dr. tyler parry, with an "a." i just want to tell you a little bit about him. dr. parry received his bachelor's of arts from the university of nevada and 2008 and earned his master's degree in 2011 and his phd in 2014 in history from the university of south carolina. he is currently revising his manuscript entitled "love and marriage, domestic relations and matrimonial strategies among the slaves and atlantic world." that intrigues me to no end. his research examines the degree to which diaspora africans and their american-born dissidence re-created their marital rights in the americas. utilizing methods from legal, political and cultural history, he began his analysis in atlantic africa and traces the struggle of african descended people throughout the british, west indies, bermuda in north america for fighting for marital equality. his research has taken him throughout black atlanta, or munich, jamaica, england, scotland, lucky guy. he has received crucial funding from various institutions including harvard, duke, university of south carolina, florida internationa