Dr. Margaret Abruzzo is an Associate Professor in American History at the University of Alabama. She earned her Ph.D. from the University of Notre Dame in 2005. Her research interests include American intellectual and cultural history; Changing conceptions of sin, wrongdoing, and moral responsibility; American slavery debate; and the history of morality and humanitarianism. Other Publications include: “‘A Humane Master – An Obliging Neighbor – A True Philanthropist’: Slavery, Cruelty, and Moral Philosophy,” Princeton University Library Chronicle 66 (Spring 2005* [2009]): 493-512. “Apologetics of Harmony: Mathew Carey and the Rhetoric of Religious Liberty,” Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography 134 (January 2010): 5-30. Her Awards and Honors include: John Highbarger Memorial Prize for an Exceptional Ph.D. Dissertation in History, University of Notre Dame (2006) Edward F. Sorin Postdoctoral Fellowship, University of Notre Dame (2005-2006) Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship (2004-2005)