Courtney Krolikoski

Hello! My name is Courtney and I  began my PhD studies in 2014. I have taught university-level courses on European History, Medieval History, American History, and the History of the Holocaust.  I am interested in the history of medieval medicine, particularly issues surrounding mental health, social perceptions of illness and disease, and the intersection of medicine and religion. My current research explores the status of lepers in Bologna, Italy in the High Middle Ages with attention to the interaction between contemporary social, political, religious, and medical understandings of the disease.



I received my undergraduate degree in 2007 from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a major in Psychology and a minor in History. I then received my Master's Degree in 2011 from the Central European University in Budapest, Hungary in Comparative History: Late Antique, Medieval, and Renaissance Studies. Between my MA and my PhD, I worked as an Instructor at The Leadership School at Kieve, where I worked with New England youth to develop their leadership, teamwork, and communication skills. In my non-academic life I volunteer with military combat veterans, am an advocate for mental health awareness, support, and services, and I try to find time to continue with my practices of fencing, ballroom dance, and yoga.

I am a caring and thoughtful instructor who believes in a wholistic approach to learning.  I am patient and kind with my students and I aim to help a student work through their projects and learning in a way that allows them to best understand the materials and develop their knowledge.

I think that discussion is key to learning history and like to ask many questions of my students to help them process the material they are working on. This helps to emphasize that learning history is more about understanding the relationships between people and events than about memorizing dates and facts.