Morgan is a PhD candidate studying under Christopher Magra. He studies the environmental history of the early modern North Atlantic cod fisheries. Morgan’s dissertation traces sustainable strategies, their implementations, and the successes and failures throughout the eighteenth-century fishing industry. He is particularly interested in the pivotal role the ocean and marine life play as historical actors.

Research Interests: Environmental history, North Atlantic Cod Fisheries; the Ocean; Atlantic World History

Selected Publications:

• “Stoughton’s Empire: The Role of the Merchant Class in Shaping American Protestantism,” Crescat Scientia: Journal of History, Utah Valley University 2015: (67-84)