She received her Ph.D. from the University of Michigan's Department of History in 2006 and specializes in contemporary European and British History, women's and gender history, feminist history and the intersections of feminist activism and religion. Prof. Thurlow also has a Masters' degree in English Literature from the University of Sussex (U.K.) and received her B.A. in English Literature from Occidental College (Los Angeles). She teaches a broad range of courses including European History, Middle Eastern History, East Asian History, Historical Methodology and offers a May term travel course to Europe. She also teaches writing-intensive courses for AU's Interdisciplinary Studies Program.