Amanda Doggett is a public historian and former Apprentice Joiner at the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. She is a fellow with the International Center for Jefferson Studies at Monticello where her research focused on Enslaved Cabinetmaker-Joiner, John Hemmings. She is a 5-time presenter at the Working Wood in the 18th Century conference and deeply researched women in trades in Early America during her time at CWF. She earned a degree in History from Christopher Newport University in her hometown of Newport News, Virginia. She is currently the Director of Community Engagement for Avalon Center, a domestic violence and sexual assault agency in Williamsburg, Virginia. She is also serving in a leadership role for the Hampton Roads Wartime Women, a living history group focused on the Women’s Army Corp during World War II. When not at work or reenacting, she can be found reading fantasy, trail running, or spending time with her partner Joe, her two step-children, and her little dog Rhoda Morgenstern.