Biography

Dr. Justin Pope is Assistant Professor of History at the Missouri University of Science and Technology (Missouri S&T), where he teaches courses on the history of Colonial America, slavery and abolition, and the American Revolution.

His research focuses on the political history of slavery in early eighteenth-century America and the West Indies.  Dr. Pope’s work examines America’s earliest social movements, explores the origins of slave conspiracies and rebellions, and reveals how people shared news and rumors of these events across the Atlantic.

Dr. Pope’s research has been published in the academic journals Slavery and Abolition and Early American Studies, in which his article won the John Murrin Prize for Best Essay.

His research has been supported by several nationally competitive fellowships, including the American Council of Learned Societies/Mellon Dissertation Completion Award.

Dr. Pope is currently working on a book project entitled Dangerous Spirit of Liberty: How Slave Rebellion Transformed the Atlantic World, 1688 to 1750, which is under advance contract with the University of Missouri Press.

Before joining Missouri S&T, Dr. Pope was a post-doctoral fellow at the Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice at Brown University.

Research Specializations

Colonial America

American Revolution

Slavery and Abolition

Native American History

Pre-Colonial West Africa

Print and Communication in early America

The U.S. Early Republic

Atlantic History

Education

• 2014 – Ph.D. in American History, The George Washington University (Washington, DC)
• 2000 – B.A., Eckerd College (St. Petersburg, FL)