Artemis M Simmons

Graduate Professional Assistant

Early American socio-political history; mutual constructions of race and gender; post-structural queer theory; historical & social constructivism; decolonial epistemologies

Artemis Simmons is a second year graduate student working on their MAs in History and Women & Gender Studies. She received her BA in history through George Mason and has been working here ever since. Currently, she is the Graduate Professional Assistant for the Women & Gender Studies Center.

Artemis is working on their thesis exploring queer storytelling and epistemologies through the lens of Thomas(ine) Hall, a gender-queer individual from colonial Virginia.

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