I took my qualifying exam in the following fields with the following examiners, whose kindness, intellectual generosity, and unflagging support I'll long feel grateful for:

North American Colonies and United States to 1815 (examiner and chair: Jill Lepore)

United States since 1815 (examiner: Walter Johnson)

American Legal History (examiner: Bruce Mann)

Slavery and Slave Trades (examiner: Emmanuel Akyeampong)