Michele Gillespie

Michele Gillespie is Kahle Family Associate Professor of history at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. She specializes in American history, focusing on gender, race, class, and region in the American South from 1790-1920. Gillespie. In 2005, Gillespie served as President of the Southern Association for Women Historians. Gillespie received her Ph.D. from Princeton University, where she studied under the direction of James M. ... more

Michele Gillespie is Kahle Family Associate Professor of history at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. She specializes in American history, focusing on gender, race, class, and region in the American South from 1790-1920. Gillespie. In 2005, Gillespie served as President of the Southern Association for Women Historians. Gillespie received her Ph.D. from Princeton University, where she studied under the direction of James M. McPherson. She studied at Rice University in Houston, Texas as an undergraduate student. Dr.Gillespie now works at Wake Forest University as the Associate Provost for Academic Initiatives. less