Marianne Kupin-Lisbin is a doctoral candidate at the University of Rochester, where she specializes in the early modern history of Southeastern Europe and the Mediterranean world. Her dissertation, “The Illusion of Dissidence: The Virgin Mary, Rome, and Local Catholicism in Seventeenth Century Bosnia” examines the intersection of sacred sharing, community, identity, and marginality in a multi-faith Ottoman town. A longtime instructor for the Rochester Education Justice Initiative and the Cornell Prison Education Project, she is a staunch advocate for equal access to higher education. As a HNY Public Humanities Fellow, she will curate a physical and digital exhibition of the impact of the Attica Uprising in Living Memory in prison towns across Upstate New York.
