Haley Guepet, JD, PhD

Research Fellow

Haley Guepet is the Research Fellow at the Jenny Craig Institute for the Study of War and Democracy. She completed her PhD in history in 2025 at the University of Aberdeen in Scotland. During her PhD, Guepet taught undergraduate courses on Vikings and humans’ relationships with the ocean. At the Museum, she teaches graduate students in the ASU WWII Studies program, composes articles for the Museum’s website, and has helped lead a study abroad to the battlefields of Normandy. Her current research focuses on war crimes tribunals at Nuremberg and women’s roles on the American Home Front.

Prior to her PhD, she received a BA in history and English literature from Louisiana State University in 2016. She also received her JD in civil law from Loyola University New Orleans College of Law in 2019 and is an attorney in Louisiana. Guepet is proud to honor her grandfathers Boyd P. Guepet Sr. and Robert “Top Todd” Todd Sr. and her great aunt Verna Heinrich who served during World War II. 

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