Christina C. Davidson

A native of Skokie, Illinois, Christina C. Davidson is a PhD graduate student in the history Department at Duke University, where she received her MA in 2013. A 2009 graduate of Yale University (BA), Christina majored in Latin American Studies and International Studies. At Duke, she specializes in modern Caribbean and Afro-Latin American history. She is particularly interested in questions of race, religion, and transnational identity. Her dissertation project will examine the dynamics of US empire building and Protestant missionization in the Spanish Caribbean at the turn of the 20th century. Beyond her studies in history, Christina is also a member of the PhD Lab in Digital Knowledge and a 2012-2013 HASTAC Scholar. Christina blogs for HASTAC and is a co-founder of the Digital History Working Group at Duke.