Breeanna Elliott
Graduate School Student
Breeanna is a third-year PhD student in the History of Science and Medicine program. She specializes in African history and focuses on transformations in healing cultures born from migrations and environmental change. Her methodologies include ethnographic, archival, oral history, and ethnobotanical research. Prior to Yale, Breeanna received her A.B. in History and African and African American Studies from Harvard College. She also earned her teacher licensure from the Harvard Graduate School of Education in 2015. This is Breeanna’s second year at the GWL and she has also worked as a writing partner at the Yale College Writing Center. She is happy to support writers at all stages in their work.