Jessica L. Minieri is a PhD Candidate in the Department of History at Binghamton University (SUNY). She received her BA in History and Medieval/Early Modern Studies from the State University of New York at New Paltz and an MA in History from Binghamton University. During the 2025-2026 academic year, Jessica is a Research Residential Fellow at the Center for the Art and Architectural History of Port Cities (La Capraia) in Naples, Italy. Her research interests include the histories of women and gender, political culture, cultural exchange between Iberia and Italy, and Mediterranean history. Her dissertation project, Stolen Bodies and Hollow Crowns: Imprisonment, Abduction, and the Expansion of the Crown of Aragon, 1280-1490, explores the uses of abduction and imprisonment as a strategic tool for political expansion and empire building in the Crown of Aragon as it began its expansion across the Mediterranean Sea. Jessica is also the Editor-in-Chief of H-Sicily and a member of the Medieval Kingdom of Sicily Image Database digital humanities project.