Isabella Praslin

Isabella "Izzy" Praslin earned her B.A. in History, graduating Magna Cum Laude with University Honors from California State University, Fullerton (CSUF) in Spring 2025. For her Mellon Mays Fellowship and Senior Honors Thesis, titled "'The saints are His army': The Stories of the 6th-Century Najrān Martyrs," Izzy analyzed the hagiography of the 6th-century Najrān Massacre, examining differences in emphasis and style between accounts of male and female martyrs.

 

During her time at CSUF, Izzy served as President of the History Student Association and the Theta-Pi Chapter of Phi Alpha Theta, studied abroad in Amsterdam, and researched Saint Paul and the Jewish Diaspora in Athens. She was also an editor for The Welebaethan’s 52nd volume and was an archival intern at the Lawrence de Graaf Center for Oral and Public History.

 

Izzy’s primary research interest lies in the history and hagiography of Christian women martyrs in Late Antiquity. She is currently a teaching assistant in the Art History Department at CU Boulder.