Ashley L. Elrod
College of Arts and Sciences
Assistant Professor
Phone:
(773) 442-5624
Email:
a-elrod@neiu.edu
Office Hours:
on leave Fall 2025 to Spring 2026. Available via email.
CV:
Elrod_Ashley_CV_2025_website.pdf
HIST 114 Rethinking STEM in World History
HIST 300W The Historian's Craft
HIST 302B/402B Age of Reformation
HIST 307B/407B Age of Enlightenment
HIST 309/409 History of Disability
HIST 343 Science, Magic, and Religion in History
HIST 393 Capstone Seminar In History
HIST 420 Seminar in Early Modern Europe
DS 101 Introduction to Disability Studies
Research Interests
European history, German history, disability, guardianship, legal culture, gender
Education
Duke University
History, Ph.D.
Selected Publications
“‘Moral Madness’: Representations of Prodigality, Disability, and Competence in German History,” in Disability in German-Speaking Europe: History, Memory, and Culture, ed., Linda Leskau, Tanja Nusser, and Katherine Sorrels (under contract with Camden House, 2022).
“Denouncing the Spendthrift: Debating Social Identity in the Court of Law and Public Opinion,” in Names and Naming in Early Modern Germany, edited by Beth Plummer and Joel Harrington. Berghahn Publishers (Oxford, UK), May 2019.
Additional Information
Awards & Honors:
- National Endowment for the Humanities, Summer Institute “Global Histories of Disability,” 2018
- Andrew W. Mellon Foundation & Council for European Studies, Dissertation Completion Fellowship, 2016-2017
- German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), Research Scholarship, 2013-2014
- Paul Oskar Kristeller Fellowship, Renaissance Society of America, 2025
- Teaching Professional Excellence Award, ŷϷ Illinois University, 2022-2023