Meet Kaelyn, TheRedHeadAcademic!
Kaelyn Grace Apple is a 27 year old aspiring scholar and second year Ph.D. student in History and African American Studies at Yale University. Kaelyn’s current research project focuses on the law of slavery in the early modern English Atlantic world. Kaelyn is deeply invested in ongoing studies of slavery, legal history, and gender.
Kaelyn obtained her B.A. in History and African American Studies at UCLA in 2019 and completed her Masters at the University of Oxford in 2020 after submitting her dissertation, titled “The Condition of the Mother: The Legal Origins and Legacies of Matrilineal Slave Laws in Colonial Virginia.”
In addition to her own studies, Kaelyn is focused on providing access routes to higher education for aspiring students and making the work of academics more publicly accessible. Kaelyn started her YouTube Channel while at UCLA in order to show like-minded students what pursuing a career in academia is like first hand.
In order to reach more students and provide one-on-one academic and admissions assistance, Kaelyn launched Accepted Consulting which you can learn more about by clicking the link below.
Written Work (Not Yet Published)
University of Oxford - Masters Dissertation (Supervised by Dr. Katherine Paugh) “The Condition of the Mother: The Origins and Legacies of Matrilineal Slave Laws in Colonial Virginia”
UCLA Undergraduate Honors Thesis (Supervised by Dr. Craig Yirush) “Fleeing to the ‘Enemy’: The Book of Negroes, The British Offer of Freedom, and Virginia’s Runaway Slaves”
Education
Doctoral Student in History and African American Studies - Yale University (2020 - Present)
Master of Studies (MSt) in US History - Univeristy of Oxford (2020)
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in History and African American Studies - University of California, Los Angeles (2019)
Study Abroad Courses in English Common and Criminal Law - University of Cambridge (2018)
Associates for Transfer (A.A.-T) in History - Canada College (2017)
Awards
2022 MacMillan Pre-Dissertation Grant for International Research
2020-2021 William K. Fitch (B.A. 1910) Scholar - Yale University
2020-2021 Nathan Hale Associates Scholarship Award - Yale University
2020 Archibald Jackson Prize - Somerville College, Oxford
Master of Studies Distinction - University of Oxford
Magna Cum Laude - UCLA
Highest Departmental Honors for Thesis
UCLA History Department Undergraduate Travel Grant (2018)
Conferences
Society of Historians of the Early American Republic Annual Conference (2020 - Canceled Due to Covid)
Society of Historians of the Early American Republic Annual Conference (Projected for 2021)
Accepted Consulting
After four years of experience applying and gaining acceptance to undergraduate and postgraduate programs in the US and the UK, Kaelyn is repurposing her knowledge to help like-minded students from around the world gain acceptance to their dream universities!
“College admissions is all about marketing your skills, experience, personality, and passions to an admissions committee. So my job is to help you market yourself as the ideal candidate to whichever program you have your heart set on.” - Kaelyn
Since starting Accepted Consulting, Kaelyn has assisted several students gain acceptances to programs such as, Oxford, UC Berkeley, UCLA, etc. and hopes to continue to grow her business in order to help assist countless others chase their passion for education!
