Dr. Bollettino teaches courses on the history of early America, the Caribbean, and race, slavery, and abolition in the Atlantic world. Her scholarship examines the participation of enslaved and free people of African descent in the imperial wars Britain waged against France and Spain over the course of the eighteenth century and the ways in which Blacks’ wartime actions influenced British conceptions of race, slavery, and imperial identity. She has presented her work in numerous academic forums, among them conferences sponsored by the Association for Caribbean Historians, the McNeil Center for Early American Studies, the North American Conference on British Studies, and the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture. She has been the recipient of several research fellowships, including a National Endowment for the Humanities Long-Term Fellowship at the American Antiquarian Society. Her colleagues awarded her the Distinguished Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching in 2014 and the Beacon Award in recognition of her “noteworthy contributions and outstanding efforts that have assisted in advancing Inclusive Excellence” in 2017. She co-leads a study tour for FSU students to the Dominican Republic that immerses students in the history, literature, and culture of the country and invites them to examine the complex relationship it has had with its neighbor, Haiti.

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508-626-4811

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May Hall

Department

Center for Excellence in Learning, Teaching, Scholarship, and Service (CELTSS)
History Department