Cynthia Herrup is an American historian of early modern British law who holds the position of Professor of History and Law at the University of Southern California.
[1] Herrup's writings center primarily on the social history of criminal law, but she also touches upon the historical impact of gender and sexuality.
Herrup was also president of the North American Conference on British Studies from 2003 to 2005.
Until 2005, she served as William Kenneth Boyd Professor of History and Law at Duke University.
[4] While teaching at Duke University in 1988, Cynthia Herrup was a recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship.