She is a historian of the long nineteenth century with an interest in culture, politics, and gender. Her work has been supported by institutions including the National Endowment for the Humanities, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Library of Congress, and American Antiquarian Society. Lange has presented her work at conferences such as the American Historical Association, Organization of American Historians, and Berkshire Conference of Women Historians. Her work has appeared in Imprint and The Atlantic. Lange also recently published book reviews in The Public Historian and Journal of the Early Republic. She also works as a public historian and guest curator with the National Women’s History Museum, Massachusetts Historical Society, and the Norman B. Leventhal Map Center at the Boston Public Library. Lange is currently completing a manuscript on the visual culture of the woman’s rights and woman suffrage movements in the United States.