Patrick Spero
Ph.D. Candidate (ABD)
spero (at) sas.upenn.edu
Education
B.A., James Madison University (2000); M.A., University of Pennsylvania (2004), A.B.D. University of Pennsylvania (2005)
Research Interests
Colonial and Revolutionary America
Dissertation
"From Contested Ground to Commonwealth: The Transformation of Pennsylvania, 1730-1800"
Personal Statement
My dissertation explores the creation of Pennsylvania's geographic boundaries and how these borderlands and boundaries shaped the state's political culture.
