Samantha Sproviero (she/her) is a Ph.D. candidate and graduate instructor in the Department of History at Temple University. Samantha graduated summa cum lade from Ramapo College with her B.A. in history and received her M.A. in history from West Virginia University. While at Temple, she has completed both the graduate certificate in Gender, Sexuality and Women's Studies and the graduate certificate in Teaching in Higher Education. Alongside her doctorate, she is currently in the process of completing the Barnes–de Mazia Certificate Program in art interpretation through the Barnes Foundation.   

 

Samantha has presented research at the Consortium on the Revolutionary Era, various Phi Alpha Theta regional conferences, and the Phi Alpha Theta Biannual Convention. She recently co-authored a chapter for The Cambridge History of the Napoleonic Wars on Prussian foreign policy. She is currently working on completing her dissertation, which focuses on Queen Luise of Prussia, material culture, and queenship during the Napoleonic Wars. 

 

In 2024, she was awarded the College of Liberal Arts Graduate Teaching Award for instructors of record.

 

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Rita Krueger